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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
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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
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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 ]