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Linda N

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2011

10 Jul 2024, 09:11

DO NOT USE DISCOVERY CARD TO BOOK FLIGHTS

I bought 2 international air tickets using my discovery bank credit card. We are supposed to receive automatic travel insurance by using this card. So I received an email from discovery saying that I had automatic insurance. That’s it. No policy no. Nothing. Then the nightmare began. I have spent about 5 hours today trying to get any sort of proof or documentation or to find out if both people are covered etc etc. I have been on the phone for hours. I was then told eventually that because I booked prior to 1 May I will be insured through Chubb. Then the next nightmare begins. I was told to login to Cardholderbenefitsonline.com but nothing is working. Eventually I managed to get through to a WhatsApp line but I have no idea who I am speaking to. They have told me I can only login with Microsoft edge. What happens if I do not have Microsoft edge? How do I get my documents or proof of insurance? Who do I enquire through. Chubb is useless and I am beginning to think I should never use my discovery card to purchase air tickets as this has now become a 3rd nightmare for me. You need to wait for so long before the WhatsApp concierge replies it’s going to take days. I can’t take this anymore. This is like hell trying to get this sorted out. Should I just book insurance through Bryte? And cut my losses? I am not really getting anywhere on this WhatsApp chat with someone called Amira. Earlier in the day I was cut off from discovery insure about 4 times. Then I was on hold for 21 minutes and then my call got dropped. Even someone I spoke to tried calling discovery insure and she could not get through either. Eventually I found out that I needed to call Chubb or use this weird website. And I have now received 4 apology messages on the WhatsApp chat stating Apologies, we are taking longer than expected to reply. Your Concierge will respond to you shortly. I’m done 😢

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Replies (2)
Discovery Insure
Discovery Insure's reply10 Jul 2024, 09:39
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Hi Linda

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and please accept our apologies for the lack of service around your issue. We've referred this to the relevant team for investigation and will revert with feedback as soon as possible.

Kind regards
Discovery Insure
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Linda N's update10 Jul 2024, 10:19
Reviewer Update
Someone did try contact me but I was on the phone. They tried twice in quick succession but I was still on the phone. I tried to call back but it was the switchboard line and after holding on the phone for hours and hours yesterday I was not prepared to go through that torture again. The phone call I was on was Bryte. All sorted. Within 10 minutes travel insurance was all done. They said had I booked my ticket through my standard bank credit card then I would have had a proper automatic insurance and not had to pay extra through Bryte. The automatic insurance through chub. Does not even cover loss of baggage if the airline happens to lose it.