Policy Wording - Insure me 4
Policy Wording - Insure me 4
Policy Wording - Insure me 4
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Section 7 Travel delay<br />
This section of cover applies to comprehensive policyholders only.<br />
What is covered:<br />
If the departure of your first outward or final inward international flight, sea crossing or coach or train<br />
journey forming part of a booked trip and specified on your ticket, is delayed as a direct result of strike,<br />
industrial action, adverse weather conditions, failure of air traffic control systems, or <strong>me</strong>chanical breakdown<br />
of aircraft, sea vessel, coach or train:<br />
• For more than 12 hours beyond the intended departure ti<strong>me</strong>: we will pay the sum of £20 per<br />
insured person for the first 12 hours your departure is delayed and a further £10 per insured<br />
person for each subsequent full 12 hours delay, up to a maximum of £300 in all per insured person<br />
per trip; or<br />
• For more than 12 hours beyond the intended departure ti<strong>me</strong>: you can choose instead to abandon<br />
your trip and submit a Cancellation claim under Section 6.<br />
Special conditions relating to claims<br />
If you suffer delays you must obtain written confirmation from the carrier stating the period and reason<br />
for delay.<br />
What is not covered:<br />
• claims arising from actual or planned strike or industrial action which was common knowledge<br />
at the ti<strong>me</strong> you made travel arrange<strong>me</strong>nts for the trip or purchased, renewed or extended this<br />
insurance;<br />
• withdrawal from service of the aircraft, sea vessel, coach or train on which you are booked to travel,<br />
by order or recom<strong>me</strong>ndation of the regulatory authority in any country. You should direct any claim<br />
to the transport operator involved;<br />
• claims where you have not obtained written confirmation from the carrier stating the period and<br />
reason for delay;<br />
• any claim that results from volcanic ash unless you have paid the appropriate premium for cover<br />
and claim under Section 33;<br />
• anything <strong>me</strong>ntioned in the General Exclusions.<br />
Section 8 Ho<strong>me</strong> country departure assistance & missed ho<strong>me</strong><br />
country connection<br />
This section of cover applies to comprehensive policyholders only.<br />
What is covered:<br />
We will pay up to a maximum of £500 per insured person to <strong>me</strong>et the additional costs incurred should you<br />
be delayed or miss your connection as follows:<br />
On your outward journey:<br />
If after leaving your ho<strong>me</strong> you are delayed during your internal/connecting journey to the airport, port,<br />
coach or rail terminal, which is the departure point from your ho<strong>me</strong> country, as a result of disruption,<br />
cancellation, delay, suspension, failure or alteration of public transport, or breakdown or accident<br />
immobilising the private vehicle in which you are travelling:<br />
• We will provide assistance to enable you to continue your journey to the international departure<br />
point from your ho<strong>me</strong> country;<br />
• Where necessary we will provide alternative transport or e<strong>me</strong>rgency local help, including the towing<br />
of your vehicle to the nearest garage.<br />
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