Travel Insurance - Point to Point Carriers

[travelislife]

Another one for the collective wisdom here. I was wondering if out there in the market place there is travel insurance that is good for when using point to point carriers such as Jetstar, AirAsia, etc. Something along the lines of if you allow a minimum X (being a MCT set by the TI provider) hours between flights and something happens with the first flight you are covered for missing any subsequent ones.

This surely has to be a more regular occurrence these days with all of the LCC's popping up.

 

[here2go]

Looking forward to answers on this too!
I've been told by my travel agent there needs to be six hours between connections before travel insurance kicks in when on point to point, and that is my only cost effective option for getting out of DRW when I am trying to book a holiday to Europe in December. I hope QF and JQ are reading this post - please do the right thing by your DRW customers and load the Qantas Codeshare (QF271/QF272) against the already scheduled JQ61/JQ62).

 

[travelislife]

That is a perfect situation/scenario where this is needed.

 

[k_sheep]

My westpac altitude gold credit card insurance (through Zurich) paid up no questions asked when I was stuck in SYD for 2 days after a DJ flight was delayed, forcing me to miss my JQ flight.

 

[travelislife]

Maybe people don't fly point to point carriers on here very often as there has been many takers on the advice side.

 

[here2go]

I guess the question here is for those who have little choice. Living in the large capitals this is not an issue, however in Darwin I can assure you unless you like long layovers in Singapore with Silkair for Europe, Jetstar is all that you've got, and their ability to load the QF Codeshare on the route, even when their own schedule is known, in order to allow a good deal on a family holiday to Europe is limited. I had hoped that Silkair might goad Jetstar and the Qantas Group into action. Such naivety.

 

[Isochronous]

I have QF MEL-SYD-NAN, FJ NAN-LAX, and AA LAX-DFW-AUS on separate bookings, so I was wondering if TI would pay up if somehow connections in SYD/NAN/LAX were missed. The Westpac experience seems to suggest I shouldn't have a problem, which I assume might be aided by the fact tis all oneworld and checked in at MEL.

 

[moa999]

The wording on "most" travel insurance policies uses the words "connecting flights" which is apparently generally code for same PNR so no coverage. Obviously YMMV.
Scoot's new "No Worries" policy provides this for Scoot to Scoot/Tiger connections.