Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[stu961]

Whilst the Australian Government has a "Do Not Travel" to Qatar (and UAE), you are on your own without effective travel insurance if you get stuck for any reason there whilst on transit.

Absolutely, no insurance if war is ongoing at time of flights .... hence why I would need to be able to cancel flights on good terms i.e. no fees or very small fee or swap out for dates in future etc... effectively a free/cheap "option"

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Whilst the Australian Government has a "Do Not Travel" to Qatar (and UAE), you are on your own without effective travel insurance if you get stuck for any reason there whilst on transit.

It seems plenty people travel without travel insurance as it is, or take risks which invalidate their insurance (scooter riding in Bali for example), get drunk, take part in dangerous activities such as quad biking, or simply have pre-existing conditions which are too expensive to cover.

A brief transit in the ME probably isn’t high on the list of concerns?

 

[kpc]

It seems plenty people travel without travel insurance as it is, or take risks which invalidate their insurance (scooter riding in Bali for example), get drunk, take part in dangerous activities such as quad biking, or simply have pre-existing conditions which are too expensive to cover.

A brief transit in the ME probably isn’t high on the list of concerns?

And when they get into trouble, they start "Gofund me" pages when the Australian Government refuses financial assistance

 

[Pushka]

Absolutely, no insurance if war is ongoing at time of flights .... hence why I would need to be able to cancel flights on good terms i.e. no fees or very small fee or swap out for dates in future etc... effectively a free/cheap "option"

There's no insurance for war if already travelling and it erupts suddenly which is pretty poor. Hardly a known event at time of commencement.

 

[Saab34]

Insurers would probably go broke if they needed to cover wars, especially the Middle East, talking millions of people. They won’t have the funds behind them to look after everyone.