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Complimentary International Travel Insurance

Available on eligible credit cards.7

Enjoy complimentary international travel insurance

Kick back and relax on your journey overseas knowing that you, your spouse and dependants (under 76 years of age) are covered if the unexpected happens.

To be covered, your spouse and dependants need to travel with you for at least half of the journey, and their return tickets need to have been bought before the journey began.7

Learn about the impact of COVID-19 on complimentary credit card insurance.

Included with eligible credit cards.

International travel insurance benefits

Complimentary international travel insurance benefits

  • Up to 90 consecutive days international travel cover per year, and cover if your trip is cancelled due to an emergency or if you need emergency medical treatment while on holiday.

  • Includes travel delay cover as well as cover for loss or damage to baggage, money and documents.

  • If you’re injured or fall ill while overseas, emergency medical expenses cover may help you with the cost of treatment.

  • If you, your spouse and/or dependant/s are positively diagnosed as suffering a sickness recognised as an epidemic or pandemic, such as COVID-19, cover may be available to you for overseas emergency assistance, overseas emergency medical, evacuation & repatriation, cancellation and additional expenses. Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply.7

How do I get my complimentary international travel insurance?

Simply use your Bendigo Ready, Low Rate Platinum, Platinum Rewards or Qantas Platinum credit card to purchase a minimum of $500 of your prepaid travel costs before leaving Australia.

Refer to Part A – Eligibility for Cover in the Credit Card Insurance Terms and Conditions for the terms, conditions, limits and exclusions that apply.7

Lodge your claim online.

Eligible cards

The following Bendigo Bank credit cards include complimentary insurance:

What do I get?

International travel insurance

Limits (per credit card account)

Overseas emergency assistance Unlimited8
Overseas emergency medical Unlimited8
Overseas emergency dental (spontaneous toothache) Up to a maximum total limit of $1,250 per covered person
Evacuation & repatriation Unlimited8
Hospital cash allowance $100 per day per covered person up to a maximum total limit of $12,000.
Accidental death Up to $20,000 per covered person, up to a maximum total limit of $100,000.
Funeral expenses Up to $20,000 per covered person, up to a maximum total limit of $100,000.
Loss of income Your verified income, up to $2,000 per week, up to a maximum total limit of $12,000 or 30 consecutive weeks, whichever is lesser.
Assault requiring hospital admission $500 per person.
Cancellation Unlimited8(sublimit applies for agent’s cancellation fee, see Terms and Conditions)
Additional expenses Unlimited8
Travel delay expenses Up to $1,000 per covered person after six consecutive hours, up to a maximum total limit of $2,000.
Alternative transport expenses Up to a maximum total limit of $3,500
Return home & resumption of journey Up to $6,000 per covered person up to a maximum total limit of $12,000.
Domestic pets Up to $50 per 24 hour period, up to a maximum total limit of $500.
Hijack Up to $100 per day per covered person per 24 hour period, up to a maximum total limit of $20,000.
Kidnap & ransom Up to a maximum total limit of $100,000.
Luggage Up to $15,000 per covered person up to a maximum total limit of $20,000 (sublimits apply, see Terms and Conditions).
Travel documents, transaction cards & travellers cheques Up to $550 per covered person up to a maximum total limit of $1,000
Luggage delay Up to $500 per covered person up to a maximum total limit of $1,000
Personal liability Up to a maximum total limit of $2,500,000.

Things you should know

Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. All information, including interest rates and fees, is correct as at 9 November 2023 and is subject to change. Full details available on application. Credit criteria apply. Credit provided by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 237879 (‘Bendigo Bank’).

7Bendigo Credit Card Insurance

Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Refer to the Bendigo Credit Card Insurance (Bendigo Ready, Low Rate Platinum, Platinum Rewards, Qantas Platinum) Terms and Conditions for further information. Bendigo Bank does not guarantee any benefits under this insurance.
Complimentary insurance covers: AWP Australia Pty Ltd ABN 52 097 227 177 AFSL 245631 (trading as Allianz Global Assistance) under a binder from the insurer, Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFSL 234708 (Allianz) has issued an insurance group policy to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 AFSL and Australian credit licence 237879 (Bendigo Bank) which allows eligible Bendigo Bank account holders and cardholders to claim under it as third party beneficiaries. Access to the benefit of cover under the Credit Card Complimentary Insurance is provided to eligible Bendigo Bank cardholders by reason of the statutory operation of Section 48 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth). If an eligible person wishes to claim any of these benefits, they will be bound by the eligibility criteria, terms, conditions, limits and exclusions contained in the Bendigo Credit Card Insurance (Bendigo Ready, Low Rate Platinum, Platinum Rewards and Qantas Platinum) Terms and Conditions which may be amended from time to time. Any advice on insurance is general advice only and not based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs.

8Where used the term ‘Unlimited’ only means there is no capped dollar sum insured. Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. All costs and expenses claimed must be reasonable. We will only pay for treatment received and/or hospital accommodation during the 12 month period after the sickness first showed itself or the injury happened.

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