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Credit card with airmiles and travel insurance
Posted: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:11 am
by dbenne22
Hi,
Does anyone know of a Singaporean credit card that has both air miles and travel insurance ?
I have found a few that have travel accident insurance (so if you lose a limb or die you get a cash payout) but have not yet been able to find one that offers free comprehensive travel insurance if you buy your tickets using the card, so you are covered for medical evacuation, hospital costs etc.
Does such a card exist ?
PS Amex withdrew their cover from 31/12/05, so that's not an option any more...
Posted: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 7:01 pm
by jpatokal
Almost all credit cards here offer some sort of travel insurance, but I certainly wouldn't call the coverage offered "comprehensive", and neither would I rely on it for anything even moderately serious. I pay about $300/year for global coverage and no surprises, and consider it at fairly small investment for the security gained.
Posted: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 5:03 pm
by v23vince
Posted: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 5:57 pm
by sundaymorningstaple
v23vince wrote:i thought there is a few ?
It would appear that you did not read the OP's post carefully. I believe OP is looking for one that has BOTH air miles AND travel insurance.
Posted: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 6:59 pm
by jpatokal
sundaymorningstaple wrote:It would appear that you did not read the OP's post carefully. I believe OP is looking for one that has BOTH air miles AND travel insurance.
Here's one: ABN AMRO Plat. S$500,000 coverage for airfares charged to the card, plus the option to convert points to KrisFlyer, AsiaMiles, etc. (Conversion rates aren't as good as Amex's though.)
Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 1:42 pm
by Grim Reaper
Just check the details online of all the bank creditcards (ABN AMRO, HSBC, Citibank, OCBC, DBS, UOB etc etc) and you will find more than a handfull of them having this combination requested.
it's a 10 minute job to find out.
But where is the travel insurance ?
Posted: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 7:40 am
by dbenne22
Hi,
thanks for your replies - I have spent several hours trawling through the Amex, UOB, Citibank, HSBC, OCBC, and UBS websites and still cannot find a card that offers travel accident insurance - insurance that covers things such as emergency medical evacuation, lost luggage etc.
Does such a card exist in Sin ?
Posted: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 9:21 am
by Strong Eagle
Why not just buy some travel insurance. There are some policies that are relatively inexpensive that offer very good benefits, including evacuation.
Re: But where is the travel insurance ?
Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 3:21 pm
by jpatokal
dbenne22 wrote:Hi,
thanks for your replies - I have spent several hours trawling through the Amex, UOB, Citibank, HSBC, OCBC, and UBS websites and still cannot find a card that offers travel accident insurance - insurance that covers things such as emergency medical evacuation, lost luggage etc.
Does such a card exist in Sin ?
What part of "ABN Amro Plat" didn't you understand?
In the small print you'll find "Section 2 - Baggage Loss" and "Medical Transfer ... by road or air ambulance" (although I'm not entirely sure the coverage offered suffices to pay for it!).
ABN Platinum card
Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 3:36 pm
by dbenne22
I emailed ABN and they kindly emailed me the detailed description of the card, and as I suspected it does not cover emergency medical avacuation or medical cover, other than things such as repatriation in the event of death.
It's all in the details...
Posted: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 1:02 am
by Bonbon
depends who you travel with for the air miliage...
I take STar aliances most of time, so I use Amex Krisflyer credit card....eveyr dollar spent = 1.2 or something milage...??