Glad to hear you managed to find a flight!  Needless to say it is a waste of the extra money. On the other side, it makes sense from an airline point of view. They also have a huge cost increase with all kind of detours / cancellations etc. But still ... I recall having to fly back from Ho Chi Minh City to Amsterdam, in July 2020, just after the Covid-19 lockdown in Vietnam, where I got stuck for > 4 months. I finally managed to book a flight, with Cathay Pacific from HCMC to HongKong and from HongKong to London. Next, British Airways took me from London to Amsterdam. This all in half empty planes, for the mere sum of approximately 5.100 Euro! This has undoubtedly caused raised eyebrows in the finance department of my employer  Have a safe flight!

Yeah, I'm really not expecting any joy with it, things could have been a lot worse and for some that really is the case. 5 more nights in The Big Mango with a rock solid reason for it....I'm definitely looking on the positives!!

I read somewhere that the only way to get around the war & conflict exclusion is if you bought a "cancel for any reason" option, and even then insurance companies will only pay in certain cases. 

Got a flight with EVA through a Thai travel company back in UK....one way ticket is £1400!! I actually consider myself lucky as others are paying plenty more and having to stay longer! Will get refunded from Etihad but it's a pittance in comparison,  maybe there is a possibility of claiming on the travel insurance but they will most likely wriggle out of it citing act of War/conflict/Unforseen event ect ect...

Hi guys, obviously do your own homework as it’s ever changing but an FYI we’ve had colleagues flights cancelled because they were scheduled to stop in the Middle East.


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