Travel insurance compulsory?

On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:19:26 -0500, Hilary wrote:
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>> Hence if I don't have a travel insurance and buy the ticket can I still
>> check-in?
>
> If you don't have insurance they would be within their rights to turn you
> away. I wouldn't recommend travelling uninsured anyway. I've always
> bought insurance for anything that was more than visiting people in the
> same country. Anything that involves crossing borders, baggage in the
> hands of others, a foreign country and/or a hotel.
>
> Hilary

Personally I have never been asked to produce proof of insurance at the
check-in, nor heard of anyone else who has. Although as stated, you would
be unwise to travel outside the country without some basic cover. Though
my primary concern is for my own wellbeing, rather than my luggage.

Pete
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>>Their loss (not that they saw it
this way),.<<


So what did they lose?





"tim....." <tims_new_home.uk> wrote in message
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> "Peter Lynch" <pete@freyr.local> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:19:26 -0500, Hilary wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hence if I don't have a travel insurance and buy the ticket can I still
>>>> check-in?
>>>
>>> If you don't have insurance they would be within their rights to turn
>>> you
>>> away. I wouldn't recommend travelling uninsured anyway. I've always
>>> bought insurance for anything that was more than visiting people in the
>>> same country. Anything that involves crossing borders, baggage in the
>>> hands of others, a foreign country and/or a hotel.
>>>
>>> Hilary
>>
>> Personally I have never been asked to produce proof of insurance at the
>> check-in, nor heard of anyone else who has. Although as stated, you would
>> be unwise to travel outside the country without some basic cover. Though
>> my primary concern is for my own wellbeing, rather than my luggage.
>
> I once wanted to buy a cheap 'flight only' to somewhere
> from a travel agent, back in the days when such deals
> were usually spare seats on a charter flight. They
> insisted that I had insurance. I said that I had an annual
> policy at home but they weren't prepared to sell me this
> ticket on an 'insurance pending basis, they made me
> go home to get the details. By the time I had got back
> the spare seat had gone. Their loss (not that they saw it
> this way),.
>
> tim
>
>
>

>> If you don't have insurance they would be within their rights to turn you
>> away. I wouldn't recommend travelling uninsured anyway.
>
> I'm not sure. I often "self-insure" for European trips, as the EHIC
> medical cover is mainly[1] adequate, and if I'm travelling for pleasure
> I tend not to take too much expensive stuff with me.
>
> [1] Not, of course, for medical repatriation, which can be costly - so
> each to their own decision.

This is longhaul.

Hilary