Hello
Guest

Sponsored Links


« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3  All   

Topic: Bereavement Fares  (Read 2555 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 3229

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Apr 2005
  • Location: Oundle, Peterborough, UK
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2007, 02:08:13 PM »
i'm really sorry to hear about your dad.  good luck with the berevement fare- i think it really depends on whether you need a fully flexible ticket or not. 
Logged
If you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

  • *
  • Posts: 541

    • The Two Crabs
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2005
  • Location: London
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2007, 03:29:02 PM »
Thanks everybody for your kind words and advice. 

I just booked my ticket on United for tomorrow morning: $1,113 RT.  United ticket agent was going to charge me the exact same fee, PLUS a $15 fee for booking by phone. So I just hung up and booked it online.   The change fee is only £50 so if I have to stay longer, not too big a deal.

Logged
------------------------

www.twocrabs.com - A wanderlust American couple living in London and exploring the world...one pub at a time!

*Washington, D.C. to London, 22 August 2005.*

  • *
  • Posts: 1045

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Mar 2006
  • Location: Hoboken, NJ
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2007, 03:33:11 PM »
I'm so sorry about your father.
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 4274

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jul 2006
  • Location: Massachusetts
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2007, 02:05:25 AM »
I don't have any advice, I just wanted to say I'm sorry to hear about your father. That's horrible that United didn't work more with you.
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 541

    • The Two Crabs
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2005
  • Location: London
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2007, 03:14:28 PM »
Thanks everyone. 

My father passed away Sunday, May 20. 

I had spent two weeks back home in Washington with him, basically watching and waiting but finally had to return home for work. My father died four days after I got back to London.   And I can't afford to go back home again for the funeral, but at least I got to see him and say goodbye while he was still alive. 

While I was in DC, I changed my return flight twice. United was completely unsympathetic; they charged me $250 each time I changed the ticket ($150 change fee plus difference of the new ticket fare). And all the direct flights back to London were full, so I had to fly from Dulles to Boston to Frankfurt to London.
Logged
------------------------

www.twocrabs.com - A wanderlust American couple living in London and exploring the world...one pub at a time!

*Washington, D.C. to London, 22 August 2005.*

  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 13328

  • Officially a Brit.
  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Mar 2004
  • Location: Maryland
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2007, 03:20:58 PM »
Sorry to hear about your Dad but glad you got to see him for a bit.
 
Unfortunately, the airlines are just awful to deal with in situations like this. My mother was beside herself when I ended up in ICU after Sammy was born. It would have cost her $1000 to change her flight even though she had bought a flexible ticket. She wasn't able to be here and that just made things horrible for everyone involved.
Logged
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. ~ John Lennon

  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6255

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jul 2005
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2007, 05:15:12 PM »
I'm sorry for your loss, apstyle. 

Logged
Now a triple citizen!

Student visa 9/06-->Int'l Grad Scheme 1/08-->FLR(M) 7/08-->ILR 6/10-->British citizenship 12/12

Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2007, 06:47:22 PM »
I am so sorry for your loss.
Logged

  • Dar
  • Geek of the medieval persuasion
  • *
  • Posts: 3845

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Sep 2006
  • Location: Gwynedd
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2007, 06:50:49 PM »
My deepest condolences.
Logged
I am the architect of my destiny.

Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2007, 06:56:03 PM »
So sorry to hear of your fathers passing.  :\\\'(
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 6537

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jul 2006
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2007, 07:21:21 PM »
I am sorry you had such trouble and I am sorry for your loss. 
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 1889

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Sep 2006
  • Location: London
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #26 on: May 21, 2007, 08:37:37 PM »
So sorry for your loss.
Logged

  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 7537

  • Going somewhere doesn't take you anyplace else.
  • Liked: 1
  • Joined: Mar 2005
  • Location: West London
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #27 on: May 21, 2007, 09:33:55 PM »
I'm so sorry.
Logged
The only meaning anything has is the meaning you give to it.       ~Author Unknown

2006 Work Permit -> 2011 ILR -> 2012 Dual Citizen

  • *
  • Posts: 4274

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jul 2006
  • Location: Massachusetts
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2007, 11:14:30 PM »
I'm sorry to hear about your father. That is horrible that the airlines weren't more accomodating.
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 10386

  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Aug 2004
  • Location: Cambridgeshire
Re: Bereavement Fares
« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2007, 11:21:38 PM »
I'm so sorry for your loss.  :(  :\\\'(
Logged

Pages: 1 [2] 3  All   
« previous next »

Sponsored Links