What airlines have a discount for people flying to a sudden funeral?

[holden j caufield]

Myself, mom and sister need to fly like today or tomm for a funeral. Wow it's going to run something like $1250 to fly from Orange County to El Paso. Are there any airlines that nowadays offer a reduced rate for such things?

 

[Armitage]

Check out priceline - for really short notice stuff like this you can sometimes get very good deals. I flew from Colorado to PA for about $140 on one days notice in a similar situation (ussually costs about $350

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Nearly all airlines have bereavement fares.

- M4H

 

[funkymatt]

what m4h said, i think you have to fax a death certificate though. I was 11 when my grandfather died and remember something of the sort having to be done.

 

[tami]

i tried this when i was a sophomore in college. my high school principal, of whom i had much respect for and had a good relationship with, suddenly passed away. i worked pretty damn hard to get tickets for his funeral, but every airline i tried to contact wasn't planning on going under $1000 unless i was a close relative.

 

[vtqanh]

Originally posted by: tami
i tried this when i was a sophomore in college. my high school principal, of whom i had much respect for and had a good relationship with, suddenly passed away. i worked pretty damn hard to get tickets for his funeral, but every airline i tried to contact wasn't planning on going under $1000 unless i was a close relative.

Yep, it has to be a close relative

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: vtqanh

Originally posted by: tami
i tried this when i was a sophomore in college. my high school principal, of whom i had much respect for and had a good relationship with, suddenly passed away. i worked pretty damn hard to get tickets for his funeral, but every airline i tried to contact wasn't planning on going under $1000 unless i was a close relative.

Yep, it has to be a close relative

And even at that, from what I've heard the bereavement fares aren't all that good. Though better then buying it straight retail with one days notice.

 

[Medicine Bear]

They could try and pull a Costanza.

 

[Koenigsegg]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
They could try and pull a Costanza.

:laugh: what I was thinking.

 

[shuan24]

well another option is just to drive it, it's only a 12hr drive and it would be alot cheaper.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: vtqanh

Originally posted by: tami
i tried this when i was a sophomore in college. my high school principal, of whom i had much respect for and had a good relationship with, suddenly passed away. i worked pretty damn hard to get tickets for his funeral, but every airline i tried to contact wasn't planning on going under $1000 unless i was a close relative.

Yep, it has to be a close relative

And even at that, from what I've heard the bereavement fares aren't all that good. Though better then buying it straight retail with one days notice.

thats true...they aren't as good of a deal as they are made out to be, and you have to pay full fare upfront and get a refund

 

[torpid]

When I was looking for such a fare, it was still quite expensive compared to what I would pay if I had bought tickets 28+ days in advance. Ugh...

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: Koenigsegg

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
They could try and pull a Costanza.

:laugh: what I was thinking.

Just have to remember not to piss off the lunatic guy in chains by taking the last copy of Time.

 

[FlashG]

In my case it was cheaper to drive my family from Jacksonville to Orlando for a flight to Cadillac Michigan. All the bereavement flights were more expensive than shopping around at the usual suspects.

 

[holden j caufield]

yeah may drive as the rate isn't some big discount. And I won't have to worry about going to the restroom with guys in handcuffs. Maybe I'll run into someone at the airport that owes me money though. LOL George

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Nearly all airlines have bereavement fares.

- M4H

They certainly do. But... If you call the airline asking for this, versus call the airline asking for a normal fare, you are more than likely to find the bereavement fare to be higher.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: vtqanh

Originally posted by: tami
i tried this when i was a sophomore in college. my high school principal, of whom i had much respect for and had a good relationship with, suddenly passed away. i worked pretty damn hard to get tickets for his funeral, but every airline i tried to contact wasn't planning on going under $1000 unless i was a close relative.

Yep, it has to be a close relative

Yep. For me it was half price which was still a lot of money.

 

[panipoori]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
They could try and pull a Costanza.

That was a great episode

 

[Pantoot]

It might be worth checking ebay and buying a few Southwest rapid reward vouchers, they usually sell for around 250 for a roundtrip.

 

[Kanalua]

Delta was really nice when my brother died ($500 roundtrip SLC to HNL) DURING CHristmas holiday period...

 

[tallest1]

Originally posted by: FlashG
In my case it was cheaper to drive my family from Jacksonville to Orlando for a flight to Cadillac Michigan. All the bereavement flights were more expensive than shopping around at the usual suspects.

you were actually considering flying from Jacksonville to Orlando?

 

[jammur21]

Flying out of Ontario or Long Beach might be cheaper.

Ontario is an excellent airport.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: shuan24
well another option is just to drive it, it's only a 12hr drive and it would be alot cheaper.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: torpid
When I was looking for such a fare, it was still quite expensive compared to what I would pay if I had bought tickets 28+ days in advance. Ugh...

What the? I am at a lost for words. OF COURSE if you bought it a month in advance, it'd be cheaper!

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: tallest1

Originally posted by: FlashG
In my case it was cheaper to drive my family from Jacksonville to Orlando for a flight to Cadillac Michigan. All the bereavement flights were more expensive than shopping around at the usual suspects.

you were actually considering flying from Jacksonville to Orlando?

My guess is he wanted to fly from Jacksonville to Michigan, but found that it was cheaper to drive to Orlando, then fly from there to Michigan.