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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by AS Flyer
This appears to be guidance on what you "might" do to accommodate a passenger but I don't read this as what an airline is "required" to do. It says in the first paragraph that this is "guidance", but not mandate. It also gives the two examples you sight as possibilities by using the phrase "these might include". I don't see this as required action, but I could be wrong.
I don't think you are wrong, which is why my message read:

"A DOT advisory actually suggests (not mandatory) that airlines reseat or rebook the passenger with the animal:"

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