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Overseas Travel Insurance - Macqurie 26-Oct-2019 At 10:15:54 AM Olbert

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On 26-Oct-2019 Olbert wrote:
>So as part of my credit card features I get automatic overseas travel insurance.
>I expected that the travel insurance won't cover me for rock climbing as
>it seems to be an 'extreme sport', however, reading the terms and conditions
>rock climbing isn't exempt for personal injury. The only exclusions I see
>are for personal liability and rock climbing - that is, they won't cover
>me if I somehow get sued for something I do whilst rock climbing (bad belaying...?).
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>It seems too good to be true that I get medical insurance that they cover
>me for any dodgy rock climbing that I do.
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>People with experience, can anybody confirm that I am reading this correctly?
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>https://static.macquarie.com/dafiles/Internet/mgl/au/personal/docs/terms-conditions/macqu
>rie-credit-card-insurance-terms-conditions.pdf?v=14

Damn it! I found the exclusion:

5. participation in Special Sports, extreme sports where special
equipment, training and preparation are required.