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WOW, fast forward from my last post on this thread over 2 yr ago….
(change of game)

We actually flew not long after that post. Well when we made the reservations and told them we were traveling w/ our dog (NOW its 2), like always you to go to the counter to check in. I set the carrier on the ground and let them do their thing w/ our check –ins.. got our tickets and headed towards the gate.

Like always, take Dud out of the carrier and let the bag go through..Boarded and took flight.
I asked Dh what they charged him for Dud….He said that they didn't ask for payment and thought we paid when we made reservations. I told him they note it when i made reservations.
We laughed after I told him ‘no”, that’s why we have to check in at the counter, LOL

As we were getting off the plane and I was carrying the bag like I always do, in my arms in front of me, ( so the bag it’s being knocked all over the place) the flight attendants we goo-gooing and ga-gaing over the fact they had a cute puppy on board and wanted to pet him….

Well the flight back home, we experienced the same chain of events.

AND since then I just think of (Dud and Dex) as my “one bag carry on”. We have probably taken 20 flights since, we are taking another one over Labor Day.
I have never tried to “hide” them, sneak them on or anything. I think all the staff just consider them my carry on as we do. Yes, we pay for our check-in’s, we are allowed a carry on that fit under the seat, that’s exactly what they do.

OP asked for tip: on one of those flights, we were relocated b/c we had the boys and you cannot sit in an emergency exit row w/ them. The middle seat is ‘typically” bigger for your “carry on”, and never sneak or hide your pets on board.