Travel Delay Expenses refers to an event which impacts or has reasonable cause to impact your travel plans. The cost of extra accommodation, meals, transport and missed events can add up quickly. If your disruption means you need to cancel the remainder of your trip and head home, this can become even more expensive. We understand that travel is unpredictable and that's why we have cover you can count on.
There are many events covered under Travel Delay Expenses, see below for more details.
Transport Disruption: If your pre-paid transport is cancelled, delayed, or rescheduled for a reason outside of your control and you are delayed for at least 6 hours, we will reimburse up to $200 for reasonable additional meal and accommodation expenses; and up to $200 for each full 24-hour period that the disruption continues beyond the initial 6-hour delay.
Terms and conditions, limits and exclusions apply.Please see PDS for full details.
You can claim your additional meals and accommodation expenses from anyone else including receiving compensation from another service provider.
The out of pocket expenses you have paid for, are or on behalf of any other person, unless that person is also an insured person named on your certificate of insurance.
Terms and conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Please see PDS for full details.
It can be tricky to understand when Travel Delay Expenses will and will not cover you, so we've prepared the below example scenarios of when travellers would and would not be covered.
Terms and conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Please see PDS for full details.
If your flight is delayed for more than 6 hours and you are unable to return home for the delayed period, the Travel Delay Expenses benefits provides cover for reasonable costs for meals & accommodation up to $200 for the initial 6-hour period with an additional $200 for each additional 24-hour period that the disruption continues.
Please note that you will need to claim through an airline first and show us documentation that they are not able to reimburse you for any associated costs due to a flight cancellation. Please see the PDS for full details on Travel Delay Expenses benefit.
It depends on the reason that you miss your connecting flight. We may cover you if you miss your connecting flight due unforeseen circumstances such a strike, riot, hijack, civil protest or unrest, weather, natural disaster, or physical accident affecting your mode of transport or if you become sick or injured and are unfit to travel. We do not cover you for a missed connecting flight that were the fault of the airline as it is their responsibility to provide you with the service you have paid for. If you miss a connecting flight, we recommend seeking compensation from your transport provider.
It depends on the reason your flight was cancelled. If you decide to book with another airline because your original flight was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances strike, riot, hijack, civil protest or unrest, weather, natural disaster, or physical accident affecting your mode of transport then you may be entitled to claim. We always advise you to contact your original airline for alternative flight options and utilise existing bookings where possible. We also advise you to contact us first before paying out any additional travel expenses.
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