Urgent travel to SA

HI Guys, any tips on getting cheapish tickets in a hurry- I need to go to SA for my grandfather's funeral this week. Do I just trawl the std. last minute flight sites or do any of the airlines do anything specially useful in this situation?

Ah, very sorry to hear that Scherrit.

I'll have a look for ya.

http://www.kayak.co.uk/ £530 on Emirates leaving tomorrow
http://skyscanners.net J'burg £550
http://www.opodo.co.uk/

Thanks, I'll know tomorrow if/when and for how long I need to go.....

Some airlines will - or at least used to - offer some sort of special pricing on compassionate grounds. I've (fortunately) never been in a position to use this service, but I imagine that it's only available from them directly and may not be any better on price than normal ticketing routes, though I guess they may be able to offer more flexibility.

(As an example, here's Continental's policy, though I know this won't be any help directly - http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/specialneeds/compassion/default.aspx. I think Bereavement or Compassionate Fare seem to push Google's buttons.)

Anyway, I'm sorry for your loss and hope that things pass as smoothly as possible for you and yours

teletext used to have good flight deals, right pain to navigate, but perhaps worth a look.

i cant find better prices that hippy's url's.

Condolences Scherrit.

Awful news Scherrit. Thoughts are with you.

Thanks guys- and I got sorted.