Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.travel Subject: Assist-Card protects travelers Message-ID: <393@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 16:41:28 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.393 Posted: Wed Mar 14 16:41:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Mar-84 01:38:16 EST Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 24 X ... will the responsible party please stand up for the applause - or the rotten egg - your guess is as good as mine. source: INTERNATIONAL LIVING, Vol 3 # 11, March 84, PAGE 14 RELAX WITH "Assist-Card" - Even the best planned vacations may run into setbacks, so be preprared with Assist-Card. As the world's largest travel assistance network, Assist-Card serves 633 cities in 56 countries. When problems strike, one collect-call will get you medical service or legal or financial aid. Lost documents can be retrieved or replaced, tickets replaced and luggage traced. Individual rates start at $30 for a five-day trip and go up to $180 for a 90-day trip. Contact: Assist-Card Corp. of America, 745 Fifth Av., New York, NY 10022; (800)221-4564; in NY (212)752-2788. [ I could tell horror-stories of how the famous "green-card" people just add to the aggrevation, when you finally want to take them up on their promises - not in the middle of the jungle - but in capitals like Caracas, Bogota, Rio (well, not the capital), etc. So, I wonder what these people want THAT much money for, and if they deliver. Anyone use them before? PS: their 800-number just promised me more info by mail ]