How irritated would a first class passenger get (due to the fact that he's flying "first class") if another first class passenger came aboard with a small cat (who speaks little) in a small, soft-sided carrier who enjoyed the flight from the comfort of being under someone's seat? Just curious because when I relocate this summer, I was planning on taking my cat aboard, but was also considering using 5K miles to upgrade.

Thanks.

I see pets in underseat sized carriers all the time flying first and it does not bother me a bit. I have never witnessed anyone else making a fuss either.

If you are flying in the summer you may also have no choice but to use a carryon as there are embargoes on pets in the baggage hold when the temperatures are higher.

If you are upgrading with miles make sure you reserve non-bulkhead seating and I also believe you must inform NW about your pet when making your reservation.

Well let's just put it this way....my puppy has never flown in coach and he's got a few thousand points (and no...he was too little to be in cargo too)

Yes and Yes...and there is a charge to take a pet on board too (and it doesn't earn you any additional miles )

While I've got cat allergies, I too wouldn't be bothered, as long as it's friendly and cute, and doesn't trigger my non-stop sneeze or itchy eyes (when out from the cage).

If it triggers it, oh well, back to the cage for the remainder of the flight.

Truthfully, I like dogs and cats....if it was for my allergies, I'd love them more.

Jiburi '04

I personally wouldn't mind it at all...

I will retell my LAX-DTW red-eye story however, where a man brought on board a dog in a duffel bag that kept crying for most of the packed flight (and this was pre-elite days for myself so I was in Y in a middle seat)...

Well when the man finally woke up, he checked the bag but found the dog missing. Apparently, the dog chewed its way out of the duffel and made its way to row 5 on the 752...

Didn't get ANY sleep on that flight.

So, as long as your cat doesn't do that, I wouldn't mind one bit

aloha

It's $80 for the one-way journey (he counts as "excess baggage"). And I don't believe FAA regulations allow him to leave the confines of his carrier anyway.

Thanks for all of the input.

It wouldn't by any chance be a pet pig, would it? A three hundred and fifty pound pet pig? On a leash? A pig that is fine until touchdown but then runs up and down the aisle squealing and...defecating?
Cause that's been done! ON USAirways a couple of years ago. No one liked that at all. Even the lady who brought the pig on board as a registered therapeutic pet companion was upset... but she was upset that everyone else was bothered by her pet pig's behavior. To each their own....ermmm, yes.

Exactly what kind of therapy does a pig provide?

Great story.

So it wasn't severe turbulance, that's what was humping my leg?!

At...at...........a........Atchuuu........

Oh, dang it.. I guess now, the cat's gotta go.

ATCHUU..... ATCHUU......

Jiburi '04

I was on a JAX-DTW flight a few years ago sitting in 1C. The couple in 1AB had a full grown yellow lab, most likely an assist dog, but for someone else because the 2 people read books for most of the flight.

The dog was perfectly behaved the entire flight. Never moved or made a sound. The funniest part however, was after dinner, the f/a brought the couple a left over beef dinner and the dog was fed the beef off real silverware.

But on topic, I don't think anyone will mind your pet. As long as it's quiet. Your vet can get you pills to knock it out for the flight.

Apparently a bit of Benadryl works OK too, but the cat flew with my wife from MOT-AZO today without incident (he wasn't too happy, though), and apparently kept the meows to a minimum.

I'm not sure if it's FAA rules or Airline...but that doesn't mean the FA's/Pilots won't let you either

Had that four legged pig flown on NW 1st class, wonder if it would have complained about NW 1st class being the worst in the industry?

I have seen many dogs in the pet carriers under the seat, not to many cats. I was on a flight from SIN-NRT last year and they put a "large" dog in its transport cage strapped into WBC seat in row 5 of a 742. I was upstairs so heard the hound howling during take off, however it settled down nicely later and during the flight the FAs put some blankets over the kennel so the dog relaxed. The barking was not bad and given the early time of the flight, I woke up from a brief nap and thought I was at home listening to my dogs.

How about this for IFE, let the cat out, spot it a couple of rows headstart, then let the dog loose during snack service, ouch!