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

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holden j caufield

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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?
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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Yep, it has to be a close relative
 
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.
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Yep, it has to be a close relative
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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.
 
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.
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Yep, it has to be a close relative
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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.
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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
 
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...
 
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.
 
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
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Nearly all airlines have bereavement fares.

- M4H
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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.
 
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.
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Yep, it has to be a close relative
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Yep. For me it was half price which was still a lot of money.
 
It might be worth checking ebay and buying a few Southwest rapid reward vouchers, they usually sell for around 250 for a roundtrip.
 
Delta was really nice when my brother died ($500 roundtrip SLC to HNL) DURING CHristmas holiday period...
 
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.
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you were actually considering flying from Jacksonville to Orlando? 😕
 
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...
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What the? I am at a lost for words. OF COURSE if you bought it a month in advance, it'd be cheaper!
 
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.
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you were actually considering flying from Jacksonville to Orlando? 😕
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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.
 
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