Originally Posted by
mnredfox
It was a service animal. It had a vest on that said service animal and on the vest was a clear case that had some sort of ID tag on it. I'm not an expert on what the qualifications of a legit service animal is and have no clue to determine.
Sadly, those tags and vests can be purchased online by anyone with $49. No training or documentation of any sort needed.
I agree that there is currently no good and consisten way for a lay person to recognize a truly legitimate service animal, and I don't expect that tens of thousands of frontline airline employees will suddenly be able to make that distinction either....