I submitted a travel claim a couple of weeks ago that was refused by
Allianz to provide coverage.
The reason why the claim was submitted was the
funeral home that handled the death of my father,
changed the viewing date from July 1st to July 3rd. July 3rd was the
original return flight. The wake
ceremony after the viewing, was to follow. I am my dad's oldest offspring
and needed to attend the wake.
The funeral home did not tell me about the change until July 1st. So I had to
rescheduled my return flight. US Airways
charged me an extra $245.00 to make that change. I asked US Airways for a
bereavement exemption. They indicated my Allianz traveler's
insurance I purchased will cover that. Allianz rejected
the claim. I could have saved about $70.00 by buying a return ticket from
another airlines instead of paying $245.00 and expecting to be reimbursed
(as the US Airways agent indicated to me). So I feel cheated and
resentful.
Also, my brother-in-law from Atlanta was in the same difficulty attending
the latter viewing and received a bereavement exemption from added charges for
changing his return flight from Delta Airlines. He did not even buy travel
insurance.
I brought travel insurance.
. My dad's funeral cost me
plenty (he had no life insurance) and the added costs of Allianz NOT honoring
an obvious bereavement case, is a great financial burden to me.
I'll never buy traveler's insurance and never fly US Airways or American Airlines who brought them.