No personal accident benefit. This benefit is not included with this card. Accidental death and permanent disablement while travelling pay nothing from this card. A standalone travel or personal accident policy is required for this cover.
Does the BHG credit card include any travel insurance for overseas trips?
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Our Verdict · Travel Insurance
Our take on travel insurance for the BHG BHG Card
Expert review · Pauline LauroreAuthor of HelloSafe's card insurance reviews
The BHG Card is a department-store rebate co-brand card built for shopping at BHG, and it carries no complimentary travel insurance. Charge a flight to it and nothing switches on: there is no overseas medical, no trip cancellation and no baggage cover attached to the card. That gap gets expensive fast. A serious hospital admission in the US or Europe can pass S$100,000, and MediShield Life pays nothing for treatment outside Singapore, so the whole bill lands on you. Using the card to pay for your trip does not activate any policy, because there is no policy to begin with. A standalone Singapore travel policy fills the entire gap from around S$20 for a single trip, and it usually covers medical, cancellation and baggage. Treat the card as a way to earn rebates on your shopping, and buy the travel cover separately before you fly.
Where travel breaks down
- No complimentary travel insurance: overseas medical, cancellation and baggage are all uninsured
- No overseas hospital cover: a major admission abroad can pass S$100,000, none of it paid by MediShield Life
- Charging your air fare to the card does not activate any policy, because the card carries no cover
Our methodology
Every score is derived from official bank documents: terms and conditions, benefit guides, and claim procedures. No commercial relationship influences our ratings.
Travel Insurance · 14 guarantees
What does BHG BHG Card Travel Insurance actually cover?
What's not covered
- Personal accident is not a benefit of this card
No overseas emergency medical cover. This benefit is not included with this card. All medical costs overseas are the cardholder's responsibility. MediShield Life does not cover you outside Singapore, and a serious hospital admission in the US or Europe can run S$100,000 or more.
What's not covered
- Overseas medical treatment is not a benefit of this card
- Pre-existing conditions and pregnancy excluded
No emergency evacuation cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Emergency evacuation costs are entirely the cardholder's responsibility. An air ambulance from Bali or Bangkok back to Singapore runs S$50,000 to S$120,000.
What's not covered
- Emergency medical evacuation is not a benefit of this card
No overseas emergency dental cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Emergency dental treatment overseas is out of pocket.
What's not covered
- Overseas emergency dental is not a benefit of this card
No hospital cash allowance. This benefit is not included with this card. There is no daily cash payment while you are hospitalised overseas.
What's not covered
- Overseas hospital daily cash is not a benefit of this card
No trip cancellation. This benefit is not included with this card. Prepaid flights, hotels, and tours are not reimbursable if you cancel. A standalone travel insurance policy is required for this coverage.
What's not covered
- Trip cancellation is not a benefit of this card
No trip curtailment cover. This benefit is not included with this card. The cost to fly home early after a family emergency and resume a trip is out of pocket.
What's not covered
- Trip curtailment is not a benefit of this card
No travel disruption cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Extra accommodation and transport from a trip disruption are the cardholder's responsibility.
What's not covered
- Travel disruption is not a benefit of this card
No travel delay cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Meals, accommodation, and transport during a delay are the cardholder's responsibility.
What's not covered
- Travel delay is not a benefit of this card
No missed connection cover. This benefit is not included with this card. The cost of alternative transport after a missed connection is out of pocket.
What's not covered
- Missed connection is not a benefit of this card
No baggage cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Replacement costs for lost or stolen bags are the cardholder's responsibility.
What's not covered
- Baggage loss is not a benefit of this card
No baggage delay cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Purchases of essential items during a bag delay are out of pocket.
What's not covered
- Baggage delay is not a benefit of this card
No travel documents cover. This benefit is not included with this card. The cost to replace a lost passport or reclaim fraudulent card use overseas is out of pocket.
What's not covered
- Loss of travel documents is not a benefit of this card
No personal liability cover. This benefit is not included with this card. Legal liability for injury to others or property damage overseas is uninsured, and claims commonly reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.
What's not covered
- Personal liability overseas is not a benefit of this card
We source benefits from official card guides, but PDFs are sometimes hard to obtain or update. Spotted something off?
