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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy Slept Here
Hopefully someone on here can clarify this: My understanding is if one can, to the satisfaction of the given airline (a long shot??), document the Alzheimers, and its severity, some airlines offer a discount fare for an "attendant."
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Originally Posted by countrynewsman
I believe Canada instituted a rule last year for all Canadian based carriers that severely disabled passengers may have an attendant with them at no extra cost. However...not sure of their definition of "disabled."
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Some airlines will give a free or discounted ticket to an attendant traveling with a patient but only when there is a stretcher reservation involved. Usually the stretcher accommodations are 3 seats booked at the full Y fare so that's a pricey ticket to begin with. The airline isn't losing much providing a free or discounted seat to the attendant and someone who is traveling that needs a stretcher certainly needs an attendant with them anyway.