What is this benefit?

Trip Delay Reimbursement covers up to a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each purchased ticket, for reasonable additional expenses incurred when a Covered Trip You purchased with Your eligible UBS Visa Infinite Business card Account and/ or rewards program associated with Your covered Account is delayed for more than six (6)hours or requires an overnight stay. The benefit is limited to one claim per Covered Trip. To be eligible for this coverage, You need to purchase either a portion or the entire cost of Your Common Carrier fare using Your Account.

You, Your spouse and Your dependent children under twenty-two (22) years of age are automatically covered when You charge Your Covered Trip’s Common Carrier fare to Your eligible Account and/ or rewards program associated with Your covered Account.

This benefit is supplemental coverage, which means that reasonable expenses during the delay not otherwise covered by Your Common Carrier, another party or Your primary personal insurance policy, may be reimbursed up to a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per ticket. You will be refunded the excess amount once all other reimbursement has been exhausted up the limit of liability.

What is covered?

Your reasonable additional expenses, such as meals and lodging, may be reimbursed as long as:

  • A portion of the fare was purchased with an eligible Account and/or rewards program associated with Your covered Account
  • Your Covered Trip was delayed for more than six (6) hours or required an overnight stay due to Covered Hazards
  • Your Covered Trip is for a period of travel that does not exceed three hundred and sixty-five (365) days

What is not covered?

  • Any delay due to a Covered Hazard which was made public or made known to You prior to Your departure.
  • Any pre-paid expenses related to Your Covered Trip, such as tour or activity fees associated with Your Covered Trip.

How to file a Trip Delay Reimbursement claim Within thirty (30) days of the Covered Trip delay, call the Benefit Administrator at 1-800-546-9806, or call collect outside the U.S. at 1-804-673-7481. The Benefit Administrator will ask You for some preliminary claim information and send You a claim form.

Within ninety (90) days of the date of Your Covered Trip delay, return Your completed and signed claim form and the requested documentation below to the following address:

Card Benefit Services
P.O. Box 72034
Richmond, VA 23255

Please submit the following documents:

  • A copy of the detailed original and updated travel itinerary and/or the Common Carrier tickets
  • A copy of Your monthly billing statement (showing the last four [4] digits of the Account number) confirming the Common Carrier ticket was charged to the covered Account. Only applicable if the travel itinerary does not reflect the last four (4) digits of the Account number.
  • If more than one method of payment was used, please provide documentation as to additional currency, voucher, points or any other payment method utilized
  • Tickets reflecting the total amount charged for the claimed Covered Trip
  • A statement from the Common Carrier explaining the reason for the delay
  • Copies of itemized receipts for Your claimed expenses. For food expenses, receipts are required, however itemized receipts are only required for bills of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more per covered traveler.
  • Any other documentation deemed necessary by the Benefit Administrator to substantiate the claim

Failure to contact the Benefit Administrator or return the completed claim form and documentation within the time periods indicated above may result in the denial of Your claim.

For faster filing, or to learn more about Trip Delay Reimbursement, visit www.eclaimsline.com

Definitions:

Account means Your credit or debit card Accounts.

Common Carrier means any land, water, or air conveyance operating for hire under a valid license for the transportation of passengers and for which a ticket must be purchased prior to commencing travel. Common Carrier does not include taxis, limousine services, or commuter rail or commuter bus lines or rental vehicles.

Covered Trip means a period of travel that does not exceed three hundred and sixty-five (365) days away from the Eligible Person’s residence to a destination other than the Eligible Person’s city of residence for which the Eligible Person charges the cost of transportation by Common Carrier to the Account and/or rewards programs associated with the covered Account.

Covered Hazards means equipment failure, inclement weather, strike and hijacking/skyjacking.

Eligible Person means a cardholder who pays for their Covered Trip by using their eligible Account and/ or rewards programs associated with their covered Account.

Family Member means Your spouse or legally dependent children under age eighteen (18) [twenty- five (25) if enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited university].

You or Your means an Eligible Person or Your Family Members who charged their Covered Trip to Your eligible Account and/or rewards programs associated with Your covered Account

Additional provisions for Trip Delay Reimbursement

  • Signed or pinned transactions are covered as long as You use Your eligible card to secure the transaction.
  • You shall do all things reasonable to avoid or diminish any loss covered by this benefit. This provision will not be unreasonably applied to avoid claims.
  • If You make any claim knowing it to be false or fraudulent in any respect, no coverage shall exist for such claim, and Your benefit may be cancelled. Each cardholder agrees that representations regarding claims will be accurate and complete. Any and all relevant provisions shall be void in any case of fraud, intentional concealment, or misrepresentation of material fact.
  • No legal action for a claim may be brought against the Provider until sixty (60) days after the Provider receives Proof of Loss. No legal action against the Provider may be brought more than two (2) years after the time for giving Proof of Loss. Further, no legal action may be brought against the Provider unless all the terms of the Guide to Benefits have been complied with fully.
  • This benefit is provided to eligible cardholders at no additional cost. The terms and conditions contained in this Guide to Benefits may be modified by subsequent endorsements. Modifications to the terms and conditions may be provided via additional Guide to Benefits mailings, statement inserts, statement messages or electronic notification. The benefits described in this Guide will not apply to cardholders whose Accounts have been suspended or cancelled.
  • Termination dates may vary by financial institutions. Your financial institution can cancel or non-renew the benefits for cardholders, and if they do, they will notify You at least thirty (30) days in advance. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America (“Provider”) is the underwriter of these benefits and is solely responsible for its administration and claims. The Benefit
  • Administrator provides services on behalf of the Provider.
  • After the Benefit Administrator has paid Your claim, all Your rights and remedies against any party in respect of this claim will be transferred to the Benefit Administrator to the extent of the payment made to You. You must give the Benefit Administrator all assistance as may reasonably be required to secure all rights and remedies.
  • This benefit does not apply to the extent that trade or economic sanctions or other laws or regulations prohibit the provision of insurance, including, but not limited to, the payment of claims.

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For more information about the benefit described in this guide, call the Benefit Administrator at 1-800-546-9806, or call collect outside the U.S. at 1-804-673-7481.