jaybee1965

Pleased to hear your bags were recovered bitob and az85331. What a sorry saga. Good PR for airtags though. Following along while looking forward to my first Cunard QM2 TA May 2024.

Thanks again John, maybe this post will help anyone else looking at travel insurance. At this stage I'm inclined to go with the credit card insurance and perhaps keep an eye out for an additional cruise evacuation policy for the QM2 crossing closer to the time. The general exclusion re contagious diseases other than covid19 is also a bit off putting but I guess I'm overthinking potential disaster and "life threatening" is always going to be subjective to the medical experts at the time. Travel well everyone. Janelle

Thanks John, yes I have the correct ones, much appreciated. My reading of the CBA looks like nothing pandemic or contagious will be covered on a multi day cruise (although I tried arguing it's a crossing on an ocean liner rather than a cruise!) so I guess I'm weighing up the likelihood of needing evacuation for that rather than some unforseen emergency. We're both fully vaccinated and generally healthy, and who knows what the rules will be in another 12 months. Anyone know of a list of things cruise ships will mandatory evacuate you for - I read somewhere about a TIA(stroke) but the person was actually only dehydrated..

found the post "Credit Card Travel Insurance - Allianz" and Ozwoody spreadsheets in Princess World Cruise roll call

My brother and I (57, 58 no pre existing health issues) are planning around the world trip in 2024 including a transatlantic crossing on QM2. I have been reading the forums and note Aus Traveller mentioned researching credit card travel insurance last year and did a spread sheet. I'm sure there was also a post by someone on a longer cruise also offering a spreadsheet but others were having trouble downloading and there was an offer to email. Now I can't find it. I have read the PDS and emailed Covermore and it still seems a bit too good to be true compared to the cost of stand alone travel insurance policy for a 3 month trip including USA. Am I missing something, does anyone have first hand experience to share? (CBA Platinum Awards card currently $249pa) There is a cruise extras upgrade but the wording is "As well as the cover we provided you under Overseas Medical and Overseas Travel Policy for cruising, the cardholder can pay to upgrade......" Benefits of the upgrade are not important to us. The other weasel words are general exclusion 28 where they will not pay for claims caused by epidemics/pandemics/contagious disease outbreak EXCEPT overseas emergency medical and hospital expenses if you test positive to covid-19 AND destination was not subject to do not travel warning AND you were not travelling on a multi night cruise at the time of testing positive to covid-19. My main fear, although highly unlikely, is being evacuated by helicopter or something back to USA infamous health system and guessing this would be excluded if we test positive to covid-19 regardless of reason for evacuation. Any feedback appreciated. thanks, Janelle

I haven't cruised since 2015 and now booked for May 2024 when rules will likely have changed again but right now I'm wondering how many get denied boarding for testing positive in the 24-48 hours pre cruise? Seems no travel insurance covers that.