Any pet in cabin airlines to Asia?
Jan 10, 2015, 6:49 pm
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Any pet in cabin airlines to Asia?
We are traveling to HK and have used CX before in the cargo hold but our pets are getting older and need to find an airline that will allow us to travel to HK with our pets in cabin and preferably in first or business class. Any suggestions welcome, thank you
Jan 11, 2015, 6:36 am
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If you can live with their 5 kg weight limit - the only airlines I know allowing pets in all cabins including F/J flying TPAC from the US are KE and OZ.
Other than that, you have to go the long way and TATL via Europe: European carriers AF, LH and LX do allow pets in the cabin in all classes of service. Weight limit for carryon pets on all of them is 8kgs combined dog-plus-carrier weight.
There's no oneworld airline allowing pets in the cabin from the US to Asia in F /J. The only oneworld airline to allow PETC from the US to HKG is AY, unfortunately in economy only. Same for Skyteam partner KLM who relegate passengers with pets to economy.
Should your dogs be noticeably heavier than the 8kg combined animal+carrier limit imposed on the above airlines, you're out of luck. While AZ allows pets of up to 10 kg to travel in the cabin, they do not fly to HKG any more.
Other than that, you have to go the long way and TATL via Europe: European carriers AF, LH and LX do allow pets in the cabin in all classes of service. Weight limit for carryon pets on all of them is 8kgs combined dog-plus-carrier weight.
There's no oneworld airline allowing pets in the cabin from the US to Asia in F /J. The only oneworld airline to allow PETC from the US to HKG is AY, unfortunately in economy only. Same for Skyteam partner KLM who relegate passengers with pets to economy.
Should your dogs be noticeably heavier than the 8kg combined animal+carrier limit imposed on the above airlines, you're out of luck. While AZ allows pets of up to 10 kg to travel in the cabin, they do not fly to HKG any more.
Jan 11, 2015, 12:08 pm
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If you can live with their 5 kg weight limit - the only airlines I know allowing pets in all cabins including F/J flying TPAC from the US are KE and OZ.
Other than that, you have to go the long way and TATL via Europe: European carriers AF, LH and LX do allow pets in the cabin in all classes of service. Weight limit for carryon pets on all of them is 8kgs combined dog-plus-carrier weight.
There's no oneworld airline allowing pets in the cabin from the US to Asia in F /J. The only oneworld airline to allow PETC from the US to HKG is AY, unfortunately in economy only. Same for Skyteam partner KLM who relegate passengers with pets to economy.
Should your dogs be noticeably heavier than the 8kg combined animal+carrier limit imposed on the above airlines, you're out of luck. While AZ allows pets of up to 10 kg to travel in the cabin, they do not fly to HKG any more.
Other than that, you have to go the long way and TATL via Europe: European carriers AF, LH and LX do allow pets in the cabin in all classes of service. Weight limit for carryon pets on all of them is 8kgs combined dog-plus-carrier weight.
There's no oneworld airline allowing pets in the cabin from the US to Asia in F /J. The only oneworld airline to allow PETC from the US to HKG is AY, unfortunately in economy only. Same for Skyteam partner KLM who relegate passengers with pets to economy.
Should your dogs be noticeably heavier than the 8kg combined animal+carrier limit imposed on the above airlines, you're out of luck. While AZ allows pets of up to 10 kg to travel in the cabin, they do not fly to HKG any more.
Thanks again
Jan 11, 2015, 2:30 pm
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I would email KE and OZ again with your request. This will likely get answered by someone competent. Phone agents aren't known for their expertise in such matters. I would want to have something in writing from ANY airline before booking the ticket in this case, anyway.
That said, AY economy is pretty good as far as economy goes, especially since they have introduced "economy comfort" with six inches more legroom (makes a real difference with a pet carrier!) late last year. I have flown that to SIN a few times now and survived the flights in pretty OK shape. They also sell the last two rows of business as economy on some A340 flights depending on load factors - you get to sit in the business seat but receive only economy service. Got lucky with that twice, and those flights were without doubt the best economy flights I ever took
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That said, AY economy is pretty good as far as economy goes, especially since they have introduced "economy comfort" with six inches more legroom (makes a real difference with a pet carrier!) late last year. I have flown that to SIN a few times now and survived the flights in pretty OK shape. They also sell the last two rows of business as economy on some A340 flights depending on load factors - you get to sit in the business seat but receive only economy service. Got lucky with that twice, and those flights were without doubt the best economy flights I ever took
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Jan 11, 2015, 8:58 pm
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I would email KE and OZ again with your request. This will likely get answered by someone competent. Phone agents aren't known for their expertise in such matters. I would want to have something in writing from ANY airline before booking the ticket in this case, anyway.
That said, AY economy is pretty good as far as economy goes, especially since they have introduced "economy comfort" with six inches more legroom (makes a real difference with a pet carrier!) late last year. I have flown that to SIN a few times now and survived the flights in pretty OK shape. They also sell the last two rows of business as economy on some A340 flights depending on load factors - you get to sit in the business seat but receive only economy service. Got lucky with that twice, and those flights were without doubt the best economy flights I ever took.
That said, AY economy is pretty good as far as economy goes, especially since they have introduced "economy comfort" with six inches more legroom (makes a real difference with a pet carrier!) late last year. I have flown that to SIN a few times now and survived the flights in pretty OK shape. They also sell the last two rows of business as economy on some A340 flights depending on load factors - you get to sit in the business seat but receive only economy service. Got lucky with that twice, and those flights were without doubt the best economy flights I ever took
.Great info and tips once again, super helpful, thanks!
Dec 10, 2015, 9:14 am
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However, I`d do this only as a last resort and make sure you are able to retrieve him during the 14-hour layover in Istanbul (paperwork to enter Turkey). He'd really be much better off in the cabin. Tickets are not that expensive - buying a second seat beneath which to place the the carrier especially for the 11.5-hour IST-JFK flight would be a reasonable expense.
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