diff --git a/app/models/travel_advice.rb b/app/models/travel_advice.rb
index 2bd2f1e34f..d32d8277e5 100644
--- a/app/models/travel_advice.rb
+++ b/app/models/travel_advice.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 class TravelAdvice < ContentItem
+  ALERT_STATUSES = %w[
+    avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_parts
+    avoid_all_travel_to_parts
+    avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_whole_country
+    avoid_all_travel_to_whole_country
+  ].freeze
+
   def country_name
     content_store_response["details"]["country"]["name"]
   end
@@ -23,14 +30,7 @@ def alert_status
     alert_statuses = content_store_response["details"]["alert_status"]
     return [] if alert_statuses.blank?
 
-    allowed_statuses = %w[
-      avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_parts
-      avoid_all_travel_to_parts
-      avoid_all_but_essential_travel_to_whole_country
-      avoid_all_travel_to_whole_country
-    ]
-
-    alert_statuses.filter_map { |alert| alert if allowed_statuses.include?(alert) }
+    alert_statuses.filter_map { |alert| alert if ALERT_STATUSES.include?(alert) }
   end
 
   def change_description
diff --git a/spec/models/travel_advice_spec.rb b/spec/models/travel_advice_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db748aec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/travel_advice_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+RSpec.describe TravelAdvice do
+  before do
+    @content_store_response = GovukSchemas::Example.find("travel_advice", example_name: "full-country")
+    @base_path = @content_store_response.fetch("base_path")
+  end
+
+  describe "#alert_status" do
+    it "adds allowed statuses" do
+      @content_store_response["details"]["alert_status"] = [described_class::ALERT_STATUSES.first]
+
+      alert_statuses = described_class.new(@content_store_response).alert_status
+      expect(alert_statuses).to eq([described_class::ALERT_STATUSES.first])
+    end
+
+    it "removes unexpected statuses" do
+      @content_store_response["details"]["alert_status"] = %w[unexpected-status]
+
+      alert_statuses = described_class.new(@content_store_response).alert_status
+      expect(alert_statuses).to be_empty
+    end
+  end
+end