What is Sports Weather Loss travel insurance?

Sports Weather Loss can reimburse a traveler’s prepaid and non-refundable trip payments when they are not able to participate in a sport or activity due to inclement weather. This can include trip expenses such as greens fees or lift tickets.

Please be aware that coverage and eligibility requirements for this benefit differ by policy. The tables below show the providers that offer Sports Weather Loss coverage.

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Sports Weather Loss by Provider

Last Updated: 01/23/2024
AXA Assistance USA AXA Assistance USA
Policy Name and Summary of Coverage
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Platinum

Lost Skier Days and Lost Golf Rounds coverage

LOST GOLF ROUNDS – Maximum Benefit Amount $500

The Company will reimburse You up to the Maximum Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits for the value of Your pre-paid Golf tickets or greens fees for each day You are unable to complete at least nine holes of an eighteen hole round due to Golf Course closure, subject to the following:

a) You must have made a confirmed reservation and pre-paid deposit at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of Your tee time;

b) The course management must have temporarily closed the course due to inclement weather, resulting in Your delay or suspension of play of at least three (3) hours;

c) The course management must not reimburse You the value of the Golf tickets or greens fees, or issue You a credit;

d) You or Your playing group must not have caused any delay by missing or starting Your round past Your reserved start time; and

e) Your reservation is during Your Trip and on a date when the average temperature within twenty (20) miles of the course is historically above sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit at noon local time.

If Your lost Golf round is part of a purchased package of multiple Golf rounds, Your benefit will be the pro-rata value of the round.

To qualify for benefits, You must provide a copy of the pre-paid Golf reservation and receipt, and a report from the resort or Golf Course management stating the date, time and duration, and reason for the closure.

LOST SKIER DAYS – $25/Day Up to 5 Days

The Company will reimburse You up to the Maximum Benefit shown on the Schedule of Benefits for the value of Your or Your Traveling Companion’s pre-paid Ski tickets for each day You or Your Traveling Companion are unable to Ski during the Trip, subject to the following:

1. The Skiing must be scheduled to occur between December 1 and March 31;

2. Coverage begins on the later of the date and time You or Your Traveling Companion: a) arrive at the resort or b) acquire a valid Ski lift ticket;

3. A minimum of ten (10) Trails must be open on the date and time You or Your Traveling Companion arrive at the resort;

4. You or Your Traveling Companion are unable to Ski on a given day due to fifty percent (50%) or more of the Trails at the resort closing for at least eight (8) consecutive hours from lack of snow cover or stormy weather;

5. If Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Ski ticket applies to multiple Ski resorts within a fifty (50) mile radius and one of the other resorts is not experiencing fifty percent (50%) or more of the Trails closing for at least eight (8) consecutive hours from lack of snow cover or stormy weather on a given day, then no benefits are payable that day for inability to Ski.

If Your or Your Traveling Companion’s lost skier day is part of a lift ticket good for between two (2) and five (5) consecutive days, Your benefit will be the pro-rata value of the Ski day.

Benefits are not payable hereunder for season passes, lift ticket purchases of six (6) or more days or night Skiing.

To qualify for benefits, You must provide a copy of the pre-paid Ski lift ticket receipts, and a report from the resort stating the date, time and duration, percentage of Trails closed, and reason for Trail closures.

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Seven Corners Seven Corners
Policy Name and Summary of Coverage
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Trip Protection Elite

Optional coverage

COVERAGE H

OPTIONAL LOST SKIER DAYS – Maximum Benefit Amount $500

If You are unable to ski during Your Trip due to 50% or more of the mountain trails closing during Your Trip, benefits will be paid, on a one-time basis, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits, for: the value of the ski lift ticket for the date/time of the closure only will be paid.

“Trails” means named skier paths with grade of difficulty intended to provide skiing down the mountain. Trails does not include connecting paths between trails.

1. Benefits begin on the date You arrive at the mountain or the date You have a valid ski lift ticket;

2. A minimum of 10 trails must be open on the date of Your arrival at the mountain in order to be eligible for this Benefit;

3. This Benefit does not apply to Season Passes;

4. If Your ski lift ticket applies to multiple ski mountains and one of the mountains is open for skiing per this Benefit as noted above, this Benefit is not provided;

5. Written documentation from authorized personnel at the ski location must be submitted as proof of loss;

6. Maximum Lost Skier Days Benefit is $500.

Benefits are not payable for lift tickets under this Lost Skier Days Benefit if lift tickets are used for:

• Heli-Skiing

• Back Country Skiing.

These benefits will not duplicate any other benefits payable under the Policy or any coverage(s) attached to the Policy.

This benefit also includes:

COVERAGE J

OPTIONAL SPORTS EQUIPMENT RENTAL – Maximum Benefit Amount $500

If, while on Your Trip, Your checked sports equipment is lost, stolen, damaged or delayed by a Common Carrier for 12 hours or more, benefits will be paid, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits, for the reasonable cost of renting sports equipment during Your Trip. These benefits will not duplicate any other benefits payable under the Policy or any coverage(s) attached to the Policy.

COVERAGE I

OPTIONAL LOST GOLF ROUNDS – Maximum Benefit Amount $500

If You or Your Traveling Companion are unable to Golf during Your Trip due to the inability to complete play on at least nine (9) holes of an eighteen (18) hole round due to weather during the round where the Course management expressly cancels or puts the Golf round on delay or suspension for more than three (3) hours on the day of play, and documents same, the Company will reimburse You (on a pro-rated basis) for the value of Your Prepaid Golf tickets or greens fees for each day of the loss of Golf during Your Trip, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown on the Schedule of Benefits.

You must provide a copy of the Prepaid Golf receipts and reports from the resort or Course management stating the date, length of time, and reason for Course closure or reason for cancellation or suspension for which You are submitting a claim.

“Golf” or “Golfing” means the recreation of playing Golf on an officially registered Golf Course measuring over 4,000 yards with a par rating of at least sixty-eight (68) for eighteen (18) holes of play, or that has multiple eighteen (18) hole Courses of at least 4,000 yards each, within the resort and operated by the same management, that is accessed by a prepaid use ticket for rounds, play time, and/or use or admission. However, Golf or Golfing does not include miniature, executive or par-3 courses, or Golf that takes place where discounted rates are in effect for “twilight,” early evening, winter season, or nighttime play.

“Course” means land that is specifically and physically maintained for use as a Golf Course and depicted for such on a course card with distance and/or slope and handicap ratings as provided by management.

This Lost Golf rounds Benefit does not cover loss, delay, or suspension of Golf due to actual and/or tangible damage to the Course from any reason whatsoever, regardless of cause.

The following conditions must be met for this Lost Golf rounds Benefit to be payable:

a) You must have made a confirmed reservation, including a Prepaid deposit, at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of Your tee time with the course management;

b) You must incur a cancellation charge by the course management if You do not play, or lose the value of Your Golf fees if play is suspended. If the operator issues You a credit, there is no loss.

c) You or Your playing group must not have caused any delay by missing or initiating Your game past the reserved start time for the round;

d) Maximum tee time reservations covered is five rounds for any one Trip.

This benefit also includes:

COVERAGE J

OPTIONAL SPORTS EQUIPMENT RENTAL – Maximum Benefit Amount $500

If, while on Your Trip, Your checked sports equipment is lost, stolen, damaged or delayed by a Common Carrier for 12 hours or more, benefits will be paid, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits, for the reasonable cost of renting sports equipment during Your Trip. These benefits will not duplicate any other benefits payable under the Policy or any coverage(s) attached to the Policy.

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