I found that out recently. I was only going out of town overnight. I had to pay $125 one way (Delta) $100 return (Airways), then had to pay $50 each way to check my bag as Annie was going to count as my carry on. The hotel I called had a $50 pet fee so all in all it was going to cost me $375 extra for an overnight trip. I would also have to pay for the vet visit to get an uptodate health certificate as her puppy one was not current enough. Has to be within 10 days, I think they said. That would have added another $50 or so. Now we are over $400! I was already paying top air fare as it was a last minute trip. So, Annie stayed with my mom. If it was going to be a long stay I maybe could have justified it but not for overnight.
What was aggravating was I got sat next to a lady with a large 2 (?) year old daughter that could not sit still and took up a LOT more room and attention than my little 2 pound puppy would have and she got to fly free. I don't want the mom to have to pay for her daughter, but I don't see why we have to pay all this extra for a dog that is taking up no extra space or using any extra facilities. It is like paying a bribe to allow them onboard -- $$$ for nothing! I actually did ask about buying them a seat -- no can do. So, there are many times when you could ticket another passenger cheaper than you can fly your dog.
We really need to think about organizing a massve complaint about this. The price keeps going up -- why? How can they justify these fees? They just know animal lovers will put up with it. |