Can we get full refund on cancellation of ticket if embassy closed down?

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You're not eligible for any exchange/refund without paying a penalty (assuming you have a none refundable ticket). The only reason why the airline will waive your fees is in extreme cases (such as war, nature disaster and so forth).

Your case in simply not valid in the eyes of the airline which define the terms and conditions in the 'contract' between you both. This about it, if your case is valid, it means that most cases are valid and hence the airline wont make money.

In as much as it is frustrating on your end, no airline will waive your fees.

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Usually, when an embassy closes down they delegate visa related affairs to another embassy of another country, it is a common practice. If this is not the case in your situation then you can contact the embassy in the nearest country that has one, I suggest using the phone at first for faster response.

If you couldn't manage to get a visa from another embassy, perhaps you can ask them to send you an email stating that it is not possible to issue a visa, use that email to convince the airlines, it might work.

Other than that, as you already mentioned, I don't think you can just force the airlines to make a full refund.

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While it's clearly not your fault, it's important to realise it's also clearly not the airline's fault. As such, they've completed a business transaction with you, with terms and conditions.

So check the terms and conditions - on what you're entitled to a refund for. Odds are it probably doesn't mention embassy closure, and if you then want a refund for a seat they could have sold to someone else, they're probably going to want some sort of compensation for their failed transaction with you.

The normal recourse for this sort of thing is sometimes travel insurance. Did you take any out for your trip? If so, check the policy, that may be able to help you out. But it's not the airline's responsibility to just refund you for something out of their control.

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