catinjapan
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I booked business class flights in March using points, travelling from the UK to a visit home to Melbourne alone with my 11mo baby. The inbound flights' schedules have since changed several times, now requiring an 18h layover in Dubai. Not great, but not the end of the world.
I've now recently received an email from Qantas advising that the first leg of my journey LHR > HK has been cancelled.
There are no Classic Reward Flight business class flight alternatives, so I'm at a loss as to what to do. I haven't been home in 3 years, been through a traumatic separation and was looking forward to spending time with family and friends and for them to meet my young son. I booked BC for the comfort of travelling for so many hours with a young baby on my own to make the journey more manageable.
What are my options other than those I've identified below?
Option 1) Book a paid flight LHR > HK but risk the second leg getting cancelled and being stuck in HK.
Option 2) Book the only economy CRF option of LHR > HK via Helsinki but taking 16.5hrs travel time and arriving 23hrs before the HK > MEL flight departs.
Option 3) Cancel the whole trip and hope more CRFs are released in the next few months.
For reference:
Outbound:
Flight 1) LHR > HK with BA dep. 29/11/22
Flight 2) HK > MEL with Qantas dep. 30/11/22 19:20 arr. 07:30
Inbound:
Flight 3) MEL > DUB with Emirates dep. 19/1/23 06:30 arr. 13:30
Flight 4) DUB > LGW with Emirates dep. 20/1/23 07:40 arr. 11:40
Has anyone been in a similar position? What did you do?
I've now recently received an email from Qantas advising that the first leg of my journey LHR > HK has been cancelled.
There are no Classic Reward Flight business class flight alternatives, so I'm at a loss as to what to do. I haven't been home in 3 years, been through a traumatic separation and was looking forward to spending time with family and friends and for them to meet my young son. I booked BC for the comfort of travelling for so many hours with a young baby on my own to make the journey more manageable.
What are my options other than those I've identified below?
Option 1) Book a paid flight LHR > HK but risk the second leg getting cancelled and being stuck in HK.
Option 2) Book the only economy CRF option of LHR > HK via Helsinki but taking 16.5hrs travel time and arriving 23hrs before the HK > MEL flight departs.
Option 3) Cancel the whole trip and hope more CRFs are released in the next few months.
For reference:
Outbound:
Flight 1) LHR > HK with BA dep. 29/11/22
Flight 2) HK > MEL with Qantas dep. 30/11/22 19:20 arr. 07:30
Inbound:
Flight 3) MEL > DUB with Emirates dep. 19/1/23 06:30 arr. 13:30
Flight 4) DUB > LGW with Emirates dep. 20/1/23 07:40 arr. 11:40
Has anyone been in a similar position? What did you do?