Coverage Radar
Where the BHG BHG Card wins, where it loses
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Accidental death: not covered by this card
Medical fees abroad: not covered by this card
Medical repatriation: not covered by this card
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Side-by-side comparison
How the BHG BHG Card stacks up against the alternatives
Same 5 coverage dimensions, ranked head-to-head against the cards most BHG Card shoppers also consider.
| Card | This card BHG Card BHG · SGD 0/yr 0.0/5? | Revolution HSBC · SGD 0/yr 1.5/5? | Centurion American Express · SGD 7,500/yr 4.2/5? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trip cancellation Per person, per trip cap | Not covered Cover this gap → | S$2,000 per person Capped S$2,000 | S$20,000 S$20,000 prepaid costs | |
Emergency medical Hospital bills abroad | Not covered Cover this gap → | Not covered | Chubb arranges and pays No stated medical sub-limit | |
Emergency evacuation Air ambulance + repatriation | Not covered Cover this gap → | S$1,000,000 Up to S$1,000,000 | Arranged and paid by Chubb Evacuation + repatriation | |
Trip delay trigger Hours before benefits kick in | Not covered Cover this gap → | 8h / S$500 Trigger: 8 hours | 4h / up to S$900 Trigger: 4 hours | |
Trip interruption Covered amount | Not covered Cover this gap → | Not covered | S$300/person S$300 per person |
StrongLimited / misleadingNot covered
Data verified against each card's Guide to Benefits, May 2026.
Emergency · Card assistance line
How to contact BHG BHG Card assistance?
This card carries no complimentary travel insurance, so there is no underwriter or 24-hour assistance hotline attached to it. For medical, cancellation and baggage cover overseas, buy a standalone Singapore travel policy and keep its emergency assistance number with you while you travel.
What to do if you need travel cover with the BHG Card
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Step 1: Buy a standalone travel policy before you fly
Because the card includes no travel insurance, arrange a standalone Singapore travel policy that states its overseas medical, cancellation and baggage limits in writing. Cover starts from around S$20 for a single trip.
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Step 2: Keep your policy and emergency number with you
Save your travel insurer's 24-hour emergency assistance number and policy number on your phone, and keep receipts, medical reports and any police or airline reports to support a claim.
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Step 3: Escalate to FIDReC for a card-issuer dispute
For a dispute with the card issuer itself, not travel insurance, you can approach FIDReC, the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre, free of charge within 6 months of the issuer's final reply.
FAQ
What people ask about the BHG BHG Card
- No. The BHG Card is a department-store rebate co-brand card issued with OCBC, and it comes with no complimentary travel insurance. There is no overseas medical cover, no trip cancellation and no baggage protection tied to the card. Charging your flights to it does not switch on any policy, because none exists. If you booked a trip expecting card-linked cover, you are travelling uninsured. To close that gap, buy a standalone Singapore travel policy before departure, which starts at around S$20 for a single trip and pays the hospital bills, cancellations and lost bags the card does not cover.
- None. The BHG Card offers no travel insurance protection at all. It is designed to earn rebates on your BHG and everyday shopping, so there is no overseas emergency medical benefit, no trip cancellation, no baggage cover and no personal accident sum attached to it. It still works as a Mastercard payment method wherever you travel, but the insurance layer is simply not there. Some cardholders confuse a card's shopping perks with travel cover; those are not medical or cancellation benefits. If you want real protection for a trip, you need a standalone travel policy, since the card contributes nothing towards a claim if something goes wrong abroad.
- Yes. Because the BHG Card carries no complimentary cover, using it to pay for a trip gives you no insurance protection on its own. A single unexpected hospital admission overseas, which MediShield Life does not cover outside Singapore, can run past S$100,000, and none of that falls on the card. A standalone Singapore travel policy fills the whole gap from around S$20 for a single trip, and it typically covers overseas medical, trip cancellation, baggage and personal liability. Many plans include COVID-19 medical costs too. Buy the policy before you depart, keep the confirmation, and use the card purely to pay and earn rebates.
- No. The BHG Card does not cover COVID-19 medical costs overseas, because the card carries no travel insurance at all. If you catch COVID-19 abroad and need treatment or a hospital stay, the bill is entirely your own, and MediShield Life does not pay for care outside Singapore. This is a common point of confusion, since several Singapore travel policies do include COVID-19 cover. The card is not one of them. If COVID-19 protection matters for your trip, buy a standalone travel policy that lists COVID-19 medical and, ideally, trip cancellation among its benefits, and check the certificate wording before you rely on it.
- No. The BHG Card does not include mobile phone insurance, and it carries no purchase protection or extended warranty either. If your phone screen cracks or the handset is stolen, the repair or replacement is your own cost, and a flagship screen repair alone runs about S$200 to S$600. The card's value sits in shopping rebates, not device protection. For phone cover you would need a separate gadget or mobile insurance policy, or a different card that specifically lists phone protection among its benefits. Do not assume a co-brand rebate card includes device cover, because in Singapore that benefit is uncommon and is not attached to this card.
- For paying merchants and earning rebates, the BHG Card works fine overseas, and its Mastercard network is widely accepted. For protection, it is not enough on its own. The card provides no overseas medical, cancellation or baggage cover, so a trip paid entirely on the card is still an uninsured trip. The realistic setup is to use the card for spending and pair it with a standalone travel policy that covers the medical and disruption risks. That policy starts at around S$20 for a single trip. With both in place, you keep the rebates and gain the protection the card does not provide.
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