Overview

Do you frequently travel outside the province for business or pleasure?

When you own this card, you, your spouse and dependent children benefit from complete travel insurance coverage.

Your grandchildren also benefit from complimentary intergenerational insurance coverage when travelling with you.

See the Travel Insurance guide (PDF, 386 KB). It contains all travel insurance conditions and exclusions. Read closely the section on limitations for pre-existing medical conditions or injuries.

Complementary travel service

• Discounts at Hertz worldwide

Emergency Health Care Coverage

You and your family are covered2 while travelling in Canada or abroad, no matter how often you travel during the year.

• Coverage up to $5,000,000 per insured person for eligible medical care and services required, including transportation, repatriation, living expenses and dental care.
• This coverage, offered by Desjardins Financial Security, is offered to persons under age 75.
• Length of coverage:
  • 59 or under: 60 days
  • 60 to 64: 31 days
  • 65 to 75: 15 days
  • 76 or over: please contact us

Learn more
To learn more about Emergency Health Care Coverage, call 1-800-463-1623.

Trip Cancellation Insurance

This insurance covers trips within or outside your province of residence for their duration. You and family members are covered up to $2,500 if trip is cancelled prior to departure and have unlimited coverage in the event of trip interruption after departure.3

This coverage, offered by Desjardins Financial Security, is automatic when you use your Visa Desjardins Odyssey Gold card to purchase your ticket.

Coverage begins when the trip is paid.

Baggage Insurance

You and family members are covered up to $500 per person against late baggage and up to $1,000 against theft or damaged baggage4.

This coverage, offered by Desjardins Financial Security, is automatic.

• Applies exclusively to trips made outside your province of residence.
• Length of coverage:
  • 59 or under: 60 days
  • 60 to 64: 31 days
  • 65 or over: 15 days

Coverage may not be extended in all Canadian provinces.

Learn more
To learn more about Baggage Insurance, call 1-800-463-1623.

Common Carrier Accident Coverage

If you or a family member are the victim of an accident while using public transportation (air, sea or ground), you are insured up to $1,000,000 in the event of accidental death or dismemberment.

This coverage5, offered by Desjardins Financial Security, is automatic provided that you use your Odyssey Gold card to purchase the ticket.

How to make a claim

Contact us at 1-800-463-1623.

Auto Rental Collision/Loss Damage Insurance

Auto Rental Collision/Loss Damage6 Insurance covers you if your rental car is damaged or stolen for a period of up to 48 consecutive days when you charge the full cost of your car rental to your card7.

What to do in case of accident

Call us at:

• Canada and the U.S.: 1-888-409-4442
• Elsewhere in the world: 613-634-4993

How to make a claim

• Online
  Log on to make a claim or to view the details of your Assurant insurance policy.

• By mail, fax or email
  To file a claim, you are required to submit your completed claim form along with supporting documents.
  Auto Rental Collision/Loss Damage Insurance Claim Form (PDF, 225 KB)

• By phone
  Call 1-888-409-4442 or 613-634-4993.

Travel Assistance Service

No matter where you are in the world, any time of the day or night, the Travel Assistance Service is there for you!

• A toll-free telephone service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in case of a medical emergency to help you find a doctor or a hospital, dispatch medical assistance, or assist you with cash advances, repatriation or the handling of formalities.
• Assistance if your tickets, identification or official documents are lost or stolen, and legal assistance.