For when you show up but your bags don't.
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You know that sinking feeling when you’re waiting at the luggage carousel, everyone has left and it finally grounds to a halt… without your bag appearing.
That’s where Delayed Baggage Travel Insurance can help out, saving you from a sweaty, smelly, uncomfortable few days (hopefully not more) until your bags arrive.
If your baggage is delayed more than 24 hours our policies offer cover for essentials items like:
It's important to remember that there are benefit limits and an excess will apply.
If your bags arrive within 24 hours of when they were supposed to, you won’t be able to claim any expenses back. We also won’t cover:
First step is to speak to your carrier – the airline, train or bas operator who was responsible for transporting you. You need to make a report and get back from them a Property Irregularity Report or similar official statement including certain details – see How to Make a Claim for more information.
If it’s going to take at least 24 hours or more to get your bags to you, then you can look at claiming back the cost of essential replacement toiletries, clothing and medicine to tide you over. Any claims paid for essential items will be deducted from any successful lost baggage claim you may subsequently make.
Benefit limits apply so this isn’t a green light to buy the latest Gucci leather jacket you’ve been hankering after.
The policy isn’t designed to cover everything so take the time to read the terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions in the policy wording for full details, so there are no surprises if you need to use it. If you’re not sure if something is covered get in touch.
Items you can claim if your bags are delayed:
Items that aren't covered if your bags are delayed:
Flew out of Heathrow to Los Angeles. The airline claimed the baggage loading system at Terminal 1 had failed and they would be unable to load all the luggage. When we arrived, several hours late in LA, my bag was one of the many missing. We filed a delayed baggage report with them and were promised the bag would be delivered the next evening. I did not actually receive it until three days later. Everything was in tact when it arrived, but in the meantime I had to manage with the clothes I was wearing for the journey. We had trips booked the first two days in LA and we managed to get to a store to buy some items for me to have a change of clothes and enjoy the swimming pool in the hotel.
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Here are our most frequently asked questions about cover for delayed baggage. You can also find the answers to other questions in our Helpdesk or you can ask the customer service team.