What is Sentinel® Card Protection Insurance?
Losing your credit cards or having them stolen can be a real inconvenience, not to mention a worry – especially if you’re abroad. The Sentinel® Card Protection scheme takes all the worry away, and with just one free phone call from anywhere in the world Sentinel® will immediately inform all your card issuers that you need replacement cards should they be lost or stolen.

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- Why do I need Credit?
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There are a number of benefits associated with paying by credit as opposed to cash or cheques:
- What APR (Annual Percentage Rate) will I receive?
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APR is the Interest Rate charged to your account on any balances not paid off by the date shown on your statement each month - meaning that if you pay your balance off in full every month you will never need to pay interest on your purchases.
- What is the new Chip and Pin system?
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The new Chip and PIN initiative is a system being introduced in the UK in 2004 to reduce counterfeit and stolen card fraud.
- My Credit Card is lost or stolen. What should I do?
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If you cannot find your credit cards you need to report them as lost or stolen using the emergency number provided by your credit card issuer, this will be a 24 hour/365 days a year number. If you have more than one credit card you will need to ring all the separate companies.
- What is Sentinel® Card Protection Insurance?
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Losing your credit cards or having them stolen can be a real inconvenience, not to mention a worry – especially if you’re abroad. The Sentinel® Card Protection scheme takes all the worry away, and with just one free phone call from anywhere in the world Sentinel® will immediately inform all your card issuers that you need replacement cards should they be lost or stolen.
There are a range of other benefits including:
- If your cards are used fraudulently you will be covered for up to £75,000
- You will receive up to £1,000 interest free emergency cash advance if you are stranded whilst abroad
- You can claim emergency airline and ferry ticket replacements up to a value of £2,500
- Lost key retrieval and luggage location service
- Valuable property and document registration