How to get a cheap last minute flight for 17 people?
My family and I need to fly from New York City to Charlotte, NC for my fathers funeral. No one is in the emotional state to drive 12 hours and bereavement rates are high. I need to know how to get the cheapest airfare.
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I'm so sorry to hear about your father.... anyway, there are no last minute cheap flights. normally, last minute airfares are really expensive for the mere reason that airfare normally is sold from the most affordable, which is the most restricted to the most expensive Business class and first class. So, most airlines offer only the full coach class, and the business and first class during last minute booking.. however, try contacting different airlines to check if they have group bookings. Normally, group bookings are less expensive compared to the normal tickets...but since it's last minute booking, then it may not be as affordable as possible. second, you can try checking websites, like cheaptickets.com, to see if they have airfares that are affordable, the only catch with affordable last minute booking since they are so rare, is it always, has a catch. It's either non refundable, non reusable..and you may not be allowed to cancel it, or you may be able to find cheap last minute flights, but you can book it only for that particular date, but not being able to choose the time of flight, it's like, the airline would let you know if it's time to fly... hope this helps!
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Jet Blue offers low fares from NYC to Charlotte I would check them first or Us Airways. Jet Blue-$378pp leaves 7:20 a.m. Tuesday and has 25 seats left Us Airways-$440pp leaves @ 10a.m. Tuesday and has 17 seats left
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I'm very sorry about your loss. Most likely, you'll want to fly US Airways since they fly non-stop from LaGuardia to Charlotte. Don't book online. Call US Airways at 1-800-428-4322 for reservations. Tell them the reservation is for 17 (you'll already get a group discount), and it is because of a death in the family. Most likely, they can give you a nice discount. You could also give Delta Airlines a call since they fly non-stop from JFK to Charlotte, and Continental from Newark. Good luck!
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Last-minute flights are almost never even remotely "cheap." . Add in the specific destination and 17 people, and it's just not going to happen. Sorry. I'd suggest contacting a bus company. In your area there certainly are quite a few.
