jetblue and bereavement fares
Nov 16, 2009, 8:09 pm
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Nov 16, 2009, 8:40 pm
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Nope...
http://help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN...,Case=obj(1920)
Because our fares are already discounted to all customers, we do not offer additional discounts or special fares for the following situations: bereavement, age, disability, or to individuals in the military or clergy.
Nov 16, 2009, 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Jet Blue:
Because our fares are already discounted to all customers, we do not offer additional discounts or special fares for the following situations: bereavement...
If you don't want to offer bereavement fares, be straightforward and just say you don't offer them. No need to insult anyone's intelligence in the process.
Nov 16, 2009, 9:49 pm
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Not saying I like it, but it's how it is.
Condolences to the OP and family.
Nov 16, 2009, 11:17 pm
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They're all competing for the same business. The LCC's are no longer the low-fare airlines.
Nov 17, 2009, 12:22 pm
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Bereavement fares were started back when legacy carriers would charge you $1000+ to travel on a domestic flight at the last minute. They would give a % off the full Y fare. With jetblue the fares all all one way so you can don't need to lock yourself into a round trip and the fares are capped so you can already get a fare much lower than the former fares offered by the legacies. Thus is makes no sense for them to offer such things are bereavement fares.
Nov 17, 2009, 6:18 pm
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Bereavement fares
Thanx for your sympathy . The flights were cheap enough on Jetblue so that my wife is able to get down to Florida without paying a lot .