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Zandri Z

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2015

24 May 2017, 11:58

Unable to provide service but they took my money

<p>Me and my daughter needed Travel insurance for a Shengen Visa Application and because we both bought our Flight tickets with my ABSA platinum credit card, I knew we could find the travel insurance from Absa Travel insurance. I have contact them with a phone call and had to hold on for almost half an hour before they answered my call. It was on a Saturday morning, the 15th of April 2017. They promised me that I will receive the documents on Monday the 17 th of April 2017. I did not received it till this day, I have send them 2 e-mails with my request for the documents telling them I need it for our Shengen visa application on the 2 of May 2017. They rep**** with an automatic response message, I phoned them a 3d time, again holding for more than half an hour, and they told me they had trouble with the mweb e-mail addresses. I gave them an alternative e-mail address. Then I went to our local ABSA Branch and even they could not get through to the ABsa Travel Insurance department. Needless to say, I had to get Travel insurance from another company. I then saw, although I did not received any documents at all from Absa, they took R1522 from my credit card for the insurance on the 24th of April 2017, but I don't have any documents to show anybody as proof. If I can't get hold of them now to send me my documents, how would they be able to help me if I have an insurance claim for whatever reason when we travel. I cannot get through to them, and I want to cancel everything and get my money back. These are all the telephone numbers I called: ********** 500, ********** 284, ********** 521. and the e-mail address ********** and the reference number of my Travel insurance request ABSI 289732 DNA.</p>

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Absa
Absa's reply24 May 2017, 12:51
Official

Dear Customer

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Kindly provide us with your account/ID number to log a formal complaint for investigation. Also use the private reply for me to see the details. We will investigate the matter and furnish feedback shortly.

Kind regards
Nthabiseng Sibande
Group Customer Care
Absa Bank Ltd

Absa
Absa's reply29 May 2017, 12:06
Official

The best way will be to use the private reply