Airlines, cruises refund on Zika travel

More airlines and cruise operators are offering refunds or letting pregnant women change itineraries if they booked a trip to Zika-hit areas.

WHAT AIRLINES AND CRUISE COMPANIES ARE OFFERING FOR ZIKA TRAVEL:

* Airlines

LATAM Airlines - refunds or opportunity to change destination for medically-certified pregnant women and their travelling companions with international flights booked to Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and other affected Latin American and Caribbean countries

Gol, Brazil - pregnant women can reschedule flights or receive credit; no refunds

Avianca, Colombia - pregnant women can reschedule flights or receive credit; no refunds

Lufthansa - pregnant women can change reservations to another destination or delay travel

British Airways - pregnant women can change reservations to another destination or delay travel

American Airlines - refunds to pregnant women

United Airlines - refund or reschedule

JetBlue Airways - refunds or rebook passengers

Delta Air Lines - travel advisory on website that passengers "may qualify" for a refund or change in itinerary if they contact the airline by February 29

Spirit Airlines - refund or rebook customers who are pregnant or travelling with a pregnant woman; others who don't want to fly to outbreak zones can get a credit with fees waived

Southwest Airlines - sticking to regular policy of letting customers who cancel ahead of time use ticket value on another trip

* Cruise Lines

Carnival Cruise Line - let pregnant women get a credit, delay their trip, or rebook to destinations not on US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list of Zika locales

Royal Caribbean Cruises - let pregnant women reschedule trips for a later date at no penalty

Norwegian Cruise Line - trying to rebook pregnant customers to later trips or to areas away from the outbreak

COUNTRIES WHERE ZIKA IS TRANSMITTED

Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, Samoa, Suriname, Venezuela.

*Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

COUNTRIES ON THE CDC LIST:

In Central and South America - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela

In the Caribbean - Barbados, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, St. Martin and Puerto Rico.

Others - Cape Verde, off the coast of western Africa, and Samoa in the South Pacific.


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