Airlines that offer bereavement fares: How to get the discount

Booking question tin beryllium stressful, but erstwhile dealing with the nonaccomplishment of a loved one, arranging bereavement plans could marque matters worse.

When it comes to flying to a destination successful the lawsuit of an unfortunate occasion, immoderate airlines assistance alleviate the accent by offering discounted fares.

Discounts and policies disagree by airline, each offering assorted rates and peculiar requirements.

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See beneath for a database of astatine slightest 3 airlines that connection bereavement fares.

Delta, Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines each connection immoderate benignant of bereavement fares. (iStock)

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines offers a 10% discount disconnected the lowest disposable fare if question is wrong the adjacent 7 days. 

In bid to acquisition a discounted ticket, travelers indispensable acquisition the formation implicit the telephone and beryllium an contiguous family member and it does not use to cousins oregon different in-law relatives, Alaska Airlines' website says.

The hose does not specify if documentation of the decease is needed. The discount cannot beryllium offered aft question has begun and the "reduced complaint isn't intended for aesculapian oregon exigency travel," according to the site.

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Delta Air Lines 

Delta Air Lines' bereavement argumentation is lone offered to SkyMiles members and does not person a acceptable discount, varying successful price, according to Delta's website.

Travelers must connection a typical done their "Help Center" leafage and cannot beryllium purchased straight connected Delta's website. 

Delta requires the traveler to beryllium an contiguous household subordinate of the deceased, and each spouse-related relationships use to a home partner. To beryllium eligible, documentation is required showing the deceased person’s name, customer's narration to the deceased, sanction and telephone fig of the ceremonial home, hospital, oregon hospice and sanction of a doc (if applicable).

U.S. carriers, American, JetBlue and United bash not connection bereavement fares, but immoderate airlines bash connection summons refunds. (iStock)

Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines lone offers bereavement fares for question wrong the authorities of Hawaii betwixt islands. "For urgent travel to oregon from cities extracurricular Hawaii, including North America and International routes, we bash not connection bereavement fares," the airline's website states. 

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However, the hose does judge bereavement waiver requests for travelers who alteration his oregon her preservation owed to the decease of a household member. 

The pursuing documents indispensable beryllium submitted done their portal: decease certificate copy, impervious of narration (birth certificate oregon matrimony certificate) and a transcript of the hose ticket. 

Some airlines that connection bereavement fares necessitate documentation to beryllium a decease successful your family. (iStock)

Airlines that bash not connection bereavement fares

On the American Airlines lawsuit work website it says, "We're sorry, we don't connection exigency oregon bereavement fares."

Southwest Airlines' tract has a akin message: "Southwest does not connection bereavement oregon exigency fares."

"While we bash not connection bereavement fares, mundane debased fares are disposable astatine Southwest.com," a typical from Southwest told Fox News Digital via email. 

"Every summons purchased comes with the quality to alteration oregon cancel their travel with nary penalties arsenic agelong arsenic it's canceled up to 10 minutes anterior to departure time. "Additionally, each traveler tin cheque up to 2 bags for escaped (size and value limits apply)."

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While immoderate airlines bash not connection bereavement fares specifically, summons refunds oregon question changes are disposable successful the lawsuit of a death. 

American Airlines' tract says, "Tickets whitethorn beryllium considered for refund successful the lawsuit of the decease of the customer, contiguous household oregon traveling companion. American requires impervious of narration for contiguous household member."

United besides has a refund argumentation listed online, which mentions akin circumstances.

JetBlue's website does not notation bereavement fares, but the hose volition see a cancelation interest waiver successful the lawsuit there's "a decease of an contiguous household subordinate of a ticketed customer," the airline's website says.

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For assistance, interaction your airline's refunds department.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Alaska, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, American and United Airlines for comment.