Right - last piece of the puzzle in place, no thanks to Qantas. I have booked MEL-CMB-DEL with Sri Lankan Airlines, leaving a day earlier, getting into Delhi a day earlier and with a 13 hour connection in Colombo. It is not my ideal choice and I am nervous as hell about whether the flights will operate, but if they do then I am expecting an enjoyable experience.
I am pleased to have been able to delete a pointless overnight in Casablanca en route to Tunis. I have gained a full day in Tunis.
And I am pleased to be flying out of LCY (honestly) as it is more convenient for where I will be staying in Kent even though the service to Milan will be economy in all but name and the connection in Milan is tight.
My learnings from this are that (a) even fully ticketed bookings can evaporate; (b) airlines will ignore requests for reinstatement; and (c) Fiji agents will not pass on any requests for release of QF revenue seats - instead just lying to get you off the line.
