Flight delayed? Get compensated

Mumbai: Indian travellers can now get insured of flight delays beyond six hours with a new domestic travel insurance cover by Tata AIG and low cost airlines Spice Jet.
Available at a flat premium of Rs 129, domestic travelers can buy this policy while booking their e-tickets on Spice Jet.
The compensation for the flight delay will keep going up for every six hours upto 48 hours by Rs 1,500.
First of its kind domestic travel insurance policy, it also covers passengers for medical expenses and for cancellation of tickets under certain conditions.
“If we consider travel inconvenience, we mostly cover trip cancellation, trip interruption, baggage loss and common carrier delay. In the accidental part we cover accidental death, accidental dismemberment and any kind of hospitalisation that arises out of accidents, says Head of Travel Insurance TATA AIG General, Khalid Sohail.
18/05/07 CNN-IBN

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Categories: New May 2007