Originally Posted by
CAL PHL FLYER
I have seen recently where the FA went to a passenger seat after boarding and notified them of the pet fee..(they acted shocked,as if they didnt know about it~and suprised they got caught at the same time)..they were asked to step off the plane and pay the pet fee,but never returned.
I'm not surprised. They probably fainted when they heard it was $125 each way per pet. At $125 each, it encourages people to try and get by without paying.
My wife plans to talk to Larry at the next DO about the in-cabin pet fee. NOte that the only thing they now do to jutify a fee is generate a separate confirmation # for the pet.
AND while I am on the subject, my wife and I were on separate PNRs EWR-TPA on Dec 26 each with a cat. Yesterday, she happened to check that flight while making a connection in IAH. It came up as Cancelled. It turns out that CO cancelled the flight. WhenI called, I was told that they would have waited until closer to the flight to tell us in case it changed again. The problem is seating. We had arranged seating that would be least disruptive to other passsengers. The new flight was virtually full. The best I could do was get her into an aisle seat and myself in a window seat, 15 rows apart. Neither of us is happy, nor will be the passengers seated by each of us.