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Article Source: SmarterTravel.com
High airline fees to ensure a refundable ticket can be avoided by getting either getting conventional "trip cancellation insurance" OR "cancel for any reason trip-cancellation insurance" OR a bundled policy.
Best vendor: Allegiant offers Trip Flex with unlimited changes.
Believe me, it can be very hard to collect on conventional TCI (trip cancellation insurance). You or a family member have to die, literally to collect. "Cancel for any reason" is better, and Trip Flex is best.
#1 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 5:32 PM ESTOne time I was on a much looked-forward-to bus trip, and there was another fella in our group who wore a cast on his lower leg. I suspect he decided to tough it out because he was not going to be able to get his money back on the ticket.
#2 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 5:34 PM ESTGood to know, MinnieApolis. We always book flights at their cheapest, but should there ever be a need to change or cancel...lo and behold.. it becomes impossible. It is even worse when you travel with kids - you cancel the whole lot at a big loss!
#3 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:58 PM ESTIt is even worse when you travel with kids
That's for sure -- and with kids, you know that one minute they can be fine, and the next minute they have chicken pox or something like that.
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