What a crap company What a crap company. I had to cancel 2 Holidays which I paid for. I was paid out on 1 which was the cheapest of the 2 and they declined the other when I asked why they refused to answer my 5 emails that I sent although they acknoledged they had received each one. I am now taking my complaint to the Financial Onbudsman.

Fraudsters Do not use this company. I submitted a claim in mid December when the trip of a lifetime I had planned needed to be postponed due to my wife suddenly being admitted to hospital for 7 nights a day before we were due to travel. I diligently phoned all airlines, hotels, trip providers possible (our original trip was for 6 weeks) making several stressed calls trying to receive refunds where we had to cancel. I managed to receive refunds from most companies, however ended up needing to claim for a few hotels and some internal flights that I was unable to cancel. I thought this would be straightforward with a company with a name such as Axa. Several rounds of requests for the same documents that I had already submitted, querying a form submitted by my GP, fake promises that the assessment would be prioritised and finalised by the end of the week. I have now lost all faith that this will be resolved at all. I raised a formal complaint, and received what to me seemed a satisfactory response. This came with a promise that my claim would be finalised within 5 days. I chased again yesterday and was promised a call back. The 5 days has now passed and I still haven’t heard anymore from the claims team. I now will be raising this with the financial ombudsman.

Avoid My father in law was diagnosed with a serious condition 3 days prior to travelling for a short break which my wife and I had booked a couple of weeks prior. Unfortunately 1 day prior to travel we found out it was a terminal condition. Therefore we could not travel. Father in-law sadly dies the next week. Hotel chain would not refund (non-refundable rooms) and airline was being difficult. So decided to use our AA Travel insurance underwritten by AXA to claim back a small amount of money. AXA has been unhelpful asking us to share the same information twice and being quite brutal in their questioning. I have supplied all information requested including death certificate, hotel booking details and flight information. Their processes seem broken, they don't appear to want to support this small claim and they seem to use a mix of offshore / onshore contact centres which is not ideal when dealing with claims of a serious nature. I would be very concerned if we had an actual emergency and required support from this company. I will not be renewing with them.

AVOID AT ANY COST AVOID AT ANY COST! EVEN IF IT'S FREE I became very ill and got admitted to the hospital, I was diagnosed with pneumonia This meant that I was in and out of consciousness, I had no ability to deal with anything at all. My 19-year old daughter who was with me had to deal with everything. It cost a fortune, she had to borrow money from friends and family, she also lost out on her holiday as a result of looking after me. We've provided her insurance details too, they've just asked her to prove her medical bills. As for me: I have submitted everything which clearly states what happened to me and all the costs. But they are refusing to pay me. They've just sent me on a wild goose chase, making my life more misery.

Would give zero stars if possible Would give zero stars if possible. Had to cancel trip due to injury.Submitted relevant documentation to support, heard nothing. Turns out cancellation letter from Crystal could not be opened ( Crystal have been useless) and I had to contact AXA to find this out and get Crystal to reissue, this took 3 attempts by the buffoons at Crystal. Once resubmitted again heard nothing. 10 days passed and after emails , called AXA and was assured claim would be prioritised, nothing. 10 days later have just called and been told payment pending and after 20 minute hold have been informed payment approved and will take 5-7 days. , nightmare. Constantly use stalling tactics.