Booking backup flights to Europe

[markis10]

I would really appreciate some advice. I'm booked on a tour in Morocco in April, ……They are basic economy N & Q fares. Thanks for any help you can offer

Wait for a while, there may well be a waiver issued that does away with fees, as it stands you have nothing to lose not cancelling at present.

 

[Warks]

Flying via Doha in August (J reward on QR) then on to Stockholm with Finnair. We return via Istanbul and Bangkok on Thai so no issue there. However I started looking at back up flights last night to get us to Stockholm. Saw there was a flight via PEK for $899 with Air China. Might have to book that to cover my bases but not just yet as August is still five months away.

 

[Meg]

If all the flights are on the one ticket, and the ticket was issued by Qantas, you’ll pay one cancellation fee, to Qantas, covering all flights.

The cancellation fee will have been listed at the time you purchased the ticket. If you’re unsure, you can give them a call to find out.

Thanks for this, it makes sense, but I was unsure if this was how it worked. I didn't really want to call them as I'm sure there are people with more urgent travel queries trying to get through.

 

[Meg]

Wait for a while, there may well be a waiver issued that does away with fees, as it stands you have nothing to lose not cancelling at present.

Thank you, that's a good point, I'll hold on & see what happens. My tour in Morocco is booked & paid for & will probably go ahead, so it's my responsibility to get there. I was thinking of booking a backup flight now while there are still flights available, but it would be a long way round, guess I'll just sit tight for now & see what happens.

 

[Moy]

In a similar position, we're in Thailand for a few days and then flying QR J BKK -> DOH -> BCN which for 3 of us was around $11,500, I can cancel now and get $9,800 back and then book Finnair in J for $9,500 and go BKK -> HEL -> BCN, 20 hour stopover in HEL on the way home but to be honest that might be nice to check out HEL for a day.

Flights currently booked for Jun 30 and July 22, but we can +-2 days on those.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

In a similar position, we're in Thailand for a few days and then flying QR J BKK -> DOH -> BCN which for 3 of us was around $11,500, I can cancel now and get $9,800 back and then book Finnair in J for $9,500 and go BKK -> HEL -> BCN, 20 hour stopover in HEL on the way home but to be honest that might be nice to check out HEL for a day.

Flights currently booked for Jun 30 and July 22, but we can +-2 days on those.

I’d go with Finnair (one day is about long enough perfect for Helsinki).

And once operations resume, whi knows what the medium term impact will be on things such as catering and the like. It could be restricted for a while.