Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[clifford]

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Etihad is doing some extremely cheap one way tickets to London from Sydney for departures in the next week.
I wonder if it is worth to gamble with such low price.
I suppose it is either:

• Your booking is confirmed and you are safely arrived London the next day and only spent a very cheap price, or
• Your flights is cancelled and you are rebooked onto another flight, with or without fare difference?

If no fare difference is required for rerouting and rebooking, perhaps this is a good gamble after all?

I'd say you should book it. as you seem to have a high tolerance to risk.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

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Etihad is doing some extremely cheap one way tickets to London from Sydney for departures in the next week.
I wonder if it is worth to gamble with such low price.
I suppose it is either:

• Your booking is confirmed and you are safely arrived London the next day and only spent a very cheap price, or
• Your flights is cancelled and you are rebooked onto another flight, with or without fare difference?

If no fare difference is required for rerouting and rebooking, perhaps this is a good gamble after all?

The normal contract of carriage will apply unless otherwise stated.

In almost all cases the contract of carriage will provide for an alternate flight at no additional cost to the passenger, or a refund, in the case thr original flight is cancelled.

Check the EY conditions of carriage.

 

[Saab34]

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Etihad is doing some extremely cheap one way tickets to London from Sydney for departures in the next week.
I wonder if it is worth to gamble with such low price.
I suppose it is either:

• Your booking is confirmed and you are safely arrived London the next day and only spent a very cheap price, or
• Your flights is cancelled and you are rebooked onto another flight, with or without fare difference?

If no fare difference is required for rerouting and rebooking, perhaps this is a good gamble after all?

I mean, if you are not needed to arrive on that exact date and time if schedules change last minute, then I would probably chance it, if I had flexibility. I’d have a look at what EY is planning in the comms they put out and see what is actually moving, try to work out if they are getting flights out or everything is still a hit/miss. FR24 is a good tool for checking that out.

 

[Bundy Bear]

I would head direct to the source: Travel updates | Help | Emirates

You can check the status of your particular flight and connections.

I notice in the link it mentions flights up to 30 April
Doesn’t say for refund but for a change.

 

[LionKing]

I mean, if you are not needed to arrive on that exact date and time if schedules change last minute, then I would probably chance it, if I had flexibility. I’d have a look at what EY is planning in the comms they put out and see what is actually moving, try to work out if they are getting flights out or everything is still a hit/miss. FR24 is a good tool for checking that out.

I agree, as there is a high chance that your travel plans are going to be delayed or disrupted.
But I suppose if you are on gap year or uni students, definitely now is the best time to book flights to Europe via Middle East:

Booking engine shows that if you leave right at the end of Semester 1 2026 and go back to Europe via Doha, it costs less than $1000 on Qatar Airways.
Going via East Asia, Americas and Africa now would definitely mean high fares and high non-refundable fuel surcharge.
It's definitely worth the risk if you want to enjoy European Summer this year cheaply, and hurry, book it before the troubles are over, as I can see Business/Premium Economy fares are trending normal.

 

[Saab34]

I do expect a Covid like surge for the Euro summer if this conflict is someone heading for the exit next month.

QF would be wise to up its Perth to Europe schedule if they can source capacity.