Travel

Travel insurance: trip delay, baggage and car rental cover

At American Express Gold Card

Pay for your trip or rental car with your Card and you can be covered for trip delays, lost, damaged or stolen baggage, and damage to or theft of a rental vehicle.

Conditions: For Card Members who pay with the Card. Trip delay: round trip paid entirely with the Card and delayed more than 12 hours for a covered reason; up to $300 per trip for certain extra expenses charged to the same Card, maximum 2 claims per Card in any 12 consecutive months. Baggage: buy the entire fare for a plane, train, ship or bus ticket with the Card; up to $1,250 for carry-on and $500 for checked bags beyond the carrier's own cover ($10,000 combined limit for all covered persons per trip for New York State residents). Car rental: reserve and pay for the entire rental with the Card and decline the rental company's collision damage waiver; it covers damage to or theft of the rental vehicle in a covered territory as secondary cover with no liability cover, isn't available for rentals in Australia, Italy or New Zealand, and not all vehicle types or rentals are covered. Exclusions and limits apply.

Check the details on American Express Gold Card’s own page