100% of the trip cost
Trip Cancellation provides reimbursement for prepaid and non-refundable trip payments if a trip is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, including illness, injury, or death.
Trip Cancellation
If You cancel Your Trip prior to departure due to one of the covered Unforeseen reasons listed below, We will reimburse You, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits for the amount of unused, non-refundable, Pre-paid Payments or Deposits for the Travel Arrangements You purchased for Your Trip.
We will also reimburse You, up to the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits for the additional single supplement cost You must pay as the result of a change in the per person occupancy rate for Your Travel Arrangements if Your Traveling Companion’s Trip is cancelled for one of the covered Unforeseen reasons listed below and You do not cancel Your Trip.
If You cancel due to a covered Unforeseen reason, and You used frequent traveler awards, such as frequent flier miles or hotel rewards, for any part of Your Trip, We will reimburse You for the fees You pay up to the Maximum Benefit Amount listed in the Schedule of Benefits to re-deposit those miles or rewards in Your account.
If You cancel or reschedule Your Trip due to a covered Unforeseen reason, We will reimburse You up to the sub-limit listed in the Schedule of Benefits for the reissue fee paid to the airline to change Your tickets.
Payable benefit amounts are reduced by any refunds or reimbursements to which You are entitled from any Travel Supplier, whether You requested reimbursement or not. In no event shall the amount reimbursed under this benefit exceed the lesser of the Pre-paid Payments or Deposits made for Your Travel Arrangements or the Maximum Benefit Amount shown in the Schedule of Benefits.
Cancellation must be due to one of the following Unforeseen reasons that occurs after the purchase of this Policy and while this coverage is in effect for You:
1. Your, a Family Member’s, a Traveling Companion’s, a Traveling Companion’s Family Member’s, a Business Partner’s, or a Service Animal’s death that occurs prior to departure on Your Trip;
2. Your, a Family Member’s, a Traveling Companion’s, a Traveling Companion’s Family Member’s, a Business Partner’s, or a Service Animal’s covered Sickness or Injury that: a) occurs before departure on Your Trip; b) requires Medical Treatment by a Physician at the time of cancellation; and c) as certified by a Physician prior to cancellation, results in medical restrictions so disabling as to cause You to cancel Your Trip. The Sickness or Injury of Your Business Partner must be so disabling as to reasonably cause you to assume daily management of the business;
3. the following other Unforeseen reasons which occur to You or Your Traveling Companion provided such events occur while this coverage is in effect:
a. being prevented from embarking on Your Trip due to You or Your Traveling Companion being Quarantined;
b. Complications of Pregnancy, as verified by medical records, provided they begin after this coverage is in effect;c. the death, hospitalization or Quarantine of Your Host at Your Destination with whom You and/or Your Traveling Companion will be staying during Your Trip;
d. hospitalization due to mental, nervous or psychological disorders. The hospitalization must be for more than seventy-two (72) hours, must occur within thirty (30) days of your departure date and must occur at a time when this coverage is in effect;
e. Strike that causes complete cessation of services for at least twelve (12) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You or Your Traveling Companion are scheduled to travel, preventing You or Your Traveling Companion from reaching Your destination;
f. Inclement Weather that causes complete cessation of services for at least twelve (12) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You or Your Traveling Companion are scheduled to travel;
g. mechanical breakdown of the Common Carrier on which You or Your Traveling Companion are scheduled to travel that causes a cancellation or delay of at least three (3) consecutive hours, preventing You or Your Traveling Companion from reaching Your destination;
h. Natural Disaster that causes complete cessation of services for at least twelve (12) consecutive hours of the Common Carrier on which You or Your Traveling Companion are scheduled to travel, preventing You or Your Traveling Companion from reaching Your destination;
i. a government-mandated shutdown of an airport, air traffic control system, cruise port or train station for at least three (3) consecutive hours due to a Terrorist Incident, fire, power outage, or Natural Disaster that affects Your or Your Traveling Companion’s ability to travel on the Trip.Benefits are not available if alternate arrangements or a substitute route is available;
