Originally Posted by
fransknorge
The staff might requires a death certificate, which the OP will be unable to provide. Said staff might see through the lies and be less sympathetic to OP afterwards. I would suggest this is not a good idea.
True, one of the big airlines I know requires a death certificate to be shown or faxed of immediate family member, or serious illness (what is a serious illness?).
You could just try to explain your circumstances and hope the airport might be sympathic after seeing you mopping about for multiple days that check-in manager gets ticketing authorization to put you on standby, ive heard all sorts of stories where airport staff bend the rules - missed flight for a day due to 1am departure and thinking it meant next day, mother sick, passport having less than 6 months so change flight to direct to UK please and so on. Then again security might kick you out.
Gofundme.com is another route