• Violette

    Member
    December 8, 2023 at 11:45 pm

    The Amex Platinum for the US does provide emergency evacuation assistance at no charge in certain circumstances.

    They must find a need for it, and don’t provide it just because you get sick.

    See page 5 of this link:

    https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/us/credit-cards/features-benefits/policies/pdf/PGA_Benefit_Guide_Rev_09-17.pdf

    What I did was pay for an annual policy from Allianz (note that there are probably other good providers, I’m not trying to promote them).

    It covers emergency medical evacuation up to $500,000 and gives medical coverage up to $50,000, which may be spent fast if you have a major emergency.

    The policy on medical repatriation (as opposed to medical evacuation ) looks to me as a non-specialist to be a little more generous than AMEX.