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I have a two week trip to the States in a couple of weeks climbing trad. Who is the cheapest for holiday and health insurance? Will Austrian Alpine Club and normal travel insurance be sufficient?

In reply to lumu_tit:

You need to read the detail of the policy. Also compare it with the BMC insurance, again read the detail.

In reply to lumu_tit:

I always use AAC, except for the USA where the larger medical payments mean I go for BMC.

In reply to lumu_tit:

As per Simon C. I was looking into it recently, and I think the AAC only covers you for £10,000 of medical expenses. Which in the States will barely get you an ambulance ride to hospital, let alone any treatment.

I also spoke to Virgin about adding rock climbing onto a general travel insurance policy... They will include rock climbing but exclude mountaineering (and were unable to give me a clear definition of the difference) and the cost per day of adding on rock climbing was £14. So the BMC insurance worked out cheaper for our 15 day trip.