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That's associated with a big travel purchase so you can cut that possibility out pretty quickly.


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Just pray travel expenses never pop up I guess?

Then you should do research before going or accept that it is an unlikely scenario. This is what people do when travelling, especially internationally. You can also select a plan with the most extensive network to reduce the likelihood.

This is pretty cool, having to constantly buy tickets to travel abroad for the holidays this is a huge problem for me. I am definitely going to give it a try, especially for those tickets that I know I will need to purchase in the future but cannot do so until a later date when I know the details.

Crash in a hostel for a week and figure it out when you are there. Eliminates lots of risk.

Large non-cancelable expenses are probably one area where travel insurance can make sense. When you can mostly unwind things in light of travel disruptions, illness, etc. mostly not. (Or, when you can, maybe make refundable reservations even if there's something of a premium.)

I think (at least partly) this is solved by travel insurance, which your credit card might have included too.

Travel insurance can also be an option if you're worried about having to miss something for reasons outside of your control.

After this, likewise. I've just booked a hotel in NYC instead, I want to relax on my trip, and not think about these issues and have peace of mind, so I can focus on the reason why I am traveling at first place.

Doesn't sound like you lose anything if you include roundtrip

Call before you go and tell them you are traveling.

Quick turnaround as it's related to travel. Travel safe .

Maybe using a travel site to book a combination airfare + hotel package. That's about it though.

If you're an at-risk traveler, you'd enable travel-lock pretty much as soon as you decide on your itinerary, potentially before you ever get on an airline manifest.

The thing I think I see a lot of people missing here is that travel-lock doesn't wipe or disable your accounts; it just restricts history and breadth. For a lot of people, I think these services will get easier and more pleasant to use while travel-locked, so it's relatively painless to give yourself a generous margin before departing and after arriving.


Any half decent trip insurance would cover this. Many travel credit cards include basic trip cancellation insurance.

Your best bet is Lufthansa for that.

+1 for this, since most of the countries I would like to travel have some requirements for me. This would save me quite some time

Buy a round-the-world airfare and take a holiday.

Travel insurance? There's literally no hassle on that other than checking a box at any airline website.

If you book travel, they have something you're supposed to put in the last name field if you don't have one.
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