Stranded in Dubai

We're at the New York Times Travel Show, and just talked to a woman who perfectly illustrates why travelers need Air Ambulance Card.

Sabrina Oslinker of Pennsylvania traveled to India for her brother's wedding. She'd just had open heart surgery the year before. Thanks to India's noted pollution, Oslinker wound up in a hospital in Bangalore with an acute respiratory infection. The hospital promptly snatched up her passport and credit card... and admitted her.

You can imagine Oslinker wanted to go home. "I love my doctors here. There is nothing like the U.S." Her husband, a travel agent, purchased travel insurnce for her before she left. It did its job, it covered her medical bills in India, but it would not bring her home.

After seven days in an Indian hospital, Oslinker was released and headed for the airport, but the airline wouldn't let her board. She insisted, and got as far as Dubai where the airport doctor informed her she could not board the 16 hour flight home.

Now, imagine if she had had an Air Ambulance Card membership. We would have flown a dedicatd medical jet to pick her up, and fly her home. No hassles, no arguments.

Next time Oslinker travels... "I probaly will buy one of these things! I probably will buy this, so I can come home."