Last minute planning for qm2

[Underwatr]

On 5/28/2019 at 9:27 PM, BobBranst said:

 The medical facilites on board are quite expensive, but practically nothing compared to the cost of a helicopter medical evacuation at sea

Is that true?

 

I've heard variously that helicopter evacuation is frightfully expensive, or not charged to the evacuee since it is in all likelihood performed by the local Coast Guard.

 

$50,000 in evacuation coverage (the Cunard Care level of coverage) may not go far if the helicopter is charged against it. An airlift medevac from an auto accident can easily run to the high $20k's.

 

Edited May 31, 2019 by Underwatr

[BobBranst]

9 minutes ago, Underwatr said:

Is that true?

 

I've heard variously that helicopter evacuation is frightfully expensive, or not charged to the evacuee since it is in all likelihood performed by the local Coast Guard.

 

$50,000 in evacuation coverage (the Cunard Care level of coverage) may not go far if the helicopter is charged against it. An airlift medevac from an auto accident can easily run to the high $20k's.

 

 

On one of our East bound crossings, the QM2 was sped up during the night using the gas turbines so that it could get within the helicopter's range of around 300 miles ASAP for an emergency medical evacuation.   The patient's cost for the helicopter was reported to have been $150,000.    I don't recall if the cost for medical care aboard the ship was mentioned.  This was reported in an old CC posting a couple of years ago.

[3rdGenCunarder]

The price of an "air ambulance" (Lear Jet) from the UK to the US starts around $125,000.

 

[BobBranst]

In the US, there is one (and probably more) search engine on the internet that allow you to compare the many different  travel insurance polices available from over 20 companies.   Search for "Travel Insurance Comparison".

 

Our experiece has been that the cost for good comprehensive travel coverage amounts to about 10% of the total cost of our trips.   It can be more or it can be less depending on the amount of risk you are willing to assume.