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Up to 30-Day Free COVID-19 Travel Insurance Cover from Tune Insurance if You Travel with Thai Airways

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Up to 30-Day Free COVID-19 Travel Insurance Cover from Tune Insurance if You Travel with Thai Airways
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anthony t on 08/02/2022 - 09:25 thaiairways.com (692 clicks)
Last edited 08/02/2022 - 11:05 by 2 other users

from Thai website: "Thai Airways International, together with our partner, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, is offering free COVID-19 insurance for Australian Passport Holders flying to Thailand with us.

Book and fly to Thailand with THAI to redeem this offer of complimentary travel insurance covering a COVID-19-related illness during your stay for up to 30 days for persons from 1 month to 75 years old.

Please note this special offer is redeemable for bookings made for travel until 30 April 2022*.
*Limited offer only. THAI reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any time."

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  • auMouth on 08/02/2022 - 09:35
    -2

    Maximum coverage of $20 per day for hospitalisation (except ICU). How much is a daily hospital stay and treatment in Thailand?

    • jv on 08/02/2022 - 09:36
      +13

      Maximum coverage of $20 per day for hospitalisation (except ICU).

      So it pretty much covers a RAT….

      • skittlebrau on 08/02/2022 - 10:26
        +10

        Don't be silly, vet bills for a rat would be way more than $20 /s

        • shadowangel on 08/02/2022 - 16:41

          University vets are very affordable, 1k baht week ($43aud) including drip/medication. Dog not rat, maybe that's extra

    • jv on 08/02/2022 - 09:37
      +3

      How much is a daily hospital stay and treatment in Thailand?

      Found this.

      An annual checkup or regular visit at a private hospital might cost around 3,000 baht or $95. If you stay overnight, you'll pay at least 10,000 baht or $317 a day, and if you need treatment in the ICU, you could pay up to 100,000 baht or $3,127 a day.

      • HandsomeMonkey on 08/02/2022 - 10:08

        Which is very similar to Australia at around $3000-$5000 a night in our public hospitals.

      • shadowangel on 08/02/2022 - 16:43

        closer to 100k baht, also you don't need to be sick to be sent to the hospital. The tests alone are eye watering.

      • bkksam on 12/02/2022 - 10:01

        Your figures are not in Australian Dollars.100,000 baht is closer to $4310 aud.

    • Ultrablue on 08/02/2022 - 09:56
      +3

      Where did you get the maximum coverage from? The figure I found was THB 5000 per day which appears to be closer to AUD 200 per day.

      • auMouth on 08/02/2022 - 10:02

        Correct, my mistake, I missed a zero. So max ~$200 per day, still only 65% of the minimum daily hospital stay.

        • shadowangel on 08/02/2022 - 17:00
          +1

          It might cover public hospital however, foreign nationals were being sent to Private hospitals. Unless that's change it's not going to be anywhere near enough

    • montorola on 08/02/2022 - 10:08
      +4

      Maximum coverage of $20 per day for hospitalisation

      I don't like the……Tune of that

    • Laziofogna on 08/02/2022 - 10:34
      +1

      Minus the organs harvest you mean?

  • jv on 08/02/2022 - 09:36
    +1

    what does it cover and is there an excess?

  • b2dz on 08/02/2022 - 09:37
    +2

    Thanks but no thanks.

  • Dealking on 08/02/2022 - 09:54
    +31

    Word of caution guys - I got burnt by Thai airways. We had our trip planned from Sydney to Mumbai and return in this school holidays and Thai cancelled our tickets at the last minute. We had to cancel our whole holidays and have a very upset family both here and back in India. What’s worse, although the ticket was cancelled by the airline, I am still waiting for a refund (ETA 6+months) and I have heard horror stories of people waiting for refund for almost 2 years.
    Nothing against this deal - but just warning our community to do your own research before buying Thai airways tickets.

    • t25 on 08/02/2022 - 10:16
      +6

      My bro is still waiting for his refund, since the start of the pandemic. Thai Airways not any time soon.

      • Melong on 11/02/2022 - 07:38

        Same, ended up claiming in credit card insurance, $200 excess or something

    • Pobman on 08/02/2022 - 10:18
      +4

      Have tickets with Thai to the UK from June 2020, been unable to get a refund and Thai only extended use of credit until end of this year with no flights out of Brisbane even at the moment. Unless they extend it again almost no chance I'm going to be able to use the credit.

