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Insurance / CreditCard Plus

Features & benefits

  • Covers your repayments

    Pays 20% of your credit card balance each month (for up to five months) if you become involuntarily unemployed or temporarily disabled.

  • Pays off your balance

    Pays off your credit card balance (up to $25,000) if you become permanently disabled, suffer a terminal illness or pass away.

  • One-off cash payment

    Offers a lump sum up to $25,000, matching your credit card balance payment, to you or your estate if you become permanently disabled, suffer a terminal illness or pass away.

How it works

  • New customers

    New applications for CreditCard Plus are no longer accepted from 8 June 2018. 

  • Existing customers

    Existing CreditCard Plus customers will continue to be covered for claimable events for the life of the policy.

    If you have any questions or want to make a claim, please call 13 3982 between 9am-5pm, Mon - Fri (AEST/AEDT).

Rates & fees

The CreditCard Plus premium is 45c for every $100 (or part of $100) that’s owing on your credit card balance up to $25,000.

CreditCard Plus premium examples

Balance owing 
Monthly premium
$1,000
$4.50
$3,000
$13.50
$25,000
$112.50
$30,000 (we'll only cover $25,000)
$112.50
About your premium
  • The premium is calculated using the date your statement is generated, not the date your minimum payment is due
  • The premium will be charged even if you pay off your credit card balance in full by the due date
  • The premium will be charged to your credit card and appear on your monthly statement as “CreditCard Plus Premium"
  • You may pay interest on the premium charge if you don’t pay the total amount owing on your credit card in full each month
  • Your premium includes stamp duty and you don't have to pay GST on it

 

How to make a claim

Can you claim?

You may be able to claim for CreditCard Plus if:

  • You're working more than 15 hours a week on average and your employment is non-seasonal
  • You lose your job involuntarily. You will not be able to claim if you quit your job, retire or accept voluntary redundancy
  • Your claim is caused by an injury or illness of which you have symptoms after your policy starts (e.g. you first received medical advice, treatment or consultation for the injury or illness after your policy started)

How to make a claim

  • Call 13 3982 between 9am-5pm, Mon - Fri (AEST/AEDT)
  • Our claims team may send you a claim form and a letter outlining the supporting evidence required for us to assess your claim

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Things you should know

  • CreditCard Plus is issued by AIA Australia Limited ABN 79 004 837 861 AFSL 230043 (AIA Australia). AIA is not part of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Group of companies. CBA and its subsidiaries do not guarantee the obligations or performance of AIA Australia or the products it offers. A Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for CreditCard Plus is available online or by calling 13 3982 and should be considered in making any decision about CreditCard Plus. 

    This advice has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on the advice, please consider its appropriateness to your circumstances.