travel insurance

Hi, I am about to pay my HCF Health Insurance Premium for a year at a cost of over $5,000 and have always used my bank issued Amex previously. Can anyone confirm points earn using my Amex charge or Plat Edge will only be 0.5 per $ as per t&c Earn 0.5 points per $1 spent on utilities...

I'm seeking advice as to what my son should do. He is in the Phillipines and has a tix and accommodation booked (through booking.com) for the Albay area near Mt Mayon, which is currently erupting (or at least did do yesterday). The news states authorities have risen the warning level to 4/5...

Best Credit card Travel insurance Looking to take out a credit card and want to be covered from a travel insurance point of view especially if paying an annual fee. What is the most comprehensive cover? Im not that fussed about earn rewards, insurance is the main reason for taking out this card.

Just got an email with a code for a 15% discount. I haven't got any travel coming up so haven't done any comparisons and not sure if it is an ongoing discount-no end date on the email. Code is Seniors15 and apparently applies to domestic, cruise & annual.

Just wondering if anyone has put in a claim on insurance when their flight has been delayed? We were in QF12 that was delayed 24 hours due to numerous issues JFK departure was many hours delayed, arrived in LAX about 3.30am...finally got a room at 9.30 am and flew out eventually that evening...

Over the past week I've started looking at my travel insurance needs for 2018. Have completely read three policies this week and each one leaving me with the thought that it doesn't suit me. Question for those that have Annual Travel Insurance policies, what is your process for choosing a...

Hi, my HSBC Platinum VISA has complimentary travel insurance (incl. medical) if you purchase your return tickets on the card. My question(s) 1. Has anybody had problems with the complimentary insurance, would you recommend I purchase additional/separate insurance? 2. How do I PROVE to a...

We were on a Luxury Escape at Fairmont Sanur Beach, Bali a couple of weeks ago when, as bad luck would have it, all flights were cancelled because of the volcano erupting. My wife sleeps a lot more than me, and so liked the set-up in our room there where we had two TVs, and I could watch one on...

I want to use my points (4,500) to pay for my international travel insurance ($162). I probably have no where near enough, but I can’t find any info on how many points I’d actually need.

Hi all, I have used TID and family has used Good2go On review of a new single or annual policy I discovered Choice 2017 recommendations: Single: Compare the best travel insurance - CHOICE Annual: Credit card and annual travel insurance compared - CHOICE Do you agree with their...

Hi all, Looking at travel insurance quotes and TID if include Dubai(transit flight, wont leave airport) Premium rises $115! Do you mark every country you touch down in...transit or just those leave the actual airport?

So much for relying on American Express insurance for travel.... Stranded in Bali ATM as a result of the volcano. Amex have advised they consider this to be only a “travel inconvenience”, so provide no cover for accommodation or flights. Virgin have said they can’t get us out for days, and Amex...

Hi guys, We have an upcoming trip to Bali over Chrimbo booked almost a year ago using points and other expenses on the card. TBH with the travel insurance I had not yet decided whether to buy a new policy or rely on the existing AMEX policy from the card. I dragged my feet on this as usually...

Hi Everyone, We had to cancel our trip to Europe back in August, after my wife had a back operation in mid-June, and hadn't recovered sufficiently (she couldn't walk much more than 20 minutes, before getting leg pain}. Anyhow, we lodged our claim for the money that we lost for cancelling the...

I am about to go for a holiday in Bali. What would be the best card to book the ticket on. Amex Platinum Edge or ANZ black ?

Hi everyone, reading through insurance Ts&Cs is always driving me crazy and as ever so often in these cases I am totally confused :confused: So, in short, my problem: I am going on a two week long trip to the US soon and have paid my QF flight to and from the US with my American Express...

Can anybody point me in the direction of Travel Insurance for spinal injury? My son has been discharged from needing to see the neurosurgeons anymore and has a widening between C5 & C6 which doesn't require surgery but will always be there. He can walk, exercise, work, drive just as before...

My husband has controlled heart failure. He has had a pacemaker/defibulator for 3 years. In fact, he is fitter than i am and manages all the demands of running our farm. We obtained travel insurance 2 years ago, paid an additional premium and went to EU for 9 weeks with no problems. He turned 70...

Hi Folks, I have a situation I would like some advice on, or experiences with. The company I work for has decided in all their omnipotent wisdom, that they no longer have a need to supply comprehensive business travel insurance for their staff around the world, on business trips. Instead, they...

From my research it is impossible to get travel insurance to cover stage 4 cancer? Sound correct? Anyone been in this position and traveled without the insurance or had to cancel and lost $?