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Old Oct 29, 2023 | 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by VegasGambler
No travel insurance on the AS card AFAIK. Same with all the other ~$100 cobranded cards for various US carriers.

This is also one of the problems with those gift cards that everyone loves buying from Costco (the other problem is, no travel category bonus miles, which essentially negates the 10% discount)

If you have a good travel credit card (Amex Plat, CSR) these are much better choices IMO.

In the past, with AS, they have treated me very well when things have gone badly, so I haven't actually needed to use my travel insurance. But that was pre-covid and I'm not sure how strict they are now.

Surprisingly, AS is the only carrier where I've ever had significant disruptions (delayed several hours or overnight). It's never come up for when when flying internationally, or on AA or UA (which is total luck, I'm sure)
Just charge 1 cent to your cc with travel insurance and leave the rest on the gc. I can confirm it works with CSR - your trip is fully insured despite only a portion charged to the cc.
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