SCHEDULED AIRLINE FAILURE INSURANCE (SAFI) AND SUPPLIER FAILURE COVER (SFI)
SAFI and SFI is paid to the insurance company where a payment is made to a supplier from the PTS Trust Account before the consumer returns from their holiday.
Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance (SAFI): Covers all Airlines listed as available to use on the PTS system. This includes low-cost Airlines. Charter airlines are only covered by special arrangement.
Supplier Failure Insurance (SFI): Covers all Third-Party Suppliers listed on the PTS system as available to use excluding Airlines, consolidators and flight brokers. If an airline or Third Party
Supplier is not listed, you can request PTS to obtain approval for the airline or supplier to be paid in advance of travel by contacting MTG admin.
Package Travel Regulation Compliance (PTRC)
This insurance is provided to PTS members to ensure that they meet the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements 2018 and ensures that in the event of the insolvency of the organiser, we cover the costs of repatriating the Consumer who has purchased the relevant package and, if necessary, financing the Consumer’s accommodation prior to the repatriation.
The insurance will cover all consumer bookings placed onto the PTS system by the PTS member and where funds have been paid into the Trust Account.
INSURANCE COVER
On the insurance cover, subject to the other terms, conditions and exclusions of the Policy, it is for the avoidance of any doubt agreed that:
SAFI: In consideration of payment by you of the Premium due to Us, We will indemnify You, unless otherwise stated, up to the ticket price paid or the maximum sum insured whichever is less, total for each Consumer (s) in respect of:
being no other bond or other insurance provided for Your benefit that responds to such a claim or is insufficient to meet a valid claim.
SFI: In consideration of payment by You of the Premium due to Us, We will indemnify You, unless otherwise stated, up to the holiday price paid or the maximum sum insured whichever is less, in total for each Consumer(s) in respect of:
In respect of all Cover Options:
a) No sums shall be paid to you unless the original consumer payment has been paid into the Trust Account.
b) No sums shall be paid to You under Your Policy if such sums may be recovered from a third party by any other legal means including any bond, trust account, insurance or
c) In the event of one or more Third-Party Providers becoming Insolvent, all efforts should be made by You to replace the element with one of a similar or equivalent standard so that the Consumer(s) can proceed with their trip. Replacement cost must be obtained at the cheapest alternative available. You are under a duty to act as a prudent uninsured and should always look at the equivalent class of flight and at the cheapest option available; should this be more expensive than the original flight price You will be covered as long as the cost does not exceed the costs to the relevant Consumer(s) of the Travel Arrangements so booked for the Consumer(s). If the only option is for a same class flight from a different airport, then the cost of transporting the Consumer will be taken into consideration along with the flight cost but this total cost claimed must not exceed the original holiday price for the Consumer(s). Therefore, in respect of the replacement of the component supplied by the Insolvent company this cannot exceed 100% of the original cost of the holiday price per
d) For the avoidance of any doubt, if under this Policy We agree to pay You sums by way of replacement or repatriation costs or any other sum by way of cost under any of the cover options. We shall only pay such sums up to the amounts stated/the sums insured or up to the cost of the Travel Arrangements so booked for a relevant Consumer, whichever is the lower