POLICY: Stay-at-Home Order
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because the municipality, county, state, province or country in which your Permanent Residence is located is subject to a mandatory governmental "stay-at-home" or "shelter-in-place" order lasting thirty (30) or more cumulative days, at least seven (7) days of which are during the Core Season.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Proof of your Permanent Residence through documentation such as Rental Agreement, Rates Notice, Utility Bill, Phone Bill, Bank Statement, Tertiary Institution Enrolment, Employment Contract, Car Registration
POLICY: Tourist Visa Rejection
You are unable to use your pass during the applicable Core Season because of a tourist visa rejection that prevents your entry into Australia, Canada, or the United States.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- A copy of the visa application
- A copy of the formal rejection/denial of the application
POLICY: Travel Restrictions
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because of a government-imposed prohibition on your entry into Australia, Canada or the United States that affects all similarly situated travellers.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Proof of your current residence outside of Australia
- A copy of your travel exemption application
- A copy of the formal rejection/denial of the travel exemption application
POLICY: Job Loss
You are unable to use your pass during the applicable Core Season because, after you purchase your Pass, you or your spouse or Domestic Partner who lives in the same Permanent Residence are involuntarily terminated or laid off from full-time employment by an employer for which you or your Domestic Partner had been continuously employed for at least one year immediately preceding the termination or lay off.
This provision is not applicable to part-time employees, temporary employees, independent contractors, gig workers, or self-employed persons.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Confirmation of involuntary termination of employment, including:
- Official termination letter from your employer including date of notification
- Documentation confirming your full-time employment with the company of at least one year prior to termination date (e.g., hiring letter, initial job offer, pay slip etc)
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your Domestic Partner (if applicable)
POLICY: Employment Stand Down
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because, after your purchase your Pass, you or your spouse or domestic partner who lives in the same Permanent Residence is involuntarily stood down for a period of six (6) months or longer from ongoing, full-time employment by an employer for which you or your Domestic Partner had been continuously employed for a least one year immediately prior to being stood down.
This provision is not applicable to part-time employees, temporary employees, independent contractors, gig workers, or self-employed persons, nor does it apply to completion of fixed term employment.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Official stand down letter from your employer including date of notification and date range of stand down
- Documentation confirming your full-time employment with the company of at least one year prior to stand down date (e.g., hiring letter, initial job offer, pay slip etc)
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your Domestic Partner (if applicable)
POLICY: Work Visa Renewals
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because you or your Domestic Partner require a work visa to be employed in Australia, Canada, or the United States and your work visa was not renewed after you purchase your Pass.
This provision is not applicable to part-time employees, temporary employees, independent contractors or self-employed persons.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- A copy of the work visa renewal application
- A copy of the formal rejection/denial of the application
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your Domestic Partner (if applicable)
POLICY: Employment Transfer
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because you or your Domestic Partner have an involuntary, employer-initiated transfer after you purchase your pass that:
- Is within the same organisation for which you or your Domestic Partner have been continuously employed for at least one year immediately preceding the transfer
AND
- Involves you or your Domestic Partner's relocation from your current Permanent Residence to a residence that is 150 or more kilometres further away from any Resort covered by your Pass
This provision only applies if you live within 600 kilometres of a Resort for which your Pass provides access.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Official transfer letter from your employer confirming:
- Date of employer-initiated transfer notification
- Commencement date of transfer
- Current work location
- Transfer work location
- Documentation confirming your full-time employment with the company of at least one year prior to transfer date (e.g., hiring letter, initial job offer, pay slip etc)
- Proof of Permanent Residence prior to transfer for you (and your Domestic Partner)
- Proof of Permanent Residence following transfer for you (and your Domestic Partner)
POLICY: Military Service
You are unable to use you Pass during the applicable Core Season because after you purchase your Pass, you or your Domestic Partner are called to military service, your military leave is revoked, you are deployed or you are reassigned to a different duty station that is 150 or more kilometres further away from any Resort covered by your Pass than your current assigned duty station.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Official military documentation confirming orders, including date of notification and date ranges applicable to each order
POLICY: Illness or Injury
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because you suffer an accidental bodily injury, a physical illness, or a physical disease that:
- is diagnosed by a Physician after you purchase your Pass; or
- presents significant new or worsening symptoms that are diagnosed by a Physician after you purchase your Pass.
