Emergency travel- need help, please.

Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations on a
short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare from any
airlines, under these circumstances?
I have checked places like Expedia and Orbitz for regular going fare
prices and they are very high right now.
Any suggestions?
Any help or info. will be much appreciated!
Thanks
BN

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Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations
on a short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare
from any airlines, under these circumstances?
I have checked places like Expedia and Orbitz for regular going
fare prices and they are very high right now.
Any suggestions?
Any help or info. will be much appreciated!

Airlines used to offer "bereavement fares" for people forced to
travel without notice for funerals; with the travel industry being
what it is today, I don't know if they still do.

I used this service 20 years ago to travel to my father's funeral and
it did save me a few dollars.

The airline did require that I submit some official documents (I
don't recall just what they wanted) after the trip, or they'd have
charged me the full fare.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

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I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden

It used to be simple. Call airline and get the bereavement fare. But
now, many aiurlines have stopped offerning those.

I,d say call a good travel agent and get her to do all the legwork for
you. She may be able to find last minute consolidator fares that
areaffordable for you. If you have no experience with web sites, you'll
end up wasting much more time.

Bert Hyman wrote:

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Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations
on a short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare
from any airlines, under these circumstances?
I have checked places like Expedia and Orbitz for regular going
fare prices and they are very high right now.
Any suggestions?
Any help or info. will be much appreciated!


Airlines used to offer "bereavement fares" for people forced to
travel without notice for funerals; with the travel industry being
what it is today, I don't know if they still do.

Some airlines still offer bereavement fares. Generally they could be 50
percent off the FULL coach fare, or possibly the same as an advanced
(14/21 day) purchase fare with the adv purchase time waived.
You should contact a Travel Agent or check the airline websites for
information on this. You could also check with consolidators to see what
they have available.

Bert Hyman wrote:

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Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations
on a short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare
from any airlines, under these circumstances?
I have checked places like Expedia and Orbitz for regular going
fare prices and they are very high right now.
Any suggestions?
Any help or info. will be much appreciated!


Airlines used to offer "bereavement fares" for people forced to
travel without notice for funerals; with the travel industry being
what it is today, I don't know if they still do.

Some airlines still offer bereavement fares. Generally they could be 50
percent off the FULL coach fare, or possibly the same as an advanced
(14/21 day) purchase fare with the adv purchase time waived.
You should contact a Travel Agent or check the airline websites for
information on this. You could also check with consolidators to see what
they have available.

Thank you all, for your good info and help!
Q. I'm looking for the best price from MIA to CPH and the best I have
found, so far, is from "AirGorilla", for $1421.67- total.
Is this a good price or? - I'll keep looking!
Also, how reliable are consolidators?
Thanks again.
BN

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Q. I'm looking for the best price from MIA to CPH and
the best I have found, so far, is from "AirGorilla" for $1421.67
- total. Is this a good price or? - I'll keep looking!

If you have to travel within the next 3 weeks, that's proably the
best that you'll do. You could try booking MIA to London or
Manchester separately, and taking a discount airline or trains
from there. You would do better buying 3 weeks in advance.
Using www.orbitz.com for regular airlines, I got a $1118 fare
(2 stops & multiple carriers), but only $738 to Manchester on
U.S. Airways.

Update.
Well, so much for AirGurilla!
I picked the flights tat stated, for British Airways- $1421.67. After
I gave ALL my C/C info, name, address---, it told me that the could no
they could not get confirmation and for me to pick another.
The next best thing was Iberia for $1733.00+.
Now I'm wondering how reliable they are and what they will do with all
my C/C info.
Well, on to more ------!
BN

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Hi group.
I just got word that my mother is dying, over in Sweden and I'm
wondering if anyone here have ever had to make airline reservations on a
short time notice and if there are any way to get a lower fare from any
airlines, under these circumstances?

Many airlines still have bereavement fares. When I worked for United, I
booked them every day, and they're refundable fares. The information needed
if you're booking as a medical emergency is name of patient, relationship to
patient, name of hospital, name of doctor, and a phone number for the
doctor. Often it's a two-step process when booking a bereavement fare,
because usually when you first call you don't have all that information, so
you find something you might want, put it on hold, then call back with the
rest of the information if you decide to ticket it.

I'm so sorry about your mother. My heart goes out to you.

Hi again, all, and thank you for all your help and good info.
Well, my mother past away yesterday, so I did not make it over there in
time.
I now have a bit more time to get over there for her funeral. I got a
fair rate (I think?) booking with Orbitz, last night, leaving on 6/28
with SAS/Lufthansa and return on SAS/United, for $1181.56, total, that
was the best rate that I have found.

Thanks again.
BN