As the title suggests, a relative of mine who is unfortunately very sick with cancer will be traveling to Israel at the end of August to attend a grandchild's bar mitzvah. Jumped through some hoops to make the trip happen - had to find direct business class availability on dates that worked with the chemo treatments, etc. In other words, it's a really big deal that this worked out (so far).
The couple hold Israeli citizenship too and are vaccinated so quarantine shouldnt be much of an issue. The problem is that it's imperative that he has health insurance that would cover if anything ch"v goes wrong while he is there. Paid for the cash portion of the flights using sapphire but I don't think that will help much. He called Allianz but it seems that you have to book the insurance within 14 days of booking the flight (flight was booked about a month ago). Anyhow, it's unclear what the story is with preexisting conditions such as late stage cancer.
If flights are available I'd cancel and rebook but they aren't (at any reasonable rate). Does anyone have any suggestions or experience as to what would make sense for him? It would stink if he needs to cancel the trip due to lack of adequate health insurance given everything going on in his life.
Would appreciate any insight... TIA