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Is where and that interchangeable?

Example :

I’ve been very fortunate in my life that/where I’ve gotten to do some amazing things.
 
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I travel often
 
Is Are "where" and "that" interchangeable in the sentence below?
Example :

I’ve been very fortunate in my life that/where I’ve gotten to do some amazing things.
No. Only "that" works in that sentence.
 
I’ve been very fortunate in my life in that I’ve gotten to do some amazing things.
 
Are both okay here:

I had a previous booking where/that I had to cancel but ended up getting a refund anyway.

What’s the difference here?
 
Only "that" works in the above sentence.
Note that I have merged your new question with your other thread.
Please do not start new threads to ask further questions about the same thing.
 
Only "that" works in the above sentence.
Note that I have merged your new question with your other thread.
Please do not start new threads to ask further questions about the same thing.

I looked it up on on Ludwig.guru that has millions of online references and this is the result :

"Last month, I had a previous booking where I had to cancel because I got sick. I was really disappointed because I had been looking forward to that event for weeks."

Why do u say only “that” works?
 
Here’s another example provided by online sources that has millions of examples in their database :

"I've been very fortunate in my life where I've had the opportunity to travel to many different countries and experience different cultures."
 
Try:

I had a booking that I had to cancel, but thankfully I was able to get a refund.
 
I looked it up on on Ludwig.guru, that which has millions of online references, and this is the result:

"Last month, I had a previous booking where I had to cancel because I got sick. I was really disappointed because I had been looking forward to that event for weeks."

Why do you say only “that” works?
Note my corrections above. I'm not at all surprised that you can find millions of hits for that usage. It doesn't make it grammatically correct. I can find you millions of hits for "u" (as you used above) but that doesn't mean it's an acceptable English word.
It's entirely up to you whether you choose to use English you simply found on the internet or trust what native speakers here tell you.
 
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I’ve been very fortunate in my life that/where I’ve gotten to do some amazing things.
I've been very fortunate to have gotten to do some amazing things in my life.
 
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I've been very fortunate to have done some amazing things in my life.
 
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