Does travel insurance cover strikes?

1cover

• 1Cover will pay for your additional accommodation and travel expenses on all levels of cover (other than essential and basics) for your reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your journey arises from your scheduled or connecting transport is cancelled, delayed, shortened or diverted due to a strike.

AIG

• Under the "cancellation fees and lost deposits" section of your policy, you will have cover for emergency expenses incurred due to unforeseen circumstances outside your control, including strikes.

• You will not be covered for losses, liability or expenses that you incur because you did not take precaution to avoid a claim after there was a warning in the mass media about a strike.

American Express

• Under the "additional hotels, accommodation and transport expenses" section of your policy, you're covered for claims resulting from disruption of your scheduled transport because of a strike.

• Any lost deposits or cancellation charges will not be covered if they arose from a strike which had occurred without warning prior to you buying a single trip policy or planning a journey on an annual policy.

Australia Post

• Under the "other circumstances" section of your policy, you're covered for claims resulting from disruption of your scheduled transport because of a strike.

Boomers

• Boomers will reimburse your reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses resulting from your transport being cancelled, delayed, rescheduled or diverted because of a strike.

Budget Direct

• Additional expenses. You will be reimbursed for additional expenses if the cancellation, delay or diversion of your scheduled transport is caused by a strike and you are unable to have your losses reimbursed by someone else.
• Travel delay expenses. You will be paid travel delay expenses if during you trip, your final international (or internal if you have domestic cover) departure from or returning to Australia by aircraft or sea vessel, is delayed due to a strike.

• You will not have any cover under any section if the claim arises from a strike or industrial action that was public knowledge when you booked your trip.

Columbus Direct

• Travel delay and abandonment of trip. You are covered in the event that the departure of the carrier with which you have arranged to travel is delayed by at least six (6) hours due to strike, or twelve (12) hours if related to abandonment.
• Missed Departure/Connection. You are covered for reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your trip arises because of a strike.

fastcover

• You will be covered for cancellation fees and lost deposits for pre-paid travel if your trip is impacted by a strike. You will also be reimbursed any reasonable expenses you incurred.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if you did not follow advice in the mass media or any government or other official body’s warning of a strike.

Insureandgo

• Additional expenses. The additional expenses if the cancellation, delay or diversion of your scheduled transport is caused by a strike and you are unable to have your losses reimbursed by someone else.
• Travel delay expenses. Travel delay expenses if during you trip, your final international (internal if Domestic Cover) departure from or returning to Australia by aircraft or sea vessel, is delayed due to a strike.

• You will not have any cover under any section if the claim arises from a strike or industrial action that was public knowledge when you booked your trip.

Insure4less

• Travel delay and abandonment of trip. You are covered in the event that the departure of the carrier with which you have arranged to travel is delayed by at least six (6) hours due to strike.
• Missed departure/connection. You are covered for reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your trip arises because of a strike.

iTrek

• Missed departure/connection. You are covered for reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your trip arises because of a strike.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if the mass media has indicated the existence or potential existence of circumstances that may affect your travel including strike or industrial action.

Online Travel Insurance

• Online travel will reimburse your reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses resulting from scheduled or connecting transport is cancelled, delayed, rescheduled or diverted because of a strike.

Ski-insurance

• Under the "additional accommodation & travel expenses" section, you will be covered for your scheduled or connecting transport is cancelled, delayed, shortened or diverted because of strike.

Tick Travel

• Additional expenses. The additional expenses if the cancellation, delay or diversion of your scheduled transport is caused by a strike and you are unable to have your losses reimbursed by someone else.
• Travel delay expenses. Travel delay expenses sections of its policies if during your trip, your final international (internal if Domestic Cover) departure from or returning to Australia by aircraft or sea vessel, is delayed due to a strike.

• You will not have any cover under any section if the claim arises from a strike or industrial action that were public knowledge when you booked your trip.

Travel Insurance Saver

• You will be covered for cancellation and additional accommodation and transportation expenses that are the result of a strike.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if you did not follow advice in the mass media or any government or other official body’s warning of a strike.

Travel Insuranz

• Missed departure/connection. You are covered for reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your Trip arises because of a strike.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if the mass media has indicated the existence or potential existence of circumstances that may affect your travel including strike or industrial action.

Virgin Money

• You will be covered for cancellation fees and lost deposits for pre-paid travel if your trip is impacted by a strike. You will also be reimbursed any reasonable expenses you incurred.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if you did not follow advice in the mass media or any government or other official body’s warning of a strike.

Webjet

• Webjet will reimburse your reasonable additional travel and accommodation expenses if a disruption to your journey arises from your scheduled or connecting transport is cancelled, delayed, rescheduled or diverted because of a strike.

Worldcare

• You will be covered for cancellation fees and lost deposits for pre-paid travel if your trip is impacted by a strike. You will also be reimbursed any reasonable expenses you incurred.

• You will not be covered under any section of the policy if you did not follow advice in the mass media or any government or other official body’s warning of a strike.

youGo

• You will be covered for cancellation and additional accommodation and transportation expenses that are the result of a strike.