New Members

[Marieclaire]

Hello, pleased to meet you all. I have watched from the sidelines for a while and have now decided to join in and learn from you guys!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Welcome to AFF Marieclaire - you have certainly come to the right place to learn - AFF is chock'a'block full of invaluable information furnished by a great bunch of very knowledgeable characters.

If you absorb any degree of information available here you will end up as an 'encyclopedia' rather than a simple 'magazine'.

Enjoy the ride MC.

 

[Hvr]

Welcome aboard Marieclaire, look forward to hearing more about your flying.

Be warned though, this site can be addictive.

 

[TomVexille]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Marieclaire]

Thank you all! My first plea for help is travel insurance for seniors, my husband has just turned 70, we are both in perfect health and are going away for 4 months so can't get an annual policy. The quotes I get are almost as much as the airfare!

 

[Pushka]

Welcome.

Try Worldcare Insurance. You will pay a slight premium for age but otherwise they seem good value.

 

[JohnK]

Welcome to AFF Marieclaire!

Your best bet would be to start a thread in the Travel Insurance sub-forum asking for advice but you probably should expect to pay ~AUD1,000 for a 4 month policy.

 

[Marieclaire]

Thank you, I have done that.

 

[Kieran2274]

Hi Marieclaire, I noticed your post in the Travel Insurance forum and replied there (but have included below just for ease). May I say welcome to AFF, and I hope you find a decent travel insurance option.

There is a good thread here http://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/travel-insurance/over-70-insurance-56135.html that should help.


Basically, unless you have more serious pre-existing injuries or illnesses, you should be ok. Gets trickier if you have previous spinal injury or other life changing events (then it can be quite a bugger!)

 

[Marieclaire]

Thank you! Will look at this.

 

[Grooba]

Welcome aboard Marieclaire.