The bereavement definition of "immediate family" is longer than the list for basic members booking award travel (as it should be, I believe).
From
www.aircanada.ca/aeroplan/reward/before.html#before
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Rewards can be claimed for immediate family members only (spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex partner, children, adopted children, grandchildren, step-children, parents, grandparents, step-parents, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, half-brothers and half-sisters). </font>
Still a pretty long list.
That's still a lot of people with different names and different addresses!
Really, the only intelligent way to do deal with it (i.e. Air Canada won't) is to take peoples' word for it.
andrew
[This message has been edited by Andrew Webber (edited 03-05-2002).]