Kai Tan

The AMS/GSS travel insurance doesn’t cover disruptions to your travel plans, such as flight delays and missing bags, which happen all too often.

Monitor the date you’re eyeing. If you notice a higher price on your targeted date relative to the surrounding dates, that’s a sign to pull the trigger sooner than later as it’s very unlikely to come down.

You might want to focus on matters that you can control, like avoiding that dreaded middle seat on a transpacific flight.