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Cathay Pacific adds Covid insurance
Cathay Pacific has added free Covid-19 cover for all passengers from today until the end of February.
The cover, which will be automatically applied, is supplied by AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Limited.
It includes the cost of a Covid PCR test and hospitalisation if needed, with medical expenses extended to US$200,000.
Customers will receive an allowance of US$100 per day per passenger for up to 14 days to help them during periods of unforeseen and mandatory quarantine.
The airline has also said it will ensure affected customers and travel companions get home.
Passengers also get a 24/7 emergency hotline via the phone or WhatsApp message.
Customers are covered for a period of 30 days starting from the date of their departure, or until they return to their home, whichever is earliest.
More details here.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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