Seriously? You want me to fly the cat to Rochester in cabin (not possible anyway as she's too vocal to subject passengers to that much protest for 6 hours), turn around and fly back to Phoenix, and then drive the car cross-country when for the same price I can just ship the cat to my sister via Cargo?

Really?

FWIW, the cat has outlived all of my healthy relationships, which makes her special in a twisted sort of way.