Jan 11, 2020, 10:02 am
Last edit by: mia
American Express (USA)Trip Cancellation or Interruption terms:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...ion-terms.html
American Express (USA) Trip Delay terms:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...rip-delay.html
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...ion-terms.html
American Express (USA) Trip Delay terms:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...rip-delay.html
Amex (USA) adding trip delay and cancellation coverage to select cards
Sep 24, 2019, 3:16 pm
#16
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Per TPG, medical evacuation coverage is still being offered on the Platinum card.
Sep 24, 2019, 3:17 pm
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Sep 24, 2019, 5:29 pm
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To be honest I'll take trip insurance in exchange for harder to use airline credits, but I still think a decent compromise on the travel credit would be to add prepaid AmexTravel hotel bookings, since it keeps the money in house.
Sep 24, 2019, 6:17 pm
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Sep 24, 2019, 6:34 pm
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The roadside assistance was awesome. I needed a jump once and AMEX had a site where you can track the person on their way to you. However, having delay insurance will be nice.
Sep 24, 2019, 6:52 pm
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The USA AmEx Plat card used to have some travel insurance system where you signed up in advance and were charged a fixed amount for the coverage whenever you charged a plane ticket to your card. I don't know whether it's still offered as I never accepted it. How does this compare in coverage to the newly announced travel insurance coverage?
Sep 24, 2019, 7:28 pm
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"Note that a round-trip is defined as travel to one or more destinations that begins and ends in the original city of departure. So one itinerary bringing a covered traveler from New York to London, then back from Paris to New York would qualify as a round-trip for the purposes of Amex’s insurance coverage."
Sep 24, 2019, 7:31 pm
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From the link in the OP:
"Note that a round-trip is defined as travel to one or more destinations that begins and ends in the original city of departure. So one itinerary bringing a covered traveler from New York to London, then back from Paris to New York would qualify as a round-trip for the purposes of Amex’s insurance coverage."
"Note that a round-trip is defined as travel to one or more destinations that begins and ends in the original city of departure. So one itinerary bringing a covered traveler from New York to London, then back from Paris to New York would qualify as a round-trip for the purposes of Amex’s insurance coverage."
Sep 24, 2019, 8:49 pm
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I don't understand the "round trip" stipulation...if I buy a one-way ticket on one airline, but fly home one way on another, and purchased both separately but with the same qualifying card I won't be covered on either leg?
Sep 24, 2019, 8:55 pm
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My reading of the words quoted above is that one would be covered if and only if the two one way tickets were on the same itinerary.
Sep 24, 2019, 8:55 pm
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Sep 24, 2019, 9:31 pm
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