So I got the date for my mom's funeral and have been trying to look for flights and either they cost an arm and a leg or there are no flights available for the dates. You can either get a flight there but can't get home again.. or vice-versa. This in all honesty makes no sense to me because flights come n go multiple times a day. The ones that HAVE avail seats either want over $1000 a ticket or will fly you to an alternate airport with multiple stopovers for $400... making it a 12+ hour ordeal... and if they cancel a flight you're basically screwed!

Driving up would mean about 2 days there and 2 days back plus the time spent... and Amtrak is a 25 hour trip for the same amount of money.

I just don't get it... this must be a busy time of the year for travel because I see lots of ads for $69 fares but only in sept and oct.

I tried asking about bereavement flights but they don't offer them anymore.


(UPDATE) Delta is the ONLY airline offering bereavement discounts and they were very patient and understanding on the phone with me... They even helped with a rental car but the rental agency didn't have any available cars so I went through travelocity and got one. My best friend lives up there now and he offered to put me up as long as I need to stay so that will save me some money.