"Emotional Support Animal" on my flight flies for free. Seriously?
Jun 5, 2013, 4:01 am
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Too sexual (in a Hedley Lamar style voicing).
Oh for the times when a bottle was an accepted method.
Oh for the times when a bottle was an accepted method.
Jun 5, 2013, 7:34 am
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Check out this sketchy website. You pay for your "emotional support" ID's and you're pretty much good to go.
Jun 5, 2013, 2:02 pm
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Flying with your pet is too expensive for little cost to the airline. I wonder if this would be less of an issue if the pet fees were reduced to say $50 or less each way.
Jun 5, 2013, 2:38 pm
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Check out this sketchy website. You pay for your "emotional support" ID's and you're pretty much good to go.
Jun 5, 2013, 4:57 pm
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Jun 6, 2013, 11:31 am
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I have friends who have gotten drs notes claiming they have conditions so they dont have to wait on line for rides at an amusement park, and know of several people who drs wrote notes for so their kids didnt get vaccinated. I absolutley 100% beleive this would be an easy note to get and yes if the airlines didnt charge so much perhaps we wouldnt see this type of ad.
Jun 6, 2013, 4:48 pm
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Jim
Jun 20, 2013, 3:35 am
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On US 192 (PHX-SAN) an "emotional support" Schnauzer and the owner were removed from the flight due to being an aggressive dog and biting passengers.
Jun 20, 2013, 7:43 am
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Jun 20, 2013, 7:44 am
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Jun 20, 2013, 7:50 am
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Jun 20, 2013, 8:08 am
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Here's my daughter traveling with her emotional support animal on a recent flight ... he was relatively well behaved sitting on the floor ...
Jun 20, 2013, 8:16 am
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Jun 20, 2013, 10:49 am
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As I was on the shuttle bus at BWI on Monday, a family got on with a disabled child and a large hairy hound type dog, easily 80-100 pounds, that had a ESA chest harness on. Now the child certainly would benefit from the animal, but not sure I want to be on the flight, let alone in the row with the beast