      • Yakuza85 on 08/02/2022 - 10:46
        +2

        Same here.

    • Fizzydrink on 08/02/2022 - 10:44
      +4

      yep, still waiting on a 6k refund from these pricks.

    • patryn on 08/02/2022 - 10:49
      +4

      I had to change my flights coz of peak Covid 2 years ago and Thai airways said it would be free to change flights. Called up their contact centre only to be told that they aren't taking calls and to email. Waited 2 days for a response before giving up and changing flights online even though they charge a changing fee (flight costs the same). I figured, I'll just email them and ask for the change fee to be refunded since they said they were doing free changes.

      They won't refund the fee coz I did it online instead of at their call centre… I'd expect this from a discount carrier, but definitely surprised that a national carrier did this…

    • nguyentran on 08/02/2022 - 10:53

      They had just gone bankrupt during the pandemic, dont expect them to refund you soon

      • jv on 08/02/2022 - 11:07

        They had just gone bankrupt during the pandemic

        If they are bankrupt and still trading and taking money, that is illegal.

        • Dealking on 08/02/2022 - 11:13

          They got bailed out by the Thai government and have been back in business again. So I have heard that refunds from the time when they declared bankruptcy v/s refunds for tickets now after they were bailed out is a slightly different story and looks like people have had luck on getting refunds on their recently Purchased/ cancelled tickets while there are lots waiting for refunds from last year.

        • Icecold5000 on 08/02/2022 - 12:21

          LOL you don’t know much about Thailand do you.

          • jv on 08/02/2022 - 12:23
            +6

            @Icecold5000: No, baht I'm learning a lot in this thread…

  • Stigasaurus on 08/02/2022 - 10:01
    +4

    Horrible experience with Thai, randomly cancelled the second leg of our journey and had to get the bank involved before we could get any sort of refund.
    Will not be flying them anytime soon that's for sure.

  • r0xz on 08/02/2022 - 10:06

    getting Covid abroad is more expensive than the plane ticket.

    • Borat on 08/02/2022 - 10:45

      Getting caught with Covid yes,

  • syswong on 08/02/2022 - 10:14
    -7

    Thailand is now very dangerous and no longer holiday paradise

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932022_Thai_protest…

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/25/gui-minhai-det…

    IMO, China Hongkong and all ASEAN are no go zone. Feel free to try at your own risk. Just don't complain when you become the next MH370.

    • j0hnd0e on 08/02/2022 - 10:32
      +3

      Are you saying Singapore is a no go zone? I'm pretty sure it's safer than most developed western countries, and yes that includes Australia.

      • syswong on 08/02/2022 - 10:43
        -4

        you obviously have not been to Joo Chiat and Gaylang at night.

        Singapore is safe but its also has a close relationship with China. For me nothing there worth the risk.

        • Carmen Sandiego on 08/02/2022 - 10:49

          No country is 100% safe, even Australia.

          Everyone, especially Australia, has a relationship with China. Face facts - they are a geographically large country that needs resources and has a workforce that is probably 30% slave driven, hence the cheap goods.

          If you split hairs like that, you're better off staying in Aus.

          • syswong on 08/02/2022 - 10:51

            @Carmen Sandiego: Well I am quite sure I am safe from the CCP in Taiwan and Japan. That is my next plans….

            • Carmen Sandiego on 08/02/2022 - 10:53
              -1

              @syswong: HAH! Good luck with that one!

              Taiwan will go the same way as Hong Kong, and honestly, your chances of getting COVID are insanely high in Japan. Not to mention that if you look anything vaguely like an Asian person, Japan will discriminate against you.

              I still want to go to Japan regardless, but I am not going blindly.

      • jv on 08/02/2022 - 11:08
        -2

        Are you saying Singapore is a no go zone?

        It is if you like chewing gum…

    • Carmen Sandiego on 08/02/2022 - 10:47
      +1

      MH370 was, what most experts and the analysis done on it say, a pilot who decided to do a mass murder/suicide situation.

      I even flew on Malaysian Air in 2018 and I was totally fine in terms of the actual service and airline. So, thanks for tarring Malaysian Air like that.

      Also, the Asian airlines know the risks inside and out so, I would rather take my chances with those airlines over most in Europe and the US. And your comment, whether it was intentional or not, smells of racism against Asians and I for one am not here for it, especially since I am also Asian.

