I have always wondered why we have to pay extra for them at all when they HAVE to take up no more room than a carry-on and they take the place of the carry-on you are allowed. It is like you are double penalized. First you have to pay extra for them and then you do not get the "free" carry-on either!
If they are pricing pet fees higher to discourage people from bringing them on planes, I don't understand why. I have NEVER heard a pet get unruly on a plane. Yet children almost always do along with obnoxious people who drink it up on their layover. We actually had a man come out of the restroom without his pants on a plane a few years ago! He was soused. He was also met at our destination by authorities who whisked him away. So what about having a pet under the seat really annoys the airlines? I think they have just figured a way to make more money and have seen that many pet owners will pay whatever it takes to bring them along. |