Originally Posted by
garykung
Correct.
No. Ancillary remains ancillary (Remember - proof of purchase is required for the claim).
Unless you have to "add" money, no. Using the ETC alone is not sufficient to trigger the coverage.
Originally Posted by
threeoh
I think you're kind of out of luck here.
Depending on what parts of the coverage are important to you, one work-around would be to have use the ETC to pay for one parent + kids, and then pay for one parent with the CSR to trigger coverage.
You'll only get one person's worth of coverage, of course, but for the Trip Delay $500 may be enough to cover a hotel room big enough for all, and for Trip Cancellation if your destination hotel is just one room and is in the name of the person who has the cash ticket, you should get that reimbursed.
You'll have the balance of the ETC to use for a future trip.
Thanks to you both. Makes sense to potentially do this as two PNRs anyway, so that could work, too. I was wondering about the potential about an addition at time of purchase, but looks like the ETC is being forced for that as well (I thought that would need to be paid for with $. Would that not be covered, if I could find a way to buy up to E+ with the card...as part of the ticket purchase?