j. Bankruptcy or Default of the airline, cruise line, tour operator, or other travel provider. The Bankruptcy or Default must cause a complete cessation of travel services. The Bankruptcy or Default must occur more than fourteen (14) days following Your purchase of the Policy. Benefits will be paid due to Bankruptcy or Default of an airline only if no alternate transportation is available. If alternate transportation is available, benefits will be limited to the change fee charged to allow transfer to another airline in order to get to the intended destination. This coverage applies only if Your Policy was purchased within the Time Sensitive Period;
k. being directly involved in a traffic accident while en route to the scheduled Trip point of departure (must be substantiated by a police report);
l. mechanical breakdown or theft of Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Covered Vehicle twentyfour (24) hours prior to Your Scheduled Departure Date;
m. You, Your Traveling Companion or Your Host at Your Destination being called into emergency service to provide aid or relief for a Natural Disaster or Terrorist Incident as part of military, police, first responder, medical personnel or fire personnel duties;
n. Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Home or destination accommodations made Uninhabitable by fire, flood, other Natural Disaster, vandalism, or burglary within fourteen (14) days of departure;
o. Your booked accommodations at Your Trip destination are made Uninhabitable by a hurricane named after this coverage is in effect;
p. Your booked accommodations at Your Trip destination are made Uninhabitable by a Natural Disaster occurring after this coverage is in effect;q. interruption of road service or road closure due to Inclement Weather or Natural Disaster occurring after this coverage is in effect prohibiting arrival, or causing a delay in arrival, to the scheduled Trip destination for at least twelve (12) hours;
r. being hijacked, required to serve on a jury, or served with a court order to appear as a witness in a legal action in which You or Your Traveling Companion is not a party (except law enforcement officers). Notice must be received after this coverage is in effect;
s. being a victim of a Verified Physical Assault (must be substantiated by a police report);
t. a Terrorist Incident that occurs within thirty (30) days of the Trip’s Scheduled Departure Date in a city listed on the Trip itinerary. For benefits to be payable, there must not have been a Terrorist Incident in the city in the thirty (30) days prior to the purchase of the Policy. No benefits are payable for Terrorist Incidents that occur in a layover city and/or a city on the Trip itinerary that shows a scheduled visit of six (6) hours or less. Benefits are not available if the Travel Supplier offers a substitute itinerary;
u. involuntary employment termination or layoff. Notification of the termination or layoff must occur thirty (30) days or more after this coverage is in effect. Employment must have been with the same employer for at least one (1) continuous year, including the date this Policy was purchased.
This benefit is not available to independent contractors, temporary employees or self-employed individuals, or if You or Your Traveling Companion are a company owner or partner;
v. a transfer of employment of two hundred fifty (250) miles or more that requires the relocation of Your or Your Traveling Companion’s Home. Notification of the transfer must occur within thirty (30) days of the Scheduled Departure Date of Your Trip. Employment must have been with the same employer for at least one (1) continuous year, including the date this Policy was purchased;
w. revocation of previously granted military leave or reassignment of station. For revocation, official written notice by a supervisor or commanding officer of the original approval and the revocation must be provided. For reassignment, orders of relocation must be provided;
x. being unable to participate in Diving, skiing, a competition, a performance, an activity or volunteer or mission program during the scheduled travel dates due to Sickness or Injury that occurred after this coverage is in effect, required the in-person Medical Treatment by a Physician, and in the written opinion of Physician, would prevent participation in such activities. The Diving, skiing, competition, performance, activity or program must be the sole or primary purpose for Your Trip.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS: You must advise the Travel Supplier as soon as possible in the event of a cancellation and claim. We will not pay benefits for any additional charges incurred that would not have been charged had You notified the Travel Supplier within seventy-two (72) hours of the need to cancel.