American Express Travel, No. 8 on Travel Weekly’s 2021 Power List, is offering U.S. card members the opportunity to purchase a new benefit, Trip Cancel Guard, which offers up to 75% reimbursement on nonrefundable flight costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The benefit only applies to flights booked on AmexTravel.com, and the flight must be canceled at least two calendar days before departure.<\/p>\n
According to American Express, Trip Cancel Guard is not insurance. It can be purchased in addition to other travel insurance.<\/p>\n
American Express Travel’s 2022 Global Travel Trends report found that 90% of respondents agreed they needed to be flexible as travel plans might change. Meanwhile, 74%, are willing to book a trip this year even if it needs to be canceled or modified later.<\/p>\n
“People are eager to travel, and as demand increases there is a greater need to plan ahead,” American Express Travel president Audrey Hendley said in a statement. “At the same time, a level of uncertainty still exists in the everchanging travel environment.”<\/p>\n
Trip Cancel Guard, she said, offers consumers “the confidence to book flights with the flexibility to cancel for any reason if their plans change.”<\/p>\n