American Airlines is one of the first airlines to get morbid about what they charge; hold on to your wallet.
All airlines have offered discounted fares for those traveling to family funerals; it's called a "Bereavement Fare." This is because funerals generally occur within a few days of death, well within the period when airlines jack up their fares because it's close to the date of flight; people going to funerals have no choice, and airlines in the past have offered the bereavement fair so that they are not taking advantage of the flyer's plight.
American has not only discontinued that practice, they're not budging. In essence, pardon the play on words, "It's a dead issue." If you're sister just died in Toledo and the funeral is Sunday, you're screwed out of an enormous amount of money while the airline makes a bigger bank deposit on Monday.
Don't blame me if people quit flying the damned airline at all times.
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