Virgin Atlantic prospects can e book with confidence this yr with the introduction of free COVID-19 insurance coverage cowl on all new and present bookings.
The coverage, which applies robotically to all flights booked with Virgin Atlantic, is designed to enrich present journey insurance coverage and supply extra peace of thoughts for upcoming journeys, whether or not prospects are already booked or plotting a getaway.
Within the occasion that they or anybody else on their reserving turns into in poor health with COVID-19 whereas travelling, Virgin Atlantic COVID-19 Cowl ensures associated prices are lined, irrespective of how lengthy the journey is or even when they’re visiting one other vacation spot on the identical abroad journey. The insurance coverage coverage is fulfilled by Allianz Help and covers emergency medical and related bills whereas overseas totalling GBP500,000 per buyer – the best worth of coverage supplied by any airline so far, with no extra fee required.
The coverage additionally covers bills incurred as much as GBP3,000 if a buyer is denied boarding, at both departure or in vacation spot, or has to quarantine because of constructive or suspected COVID-19 throughout a visit.
Clients booked to journey from 24 August 2020 as much as and together with 31 March 2021 will robotically obtain the brand new COVID-19 Cowl and Virgin Atlantic Holidays prospects may also profit, the place the flights on their vacation reserving are with Virgin Atlantic. Offering the shopper is travelling on a Virgin Atlantic ticket if the flight is operated by a accomplice airline or a Joint Enterprise provider – Delta Air Traces or Air France-KLM – the duvet may also apply. Tickets will be booked by way of virginatlantic.com, by telephone or by a journey agent, together with reward tickets on Virgin Atlantic flights.
Juha Jarvinen, Chief Business Officer at Virgin Atlantic stated: “Our precedence is all the time the well being and security of our individuals and prospects and this industry-leading Virgin Atlantic COVID-19 Cowl ensures prospects can proceed to fly protected and fly effectively with us.
“Following our return to the skies to much-loved locations like Barbados, we’re planning extra companies within the autumn, as journey restrictions proceed to ease, together with London Heathrow to Montego Bay, Antigua, Lagos and Tel Aviv. Whether or not it’s to go to associates and kinfolk or take a well-deserved break, we consider this complimentary cowl will present some added reassurance for our prospects as they begin to plan journeys additional afield. It applies in parallel to present journey insurance coverage insurance policies which can now exclude COVID-19, and offers complete cowl for coronavirus, recognising the wants of our prospects as we restart companies.”
Virgin Atlantic COVID-19 Cowl joins the airline’s versatile reserving coverage to present as a lot alternative as potential to prospects as they make their future journey plans. Clients reserving with the airline have the choice to make two date modifications to their flights, with rebooking out there up till 30 September 2022. These date modifications have the related change price waived, although potential fare variations could also be incurred if the brand new journey dates are after 30 November 2020.
Key options of the COVID-19 Cowl embody:
- 24-hour emergency medical help
- GBP500,000 of emergency medical bills if you’re taken in poor health because of Coronavirus throughout your journey, together with remedy, transport and lodging prices
- Extra prices ought to a buyer be denied boarding because of suspected or precise COVID-19, or if they’re held in quarantine, together with lodging, transport expenses, refreshments, reserving modification charges and different journey bills
- Repatriation residence, together with non-public air ambulance the place essential
- No extra payable
- Cowl for the entire journey, with no higher restrict on the size of buyer’s time away
- Cowl for all passengers with no restrictions on age, journey class or size of journey
- Phrases and circumstances apply.
The quilt begins from the purpose of reserving and ends when the shopper returns residence or to a hospital or nursing residence of their residence nation. One-way journeys are additionally included, with the insurance coverage cowl legitimate till the top of the journey, which is outlined as 12 hours after the arrival of the shopper’s ultimate flight.
As a part of its multi-layered strategy to public well being measures, and for buyer comfort, peace of thoughts and confidence, Virgin Atlantic will direct prospects in direction of an inventory of advisable corporations that supply COVID-19 ‘PCR Antigen’ testing, the place it’s required to journey. This record shall be continuously reviewed by the Medical, Well being and Security groups to make sure the best requirements.
