Travel & Emergency Assistance Services

What are Travel and Emergency Assistance Services?

Help when you don’t know where to turn. You can count on a wide range of Visa Signature emergency services available whenever and wherever you need them, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We will make every reasonable effort to respond when you have an emergency—even if you need assistance beyond the services listed here. Please understand that, due to occasional problems such as distance, location, or time, neither Visa nor its service providers can be responsible for the availability, use, cost, or results of any medical, legal, transportation, or other service.

Who is eligible for Travel and Emergency Assistance Services?

You, your spouse, and your children (provided the children are dependents under 22 years old) may all take advantage of these special emergency services.

How do I get these services?

They’re as close as the nearest phone. You simply call the Benefit Administrator at 1-800-397-9010 any hour of the day or night. If you are outside the United States, call collect at 0-410-902-8012.

Is there a charge for these services?

No. Visa Signature Travel and Emergency Assistance Services are available to eligible Visa Signature cardholders at no additional charge. Please note: Visa Signature Travel and Emergency Assistance Services provide assistance and referral only. You are responsible for the cost of any actual medical, legal, transportation, cash advance, or other services or goods provided.

What are the specific services and what do they provide?

Visa Signature Travel and Emergency Assistance Services will put you in touch with the appropriate emergency services should the need arise. Here are some of the ways we can help:

• Emergency Message Service can record and relay emergency messages for travelers, immediate family members, or business associates. NOTE: Visa will use reasonable efforts to relay emergency messages in accordance with benefit guidelines and limitations, but cannot take responsibility for the failure to transmit any message successfully.
• Medical Referral Assistance provides medical referral, monitoring, and follow-up. The Benefit Administrator can give you names of English-speaking doctors, dentists, and hospitals; assign a doctor to consult by phone with local medical personnel, if necessary, to monitor your condition, keep in contact with your family, and provide continuing liaison; and help you arrange medical payments from your Visa Signature or personal account. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Legal Referral Assistance can arrange contact with English-speaking attorneys and with U.S. embassies or consulates if you’re detained by local authorities, have a car accident, or need legal assistance. In addition, the Benefit Administrator can coordinate bail payment from your Visa Signature or personal account. The Benefit Administrator can also follow up to make sure bail has been properly handled. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Emergency Transportation Assistance can help you make all the necessary arrangements for emergency transportation home or to the nearest medical facility. This even includes arranging to bring your young children home and staying in contact with family members or employers. In the case of a death, the Benefit Administrator can make arrangements for returning the remains of the deceased home. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Emergency Ticket Replacement helps you with the carrier’s lost ticket reimbursement procedures if you should lose your ticket and can arrange delivery of a replacement ticket to you. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Lost Luggage Locator Service can help you through the common carrier's claim procedures or can arrange shipment of replacement items if an airline or common carrier loses your checked luggage. The Benefit Administrator can also arrange a cash advance with your Visa issuing bank. However, you are responsible for the cost of any replacement items shipped to you.
• Emergency Translation Service provides telephone assistance in all major languages and helps find local interpreters, if available, when you need more extensive assistance. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Prescription Assistance and Valuable Document Delivery Arrangements can help you get prescriptions filled or replaced, subject to local laws, and can even arrange pickup and delivery of prescriptions filled for you at local or nearby pharmacies. It can also help transport critical documents which you may have left at home or elsewhere. NOTE: All costs are your responsibility.
• Pre-Trip Assistance can give you information on your destination before you leave—information such as ATM locations, currency exchange rates, weather reports, health precautions, immunizations, and required passport visas.

Additional Provisions for Travel & Emergency Assistance Services

The benefit described in this Guide to Benefit will not apply to Visa Signature cardholders whose accounts have been suspended or canceled. The terms and conditions contained in this Guide to Benefit may be modified by subsequent endorsements. Modifications to the terms and conditions may be provided via additional Guide to Benefit mailings, statement inserts, or statement messages.

FORM #VTEA (03/06)