Originally Posted by
FlyerBurger
I am required / forced to relocate to, and live in Puerto Rico multiple times per year. Its an island. There is physically no other way for me to get my one family member there (my english bulldog), than by plane..
There's this wonderful thing called "boarding your pet" that we discovered. When we have to travel, our dog goes to the kennel where he is looked after and cared for by people trained to do that, INSTEAD of traveling with us. If you can't board your pet or find someone to care for him or her while you're gone so you don't have this quandary of "my pet must accompany me at all times", then perhaps you don't have a compatible lifestyle to be a dog owner. Not trying to be a jerk, just saying get a cat or a different dog breed that can withstand the air transport in cargo and comply with the rules. Boarding your pet is expensive, like $40 a day. If you can't afford it, don't blame the airline for the choice you made. There's lots of breeds of dogs; it's your responsibility to pick one that can travel the way airlines work if you must travel with a dog. I'm sure you can find someone who'll adopt your non-shippable snub nose breed dog.
Originally Posted by
FlyerBurger
We weren't "abusing" it. We were just stuck in a situation that had no options.
1. They weren't allowed in the baggage area
2. They weren't allowed in the cabin.
Option 3: BOARD YOUR PET AT HOME and don't take them with you at all. Simple. It's not AA's problem.