Ryanair sells on-board insurance
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Ryanair sells on-board insurance
From irishnews.com
I don't see the point in buying travel insurance 'on board'. What if the flight doesn't make it to its destination? How would your relatives know that you had purchased a policy, and how would they be able to make a claim ? 
Personally I would buy these on the ground and inform relatives of the policy number, just in case.
CG
Ryanair has become the first airline to sell its own travel insurance on board its flights.
The service will initially only be available on flights from Ireland and Britain.
From today, on-board insurance is being offered at £15 (€21.35) for 31 days coverage within Europe.
Ryanair.com's commercial director Conal Henry said : "Travel insurance is not a luxury - it's an essential, and now we are making it even easier for passengers to get covered."
The service will initially only be available on flights from Ireland and Britain.
From today, on-board insurance is being offered at £15 (€21.35) for 31 days coverage within Europe.
Ryanair.com's commercial director Conal Henry said : "Travel insurance is not a luxury - it's an essential, and now we are making it even easier for passengers to get covered."
Personally I would buy these on the ground and inform relatives of the policy number, just in case.
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If the claims department has as many staff as the customer
service department (6) a claim for lost baggage,late flight,
no wheelchair, will be a very hard to progress.
They'll be charging you to go for a p..s next.
service department (6) a claim for lost baggage,late flight,
no wheelchair, will be a very hard to progress.
They'll be charging you to go for a p..s next.
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Hmmmm..... buying travel insurance from a company which denies it is ever wrong about anything...... hmmmmmm.....
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Is this insurance that gets you fairly close to a full settlement? Should you want the insurance that gets directly to the centre of the situation, you will be able to buy a simple top-up policy on the bus that MoL owns, taking you to the centre of the Policy, from the 2nd Tier Policy that you bought on the flight. 
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Tell your partner first!
If buying "last minute" insurance for a "solo" trip, make sure you tell your partner first! Once, took out insurance at airport for a two week trip away. Partner received policy document in post whilst I was away, and thought I had snuffed it!
come to think of it, now I know why she was so disappointed when I returned!
come to think of it, now I know why she was so disappointed when I returned!
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So, Ryanair shaft you by cancelling the last flight of the day, thereby leaving you to find your own accomodation etc... The next day, whilst they're finally flying you where you want to go (or somewhere within 100km of it), they offer to sell you insurance to cover the problems they caused you the previous day...! 
I think not!
Andy
I think not!
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It is, of course, not Ryanair who provide the policy, therefore no worries along the lines of the "company who denies they are ever wrong" argument. They merely act as a sales agent for the insurance provider, whos name I have forgotten.
