Should I Buy Travel Insurance?

Reasons to Buy Travel Insurance

1. MEDICAL COVERAGE:

   1. You become ill or injured and require healthcare outside the U.S.

   2. You need an emergency medical evacuation due to an accident or sudden illness

   3. You need assistance with replacing a prescription or an emergency cash transfer

2. TRIP CANCELLATION:

   1. You must cancel your trip due to an unexpected event

   2. You have to return home early due to an unexpected emergency

3. TRIP DELAYS/ISSUES:

   1. Your luggage is lost, delayed, damaged or stolen

   2. You experience flight delays and miss a portion of your trip or cruise

   3. Your trip is interrupted due to weather

   4. You lose your passport, leaving you stranded abroad

Some credit cards, like the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Chase Sapphire Reserve have travel insurance benefits, but it is important to review the FINE PRINT to know exactly what is covered and when it is covered.

Chase Sapphire Travel Insurance Benefits

• Trip Delay Reimbursement: If your common carrier travel is delayed more than 12 hours (six hours for Sapphire Reserve) or requires an overnight stay, you and your family are covered for unreimbursed expenses, such as meals and lodging, up to $500 per ticket.

• Trip Cancellation / Interruption Insurance: If your trip is canceled or cut short by sickness, severe weather and other covered situations, you can be reimbursed up to $10,000 per person and $20,000 per trip for your pre-paid, non-refundable travel expenses, including passenger fares, tours and hotels.

• Baggage Delay Insurance: Reimburses you for essential purchases like toiletries and clothing for baggage delays over six hours by passenger carrier up to $100 a day for 5 days.

• Lost Luggage Reimbursement: If you or an immediate family member check or carry-on luggage that is damaged or lost by the carrier, you're covered up to $3,000 per passenger.

• Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver: Decline the rental company's collision insurance and charge the entire rental cost to your card. For Sapphire Reserve cardmembers, coverage is primary and provides reimbursement up to $75,000 for theft and collision damage for rental cars in the U.S. and abroad. Sapphire Preferred Cardmembers can be reimbursed up to the actual cash value of the vehicle, but coverage excludes certain cars, such as high value and exotic vehicles.

• Travel Accident Insurance: When you pay for your air, bus, train or cruise transportation with your card, you are eligible to receive accidental death or dismemberment coverage of up to $500,000 ($1,000,000 for Sapphire Reserve).

• Review Additional Benefits covered with the Chase Sapphire Reserve HERE

If you require additional coverage, work with your Travel Advisor to choose a plan that meets your specific needs.

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