new 'experience' to cross!
Dec 7th 2006, 7:38 pm
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new 'experience' to cross!
Hi all. Not really sure why im posting this on here other than to say that we have reached a milestone in first's.
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point
) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.
We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point
) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
Dec 7th 2006, 7:54 pm
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Re: new 'experience' to cross!
"The bitter sweet symphony of life."
Really sorry for your loss.
Really sorry for your loss.
Dec 7th 2006, 7:56 pm
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Sorry to hear your news, jempee. That has happened to us a few times too, and we found it sad. Here's a virtual hug for you.
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Dec 7th 2006, 8:45 pm
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Re: new 'experience' to cross!
Originally Posted by jempee
Hi all. Not really sure why im posting this on here other than to say that we have reached a milestone in first's.
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point ) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.
We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point
) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
Hope all is well with you guys. Hope you daughter has a good trip.
christine.
Dec 7th 2006, 10:56 pm
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Very sorry indeed to hear the sad news about your friend, I'm sure your friend's family will understand that you can't attend the funeral and they will also know that you will be thinking about them.
Dec 8th 2006, 6:27 am
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Re: new 'experience' to cross!
Originally Posted by jempee
Hi all. Not really sure why im posting this on here other than to say that we have reached a milestone in first's.
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point ) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.
We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
At the begining of this week we heard that a friend in the UK who had been ill (cancer, so was expected at some point
) had sadly passed away monday after a very short illness.We will of course not be able to attend his funeral and that makes me feel terrible. We have already booked to go back in January and we have our daughter coming out here monday so a trip back is just not possible.
Feeling very 'strange' about it all but we both said that it goes to show that you need to live for today.
Heres to absent friends and family past and present
Its a tough enough decision making such a big move an unfortunately most of us that move will face this dilemma at some point.
Best of luck and enjoy your daughters visit
Dec 8th 2006, 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by bazza2154
Hi I know that this does not help you at the moment but the information may help others in the future. Air Canada offer discount fares for bereaved families. I do not know what kind of discounts that they offer I just saw it on the Web.
Its a tough enough decision making such a big move an unfortunately most of us that move will face this dilemma at some point.
Best of luck and enjoy your daughters visit
Its a tough enough decision making such a big move an unfortunately most of us that move will face this dilemma at some point.
Best of luck and enjoy your daughters visit
It just seemed a little weird that if we was in the UK we would have not thought twice about booking day of for funeral and seeing if we could help in anyway so felt a bit 'strange' about it all. But flowers and card already arranged to go to the cremetorium and have spoken to a friend who is going and will let them know we are thinking of them.
with regards to air canada and other airlines offering discounted fares we did know about this. i believe you can claim some of your money back if you can provide a death certificate. If it had been a close family member we would not have hesitated in phoning air canada to see if we could have changed our booking to dec instead of jan.
Now to look forward to daughters visit and my first scary ride to Vancouver airport! Am going with friend as her mum is coming over with my daughter.....may just take the coach.....to nervous to make up my mind.
Dec 8th 2006, 3:59 pm
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Re: new 'experience' to cross!
Originally Posted by jempee
thanks everyone and christine x
It just seemed a little weird that if we was in the UK we would have not thought twice about booking day of for funeral and seeing if we could help in anyway so felt a bit 'strange' about it all. But flowers and card already arranged to go to the cremetorium and have spoken to a friend who is going and will let them know we are thinking of them.
with regards to air canada and other airlines offering discounted fares we did know about this. i believe you can claim some of your money back if you can provide a death certificate. If it had been a close family member we would not have hesitated in phoning air canada to see if we could have changed our booking to dec instead of jan.
Now to look forward to daughters visit and my first scary ride to Vancouver airport! Am going with friend as her mum is coming over with my daughter.....may just take the coach.....to nervous to make up my mind.
It just seemed a little weird that if we was in the UK we would have not thought twice about booking day of for funeral and seeing if we could help in anyway so felt a bit 'strange' about it all. But flowers and card already arranged to go to the cremetorium and have spoken to a friend who is going and will let them know we are thinking of them.
with regards to air canada and other airlines offering discounted fares we did know about this. i believe you can claim some of your money back if you can provide a death certificate. If it had been a close family member we would not have hesitated in phoning air canada to see if we could have changed our booking to dec instead of jan.
Now to look forward to daughters visit and my first scary ride to Vancouver airport! Am going with friend as her mum is coming over with my daughter.....may just take the coach.....to nervous to make up my mind.
Dec 8th 2006, 4:47 pm
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Re: new 'experience' to cross!
Air Canada told me (Feb) it wasn't worth getting a bereavement fare as it'd be more than their web fare. Sure enough, it was 800 CAD more per ticket x 3. We didn't bother. Perhaps it gets complicated with 3 legs/codeshares? Dunno. Wasn't worth it for us, never mind getting the death certificate faxed from UK to them.
Originally Posted by Souvenir
Air Canada, and indeed most major airlines, will give you discounted tickets in such circumstances. It has to be a close relative though. When my dad died three years ago AC were more than happy to provide discounted tickets. They did say in advance that they'd need to see a copy of the death certificate when we checked in but in the end they never bothered asking for it. DND picked up most of the rest of the bill.