To qualify, the injury, illness, or disease must prevent you from using your Pass for thirty (30) or more consecutive days, at least seven (7) days of which are during the Core Season.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Medical Certificate from your treating Physician that includes confirmation of:
- Date of initial diagnosis
- Nature of illness or injury
- Date of diagnosis of new and worsening symptoms following initial diagnosis (if applicable)
- Date range that you are unable to participate in physical activities such as skiing or snowboarding
POLICY: Illness or Injury to a Family Member
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because a Family Member who lives in the same Permanent Residence as you suffers from:
- a physical illness or physical disease that is diagnosed by a Physician after you purchase your Pass; or
- ia physical illness or physical disease that presents significant new or worsening symptoms that are diagnosed by a Physician after you purchase your Pass; or
- an accidental bodily injury after you purchase your Pass.
To qualify, the illness, disease, or injury must require your continued care for that Family Member for thirty (30) or more consecutive days, at least seven (7) of which are during the Core Season.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Medical Certificate from treating Physician that includes confirmation of:
- Date of initial diagnosis
- Nature of illness or injury
- Date of diagnosis of new and worsening symptoms following initial diagnosis (if applicable)
- Verification that you are the primary caregiver for your Family Member
- Date range that you are required to act as the primary caregiver for your Family Member
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your family member
POLICY: Mental Health Conditions
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because a Physician has admitted you to in-patient treatment or hospitalisation for at least thirty (30) or more consecutive days, at least seven (7) or which are during the Core Season.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Medical Certificate from your treating Physician or hospital records that includes confirmation of:
- Date of hospital admission
- Date of hospital discharge
POLICY: Death
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because of the death of a Family Member who lives in the same Permanent Residence that occurs after you purchase your Pass. This includes an application for a refund on behalf of the deceased family member.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Death Certificate
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your Family Member (if applicable)
POLICY: Natural Disaster
You are unable to use your Pass for thirty (30) or more consecutive days during the applicable Core Season because your Permanent Residence is made uninhabitable after you purchase your Pass in whole or in part due to a flood, hurricane, tornado, fire or volcanic eruption after your purchase your Pass.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Proof of your Permanent Residence through documentation such as Rental Agreement, Rates Notice, Utility Bill, Phone Bill, Bank Statement, Tertiary Institution Enrolment, Employment Contract, Car Registration
- Documentation supporting that your Permanent Residence is uninhabitable due to a natural disaster. Examples may include Police report, local authority report, insurance assessment, Licensed Builder's building inspection report.
POLICY: Subpoena Jury Duty
You are unable to use your Pass because you are subpoenaed or required to serve on a jury and that subpoena or jury service prevents you from using your Pass for thirty (30) or more days during the applicable Core Season.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Legal documentation confirming:
- Initial date of subpoena
- Start and end date of jury service/court attendance
POLICY: Personal Medical Quarantine
You are unable to use your Pass because you are quarantined for at least thirty (30) or more consecutive days during the applicable Core Season at the direction of a Physician.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Medical Certificate from your treating Physician that includes confirmation of:
- Date of initial diagnosis
- Date range of the required medical quarantine period
POLICY: University Transfer
You are a university student, enrolled on a full time or equivalent basis in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, and you are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because, after you purchase your Pass, you:
- Transfer to a University located 150 kilometres or more further away from any Resort covered by your Pass than your current University; or
- Are accepted into a foreign study program that will cause you to be out of the country for thirty (30) or more consecutive days during the applicable Core Season; or
- Graduate and begin work at a job that is 150 or more kilometres further away from any Resort covered by your Pass than your current University.
This provision only applies if your current university is located within 600 kilometres of a Resort for which your Pass provides access.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Proof of enrolment documentation including:
- Date of initial enrolment
- Date of notification of confirmed enrolment change
- Proof of Permanent Residence prior to transfer
- Proof of Permanent Residence following transfer
POLICY: Pregnancy
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because you or your Domestic Partner:
- Become pregnant; and
- Are advised by a Doctor that you or your Domestic Partner may not engage in snowsports due to pregnancy.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Medical Certificate from your treating Physician that confirms:
- Date of confirmation of pregnancy
- Due date
- Date range that you have been advised not to ski or ride (if applicable)
- Proof of shared Permanent Residence for you and your Domestic Partner (if applicable)
POLICY: Adoption
You are unable to use your Pass during the applicable Core Season because you adopt a child after your purchase your Pass.
REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- Court Order of Adoption documentation or other paperwork confirming the adoption
POLICY: Minor Dependent
Pass holder is under the age of eighteen (18) and unable to use their Pass because a Family Member living in the same Permanent Residence has experienced a Qualifying Personal Refund Event.
To submit under this Personal Refund Event, please select the relevant qualifying Personal Refund Event that applies to the impacted Family Member.
REASON NOT LISTED
Your Epic Australia Pass is non-cancellable and non-refundable unless it qualifies under the Terms and Conditions of a Personal Refund Event. You will not be eligible for a refund for any other reason.
For more information on qualifying Personal Refund Events, please click here.