Flight Delayed? Here's How to Get Lounge Access for as Low as P150

(SPOT.ph)  Nothing kills your vacation vibe like a flight delay. Depending on your airport, it can be tolerable or a living hell. Often, we just sit and bear it, but what if you don't have to? What if there's an affordable way to get comfortable amidst unexpected flight delays? Introducing Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance. This new travel product can make delays more tolerable by providing premium lounge access for as low as P150. 

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Here's what you need to know about Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance:

Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance is a new type of travel insurance you can acquire if you experience delays with your international flights. This new insurance product covers your premium airport lounge access when flight delays exceed 60 minutes.

For as low as P150, Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance can cover up to four flights. This means you're still covered even if you have a complex flight route with tons of connecting flights.

All you need to do is provide your flight details, including departure airport, flight number, and flight date, and you're all set. Applying for this product is as easy as chatting with their bot, "Yoona," and providing the necessary details when prompted. You can pay for the policy you generated through GCash or through debit and credit cards.

How does Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance work?

It all sounds fine and dandy, but let's get technical.  After all, this is still insurance. To be technical about it, delays are based on ‘gate’ delay reporting from airlines and airports to FlightStats, a third-party flight data tracker. FlightStats will report all delays to the system, and the lounge passes are automatically sent to you once a delay reaches or exceeds the 60-minute delay time.

In case your flight is delayed, Oona automatically sends you your premium airport lounge access voucher via your registered email and SMS. If you have registered travel companions, you will receive multiple PDF attachments in a single email, each PDF being a lounge pass for each passenger. Each PDF contains a LoungeKeyTM pass with a unique QR code that provides access to the participating lounges at your airport.

Lounge passes will be provided if a flight is formally reported by the airline as being delayed by two hours or more within 24 hours.

Note that Oona's Smart Flight Delay Insurance only covers delayed flights. Sadly, if your flight gets canceled, that's an entirely different story—er, product.

Oona Insular Insurance Corporation (Oona Insurance Philippines) is wholly owned by Oona Philippines Holdings Corporation (OPHC). It was MAPFRE Insurance until Insular Life and the Oona Insurance group from Singapore bought significant stocks. They offer many products, including motor, property, and personal accident insurance.

For more information, visit Oona's website.

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