      • syswong on 08/02/2022 - 10:49

        I am referring to people can disappear like MH370 in China friendly ASEAN countries, as most trun a blind eye on Chinese operative in their own country.

        • Carmen Sandiego on 08/02/2022 - 10:51

          That is a common thread in South America, the US, Japan, and every other country because every country has a "dark underbelly"

          Just because people are shouting about China atm, that's the least of your worries. We know they do it but, what happens in the countries that people don't talk about?

    • shadowangel on 08/02/2022 - 17:12
      +1

      protests happen everywhere including Australia, we had the same warnings as Thailand including police brutality and visitors. Deaths from a plane falling out of the sky is much lower then road deaths in Thailand.

  • bin555 on 08/02/2022 - 10:24

    Anyone has recommendation of Covid travel insurance when flying to India?

    • ihbh on 08/02/2022 - 10:46

      Self insurance, genuine insurance will cost an arm and leg.

    • Drogo on 08/02/2022 - 10:58

      Get vaccinated and wear a well fitted mask

      • incipient on 08/02/2022 - 13:43

        You'll still get it in your eyes. Travel insurance, like always, is definitely required. Especially now as if you get sick in a country there is essentially no hope you'll get a medical repatriation flight.

  • Jj456 on 08/02/2022 - 10:52

    Just get AXA, it’s cheap anyway and covers way more. Especially given if you test positive you will be transferred to an expensive quarantine hotel.

    • jv on 08/02/2022 - 11:50
      -1

      Just get AXA

      Do you mean this ?

  • n0mad on 08/02/2022 - 10:58
    +5

    just be careful with the Thai policies if found positive or a close contact and forced to quarantine. Have been stories of people being found positive on the first PCR test and the required insurance not covering it. Also, saw the below article recently but a quick google search will bring up many more.

    https://scandasia.com/warning-against-traveling-to-thailand/

    • incipient on 08/02/2022 - 13:45

      I kinda want to neg this deal for this reason. I feel like you can't travel if you're going to be thrown into quarantine. The odds of getting infected are very high - which is fine - but if you're going to be stuck in a hotel for 2 weeks, travel isn't viable.

  • team teri on 08/02/2022 - 11:54
    +3

    Yeah, about that: TLDR I'm still waiting for a refund for a 2020 flight on Thai Airways that was cancelled by them.

    Full story: they went into bankruptcy protection soon after. They did some restructuring, and are still trading, and promising to eventually pay the refund, without giving any information as to when that might be. Unfortunately that promise by them is enough that my travel insurance won't pay. If only they had gone bust properly, then the insurance would have to pay…

  • j00828 on 08/02/2022 - 12:20

    Thai Airways. No Thanks… still waiting for the refund since 2020 March.

  • kerodean on 08/02/2022 - 12:37
    -2

    I'll just chime in and say I had a good experience with Thai Aiways on my recent trip (15th Jan - 31st Jan) to Syd to Bangkok > Bangkok from Sydney. The return flight time was pushed forward 30 minutes. Staff on board are friendly and meals were nice. I had a row of seats to myself too

    One bad thing though was that the in flight entertainment literally only has like 10 movies, and not very new ones. So bring your own

  • kungfuman on 08/02/2022 - 13:38

    so this is just regular travel insurance right? they justed added the word "covid" at the front for marketing?

    • incipient on 08/02/2022 - 13:46

      It explicitly covers covid. A lot of insurances explicitly exclude covid (or exclude pandemics/global issues)

      • kungfuman on 08/02/2022 - 13:54

        so u need 2 travel insurances then? for the other stuff?

        • incipient on 08/02/2022 - 14:20

          Ideally find a single policy that covers everything, and in time more and more companies will cover covid…but it's still seen as a high/unknown risk so they cant/don't cover it yet.

  • kungfuman on 08/02/2022 - 13:39
    -1

    does it cover death from covid as well?

  • wilko23 on 08/02/2022 - 14:56

    Does this insurance even cover the minimum $50,000usd covid insurance required to get a Thailand Pass? if not its kind of worthless?

  • BloodyOath on 08/02/2022 - 22:55

    This policy looks horrible and is very poorly worded. It mentions a waiting period of 14 days, which I think is after the start date of the policy, so there may not be any cover at all for the first 2 weeks.

    Look elsewhere for cover. nib offer a good travel insurance policy that meets the border requirements and covers COVID medical and up to $2,500 per person for COVID cancellation and stuff like denied boarding/forced quarantine.

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