Do you use UK Amex Travel insurance?
Apr 27, 2012, 7:28 am
#1
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Do you use UK Amex Travel insurance?
Hi all,
Has anyone recently bought or have any experience with Amex Travel insurance?
My soon to be wife and I are doing a round the world honeymoon and want decent travel insurance. I’ve checked on Amex website and the quote is around £400. I’ve checked this against other companies who are charging around the £300 mark for their top of the range insurance.
Are you paying for the name here? I don’t mind paying the extra £100 if I know that I’m going to get good service etc in case something does go wrong.
Any thoughts?
Cheers ^
Has anyone recently bought or have any experience with Amex Travel insurance?
My soon to be wife and I are doing a round the world honeymoon and want decent travel insurance. I’ve checked on Amex website and the quote is around £400. I’ve checked this against other companies who are charging around the £300 mark for their top of the range insurance.
Are you paying for the name here? I don’t mind paying the extra £100 if I know that I’m going to get good service etc in case something does go wrong.
Any thoughts?
Cheers ^
Apr 27, 2012, 10:45 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: England & Asia
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I too would like to get an answer for this. The only travel insurance I have at the moment is the standard Amex Plat one, but since I'll be travelling a lot more over the next year I'm considering paying for a premium insurance. My quote was around £400 for myself and my wife.
Is it worth it??
Is it worth it??
Apr 27, 2012, 11:29 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: South Oxfordshire
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I had a smallish claim for some treatment my wife needed in Italy a few years ago; one consultation and some prescription medicines. The claim processing was reasonably timely and uncomplicated. Overall, a good experience, insofar as a painful experience in a foreign land can ever be a good experience.
Apr 27, 2012, 1:01 pm
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My expereince predates the recent 'enhancements'.
My wife needed dental treatment in South Africa and the US. I claimed for a cracked windscreen on a rental car in Canada, which required replacement.
All three were settled quickly. The car claim was paid in the same billing month as the charge.
As it happens, the car rental was paid for using AmEx plat so would presumably be covered if it happened now. The travel arrangements for my wife's claims probably not.
My wife needed dental treatment in South Africa and the US. I claimed for a cracked windscreen on a rental car in Canada, which required replacement.
All three were settled quickly. The car claim was paid in the same billing month as the charge.
As it happens, the car rental was paid for using AmEx plat so would presumably be covered if it happened now. The travel arrangements for my wife's claims probably not.