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Citi Strata Premier Lost Baggage: what you get and how long you have

Up to $3,000 if it is lost or damaged. File within 60 days. Below: the exact trigger, what counts as an essential item, who is covered, and the deadline — read from Citi’s own benefits guide.

Trip delay pays up to $500 per trip once a flight is delayed more than 6 hours. You have 60 days from the delay to open the claim.

Quick answer

Everything the card covers

Citi Strata Premier travel benefits, amounts and filing deadlines
BenefitPays up toPerFile within
Trip cancellation$5,000trip60 days
Trip interruption$5,000trip60 days
Lost or damaged baggage$3,000trip60 days
Trip delay$500trip60 days
The deadline is the part most people miss. Comparison sites publish the amounts and stop there. A benefit is worth nothing the day after its window closes, and nobody sends you a reminder.

What each one means in practice

Trip cancellation

The entire cost has to go on this card. A partial payment does not qualify.

A round trip is required. One-way travel is not covered.

Trip interruption

The entire cost has to go on this card. A partial payment does not qualify.

A round trip is required. One-way travel is not covered.

Lost or damaged baggage

The entire cost has to go on this card. A partial payment does not qualify.

Trip delay

Six hours is an unusually low threshold. Most cards start at twelve, including cards from the same issuer, so this one reaches delays the others miss.

Air traffic control delays are not on the covered list, which catches people out because it is one of the most common reasons a flight runs late.

Unusually, a delay caused by lost or stolen travel documents is covered.

Strikes are not covered here, though most cards do cover them.

The entire cost has to go on this card. A partial payment does not qualify.

A round trip is required. One-way travel is not covered.

What this card does not cover

Confirmed absent, not merely unlisted. This card carries no baggage delay, travel accident and emergency medical. That comes from the issuer’s own eligible-cards list rather than from an assumption, which matters because several well-known comparison sites publish figures for benefits the issuer does not list at all.

Had a delayed flight on this card? Check it against both the federal rules and these benefits. Free, no account, answer on the page.

Check a flight against this card

How to file a claim

Who handles it

New Hampshire Insurance Company (AIG), via Sedgwick

Not Citi directly. Calling the number on the back of your card will usually get you transferred.

Start a claim at www.mycardbenefits.com →

Or call

1-833-251-6404

Your deadlines

Opening a claim and sending the documents are two different deadlines. Open it early, even while you are still collecting receipts.

BenefitOpen withinDocuments within
Trip cancellation60 days180 days
Trip interruption60 days180 days
Lost or damaged baggage60 days180 days
Trip delay60 days180 days

What to keep

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