It's tough to make useful suggestions beyond contributing to the GoFundMe account without knowing a bit more.  Does the family have a "Medical Advocate" (perhaps a social worker working for St. Elias), working with the patient's insurance company.  The cost of assistance in Alaska compared to Maryland has to be somewhere between double and triple, and often insurance companies will make policy exceptions *if* it saves them money.  "The airlines" allowing to fly could well depends on particular airline policy, who goes with the patient and what their training is etc.  I have some experience doing medical advocacy (as a part of giving cancer support), but I am not a professional (at either one.)  If someone related to the family is reading this, and can/wishes to provide that type of info, I (or someone else here) might have some ideas.