Travel Insurance

HImom
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 03:59:12 +0000

I have relied upon the travel insurance that comes with our CCard–I believe it was a visa. I bought us all plane tickets to Europe for June 2000 and then the Icelandic volcano erupted and I got a terrible respiratory infection and my lung MD ordered me to cancel. I submitted his letter to the CC company’s travel insurance and they refunded me the change fees for all of us. I also got refunds of all our reservations and basically was made whole, including non refundable lodging.

For insurance to fly back to your home and/or home country reimbursed by medical insurance, you have to read the fine print and be sure it provides the coverage you want, especially if you have pre-existing medical conditions.

Another time, I bought nonrefundable tickets with United but got a bad infection and my docs ordered me not to fly. United credited us the cost of the tickets and refunded the change fee when we sent in the MD note with new reservations.