Wow, Medjet no longer covers Central and South America for new policies!

[gatogato]

Hey guys, did any of you see the new post in the Staying Healthy section. Damn, this new change is too bad. They only cover Mexico, the U.S. and Canada now.

[becausewecan]

Just wanting to make sure I haven't confused anyone with my post about Medjet... as long as you can prove you are resident in US, Canada or Mexico (so I assume if you keep an address in these countries should suffice???) then you can get a membership that will cover you anywhere in world. Previously Medjet were providing membership for UK residents though from what I was told they no longer will.

Allison

[gatogato]

That is good news to hear, but that stinks that they will not cover other countries.

[PHud]

gato, you're message title scared he hell out of me. thanks for clearing that up!

[ssa2]

Well after my experience with them I would not buy it anyway. First they said they would pay to fly my wife home but then they never came though with anything. We were not sure that she would qualify so we had made arangements to come back on our own. I paid like $1300 per ticket which was not refundable. Then they got ahold of us and said they would fly her home. I just asked for a partial payment of the ticket as I knew they could get a better deal than I had. They would not pay me $300 on it. That was all I wanted. Nice guys but do not get between them and a buck I guess. If they can find a way out of paying they sure seem to find it.

[gatogato]

Originally Posted by ssa2

Well after my experience with them I would not buy it anyway. First they said they would pay to fly my wife home but then they never came though with anything. We were not sure that she would qualify so we had made arangements to come back on our own. I paid like $1300 per ticket which was not refundable. Then they got ahold of us and said they would fly her home. I just asked for a partial payment of the ticket as I knew they could get a better deal than I had. They would not pay me $300 on it. That was all I wanted. Nice guys but do not get between them and a buck I guess. If they can find a way out of paying they sure seem to find it.

That does stink that they would not even contribute $300 to your $1300 plane ticket, but I think MedJet is still a bargain and most useful for life threatening injuries where you really need someone that can arrange everything for you and get you out of the country in a heartbeat.