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4 Sep 19, 10:53 PM |
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Hurricane Delay - Insurance
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We were due to fly out on Tuesday but with MCO closed and flight cancelled we are now due to fly out Thursday. We booked an additional 2 nights using our points. How would we claim the cost back from the insurance ? How do you work out what the ‘cost’ would be? Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks |
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4 Sep 19, 11:16 PM |
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I don't think you will be able to claim back anything really. Certainly my own insurance specifically excludes points from a timeshare (also flights using air miles).
There is a policy that DVC offers which will repay the dues only if you have to cancel a booking. I don't know if it works for UK members or if it's just US as I've not looked into it in detail. If you have had to cancel any nights it's worth speaking to MS to see if they can help restore any lost points. From what I've heard they can be quite helpful given the circumstances. As far as the your new booking goes, maybe your insurers might repay you something(dues?) but if you haven't actually forked out then I doubt it. Seems mad but a cash booking would probably be easier to reclaim. |
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4 Sep 19, 11:19 PM |
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I’ve never cancelled at short notice.but I think the cancelled points go into holding and then you should use them to book the new nights ?
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4 Sep 19, 11:56 PM |
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I will be trying when we get back as we had to book 2 extra nights using points as the hotel was not showing any availability as a cash booking and wanted to put us on a wait list. we couldnt' take the chance.
I would say it was the equivalent cost of a nights accommodation
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5 Sep 19, 12:14 AM |
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5 Sep 19, 03:35 AM |
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Sadly they binned us UK Owners from that Travelex Policy that DVC sell about a year ago.
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5 Sep 19, 06:31 AM |
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When we got held up in a hurricane a few years ago, we had to stay a further 3 nights in DVC. We picked up a leaflet from guest services which indicated the rack rate for the room and got a receipt confirming the stay and points it ‘cost’. Our insurance covered the rack rate price for the 3 nights...
It was ok BUT we decided that if ever it happened again we would move to another hotel or pay for the room on a creditcard to get the cash back, as we considered this was the better option...
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5 Sep 19, 10:08 AM |
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I think it depends who you are insured with. We were delayed by one day due to Hurricane Matthew in 2016. We were staying in a 2 bed villa on points and were able to stay in the same room for an extra night also on points. We were insured with Nationwide Flexplus. Although it didn't specifically mention timeshare in the T&C they agreed to pay out what the room would have cost paying cash. We emailed Disney who advised us of the price and Nationwide paid up the full amount.
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5 Sep 19, 01:28 PM |
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We have had to cancel 2 nights due to delayed return of cruise because of storm. I spoke to member services and they said my points have gone back into holding but she has emailed someone to have them taken out of holding. I’m not sure what being in holding actually means
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5 Sep 19, 11:00 PM |
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Holding is limited time use only.
Nice that they have helped you out. They did the same with us in Ash Cloud year albeit holding would have been ok as we flew 6 weeks later.
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