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Originally Posted by Osmo
(Post 27424099)
Thank God pets as carry on is not allowed in my country (hopefully never allowed) but Ive got to ask, what do you do when Precious has to poop or pee?
Im aware that its an animal and you cant control these things but what do you do to clean up and not let it affect other pax in the cabin? Serious question, do they wear doggy diapers? Most cats will avoid going in their carrier because 1) being out an about is scary/stressful, and cats don't go when their stressed and 2) they can't bury the evidence in a carrier. Just in case, I put an absorbent "pee pad" in my cats carrier for long trips, and keep a ziploc bag and back up pad on hand, for an emergency swap if needed. I haven't needed to swap a pad on any of the short travels with my cat. |
My cat's carriers have removable pads in the bottom and I throw some small towels in my bag just in case. Plane rides and car trips (all moving related) up to 12 hours and they have never had a single accident. Generally, they just sleep. No one has ever even noticed them on a plane. I can't imagine being so offended by someone else's well behaved companion.
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Originally Posted by Osmo
(Post 27424099)
Thank God pets as carry on is not allowed in my country (hopefully never allowed) but Ive got to ask, what do you do when Precious has to poop or pee?
Im aware that its an animal and you cant control these things but what do you do to clean up and not let it affect other pax in the cabin? Serious question, do they wear doggy diapers? Most pets can hold their bladder for a long time. I have absorbant pads I put down in the bottom of the carrier and then have a cat blanket on top of that (for the cats comfort) and fortunately I've never had one have an accident but if they did it would absorb it. I think they have dog diapers as well. I know some people think pets should be banned from airplanes (and have seen some people say infants/small kids should be banned) but there are times when you have to fly with pets. If you have a long haul move driving isn't feasible. I've taken my cats to shows before and driving isn't feasible. If you are getting a cat or dog from a breeder flying is necessary unless the breeder is only a few hours a way. |
Originally Posted by Widgets
(Post 27422940)
Um a vet certificate isn't required for standard domestic travel.
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Originally Posted by dmarge18
(Post 27426771)
Not true. We were asked for it when checking in in Seattle, for a flight to Florida. Agent on phone when booking flight also said we needed it.
Were there any international flights in the reservation? Even if you intend to only fly domestic portion with pet, I could see being asked then. |
No international flights, just our two cats. Brought them to Florida in advance (since 8 hours would have been better than 8 days in a car). They were carry-ons, too. I don't think it would have been an aircraft restriction, or a time of year thing since they were in the cabin with us. But we were told to have it and it was essential to get them moved so I didn't question it.
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Originally Posted by dmarge18
(Post 27426984)
No international flights, just our two cats. Brought them to Florida in advance (since 8 hours would have been better than 8 days in a car). They were carry-ons, too. I don't think it would have been an aircraft restriction, or a time of year thing since they were in the cabin with us. But we were told to have it and it was essential to get them moved so I didn't question it.
I can understand them wanting proof of the vaccinations to keep them, covered in case the animal were to bite someone. |
Originally Posted by jamesteroh
(Post 27421655)
It's $125 and you have to call Delta.
If it's flat bed seating you won't be allow to have the pet and it can't be a bulkhead since the carrier has to go under your seat in front of you. Even though the animal is suppose to count as your carry on, I've never had any issues bringing a carry on roller bag and my backpack on with me when travelling with cats but I'm sure others haven't had as good of luck. I think the policy is stupid seeing you are paying a high fee to travel with the pet anyway and if someone is with their pet the last thing they want to do is spend more time checking a bag and retrieving it after. I'd definitely use a soft side carrier instead of a hard plastic one. You are eligible for upgrades with a pet as well if you don't want to buy a first class ticket, only thing is you can't sit in an exit row. I've had a couple people complain when flying with cats in First Class claiming cat allergies so you may have that with a dog. Both cases the other passenger had a complimentary upgrade. One time I was on a paid first class ticket and the FA or GA said since they were on a complimentary upgrade and I was on a paid first they would be happy to move the next person on the upgrade list forward and give them their seat and the other time I was on a complimentary upgrade and I was a diamond and the other passenger was a lower tier and they offered to move the passenger to C+ or Y. Amazing in both cases they were able to cope with their allergies in first instead of moving back to coach:) |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 27428130)
Some people are allergic to coach.
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when we moved back home last year we paid the $125 to take our cat in a soft-sided underseat carrier (thanks to FCM, we paid something like $340 apiece for DCA-MSP-SEA) ... as others have stated, DL requested a letter from the vet stating her vaccinations were current, we couldn't do OLCI, and TSA wanted me to carry her thru the metal detector so they could run the carrier thru the x-ray
of course she had other ideas about being removed from the carrier at that point, so two agents escorted me into a private room where I could extricate her on a table and keep her reasonably calm while one of them took the case back out to the x-ray ... then it was back to the line, where one of the agents held onto the carrier while I went thru the metal detector |
Originally Posted by jrl767
(Post 27431704)
when we moved back home last year we paid the $125 to take our cat in a soft-sided underseat carrier (thanks to FCM, we paid something like $340 apiece for DCA-MSP-SEA) ... as others have stated, DL requested a letter from the vet stating her vaccinations were current, we couldn't do OLCI, and TSA wanted me to carry her thru the metal detector so they could run the carrier thru the x-ray
of course she had other ideas about being removed from the carrier at that point, so two agents escorted me into a private room where I could extricate her on a table and keep her reasonably calm while one of them took the case back out to the x-ray ... then it was back to the line, where one of the agents held onto the carrier while I went thru the metal detector |
Originally Posted by dmarge18
(Post 27431976)
Cute kitty! I tried to get a private screening room since I knew they'd be ready to bolt if I slipped my grip, but the TSA agent denied my request. Perhaps it's just Seattle being obnoxious. Fortunately, neither cat freaked; they were more scared of the outside and ready to get back into the crate at that point.
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Originally Posted by jrl767
(Post 27431704)
(kitty!)
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Originally Posted by jrl767
(Post 27431704)
when we moved back home last year we paid the $125 to take our cat in a soft-sided underseat carrier (thanks to FCM, we paid something like $340 apiece for DCA-MSP-SEA) ... as others have stated, DL requested a letter from the vet stating her vaccinations were current, we couldn't do OLCI, and TSA wanted me to carry her thru the metal detector so they could run the carrier thru the x-ray
of course she had other ideas about being removed from the carrier at that point, so two agents escorted me into a private room where I could extricate her on a table and keep her reasonably calm while one of them took the case back out to the x-ray ... then it was back to the line, where one of the agents held onto the carrier while I went thru the metal detector |
We were told that the health certificate was a requirement back in the day when the late great Five cat used to fly domestic. (A mix of Northwest and Delta- remember we had problems with the GAs in Atlanta not understanding that an in-cabin pet meant they couldn't give me a bulkhead seat.) Got asked for it maybe 20% of the time.
Technically required or not, a certificate showing rabies vaccine in the past year is always a good thing. |
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