Warning: Those perks may have changed. One of my credit cards that I got for just travel no longer offers automatic trip insurance, nor augmented repatriation insurance (additional insurance covering deductible and costs over a certain amount),nor luggage loss coverage, etc… Honestly it was a bit of an irritation, as news was buried deep in the middle of the new terms.

This happened some time ago, but it is worth calling a representative to clarify the “perks.”

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