crescent2
Conductor
Travel insurance is a great idea, but I'm not aware of any that reimburses "points," because the insurer doesn't control the reward program. It would be complicated to assign a cash value to a given number of points, since the bucket prices are all over the place and the length of trips varies greatly for the same redemption. But I'm all for it! Or a redeposit fee. Losing all the points? I agree, that stinks!! Also concerns me re my trip next year.
And, I wouldn't want to depend on the odds of getting a "compassionate" agent. I know from recent experience that rewards programs vary greatly even when a death is involved. My husband died in September and I have since phoned to see if his points in several programs could be transferred to me. One reward program transferred the points but with an expiration date of 12/31/12, one transferred them with a reasonable fee, one would transfer them with a huge fee (but fortunately our Hilton timeshare later moved them with no fee), one (Delta Airlines) transferred them and waived their usual fee, and one (Amtrak, according to their website and this forum), would not have transferred them at all; they would have been lost! This involved a spouse's death, so I'm wondering how compassionate they would be for an illness, injury, or death in the family. Not liking this new rule...
And, I wouldn't want to depend on the odds of getting a "compassionate" agent. I know from recent experience that rewards programs vary greatly even when a death is involved. My husband died in September and I have since phoned to see if his points in several programs could be transferred to me. One reward program transferred the points but with an expiration date of 12/31/12, one transferred them with a reasonable fee, one would transfer them with a huge fee (but fortunately our Hilton timeshare later moved them with no fee), one (Delta Airlines) transferred them and waived their usual fee, and one (Amtrak, according to their website and this forum), would not have transferred them at all; they would have been lost! This involved a spouse's death, so I'm wondering how compassionate they would be for an illness, injury, or death in the family. Not liking this new rule...
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