[Carters Mom]

I flew on US Airways this weekend with Carter. The fee was $100 each way.

When I made my reservation, I called and added a dog reservation to my account (each way).

We checked in online for both ways but had to check luggage.

In New Orleans (our departure city), the US Airways clerk didn't actually see Carter or his carrier but asked . . . "and how would you like to take care of the pet fee? We accept cash or credit card." I was issued something for them to keep at the gate (same thing as your boarding pass) for Carter. It was stapled to my boarding pass.

In New Bern, NC (a one-gate regional airport), when we checked our baggage, the clerk never asked anything about Carter. He didn't ask and I didn't volunteer. At the security screening, I did the same exact thing I did in New Orleans - removed Carter from his bag, sent the bag through the xray machine and walked through the metal detector. No one asked me a thing.

The vet was reluctant to prescribe any medication for Carter because he's only 3.1#. Instead, they suggested to give him 1.25 ml of benadryl. The benadryl did nothing for him.

The US Airways flight attendant did ask me to keep Carter completely in his carrier because they could be fined if I didn't. At the time, Carter only had his head out of his carrier and I was petting him since he was crying before then. She was very nice about it and chatted with me about Yorkies for a few minutes before continuing on to do her job. After the flight took off, I put him under my blanket and we both slept. I was worried he would peek out during beverage service but he luckily didn't.

BTW - we couldn't take Cooper with us on this trip because the 2nd flight (from Charlotte to New Bern) was a small 50 person plane and only 1 carryon dog was allowed.

Forgot to say -- US Airways did not require a vet certificate because he was travelling "with" me.