$200!!!!!!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by Xaleia

So if you use a Kwiggy Bo, does that mean you don't have to pay for your little one to go with you?
I have three yorkies, so this is not possible unfortunately for me.....LOL
Luckily I have another Yorkie addict friend, so she takes care of mine for me if I go out of town.

No you still have to pay for them. It still technically count as my carry on but I still am able to pack a carry on. Delta says it counts.....but they never care because her carrier is smaller than most women's purses.

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Xaleia

So if you use a Kwiggy Bo, does that mean you don't have to pay for your little one to go with you?
I have three yorkies, so this is not possible unfortunately for me.....LOL
Luckily I have another Yorkie addict friend, so she takes care of mine for me if I go out of town.

No, you still have to pay. Believe me if you're caught without paying you can be kept off a flight or criminally charged.

[Xaleia]

Oh Wow, thank you for the information. I certainly would not want to get in trouble...LOL

You know, I think a movement is in order too!

[shodanusmc]

I always tried to get Maxine her own seat for a few dollars more, but the airlines would not let me. We have been really lucky and most of the time have had great attendants that let us take her out of the bag, or put the bag on our lap. She must have had 20 plane rides at least, and also logged many miles in the car back and forth the Arizona. I never flew Carlo as an adult. He either rode in the car to AZ, or he was boarded at the training facility.

[SophieKatesMom]

Sophie Kate is has gone on trips with me a few times, I hate paying that fee for her when she is going to be under the seat in front of me by my feet (I thought I purchased that space already).

One poster made a statement about a child being on someone's lap and I agree - if passengers can have a "lap child" why can't I take my dog. Trust me I have set by some children in my time who were so horrible on flights I wanted to open the emergency exit, grab a beer and use the slide.

One suggestion I would make is if you fly Delta get their American Express, you can can check one bag free as long as you buy your ticket with that card - it helps with the fee's.

I should add I don't want to sound ugly towards children, I have also experienced great kids on planes who have made the trip even more enjoyable.

[Gennies]

If it helps any, we used Southwest in October and they didn't charge for the first checked bag. I have no idea what they'd charge for a yorkie as ours stayed w/our adult daughter. Our flight with them was very event free, I worried cause we'd never flown w/them before, but now I will look for them again.

[ArmaniMan]

I fly jet blue and it is also 100 each way It is a lot, grr! I sat next to a woman with a baby on her lap that was FREE and kicked and screamed... Yet my dog is expected to sit quietly in a bag under my seat and I pay through the nose. It is NOT fair, I will never be convinced it is. I pay because I want to have my babies with me, but I will never feel it is fair.

At least with jet blue I can still have a carryon, so I don't have to pay for checked luggage.

[ArmaniMan]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

I totally agree!
Furthermore.....if Sugar's flight is the same price as mine (sometimes MORE ) and she has to sit IN A BAG on the COLD FLOOR....shouldn't she at least get frequent flier miles??? Or a fly 5x get one flight free certificate?? Something??

With jet blue you do get some extra points for them... 300 each way, so it's not a lot but it helps a little!

[licricket]

Check Southwest

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

$100.00 each way is the going rate, although some airlines charge $125.00. Highway robbery....in my opinion, yes.

Their logic escapes me. They tell you what the fee is, then they tell you that the dog is your carry on luggage. Carry on luggage that you don't ordinarily pay for. Then they charge you more because you check in your luggage.......Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Now we can look at another way. It is their airlines and they call the shots. It's our choice to take our pets with us. Just as recent as last week an elderly lady chose to take a dog with her, in cabin, but refused to follow the rules. She took the dog out of the carrier and it bit another passenger and a flight attendant. People such as this don't follow the airline rules and regulations, the option of flying with our pets will be taken away from us.

You can take a personal bag with you. So, an oversized purse, with essentials won't be counted as your carry-on. A friend of mine just did this to attend the Roving National. She was delivering a pup, had another bag (oversized tote) that contained her clothes for the weekend.

That's what I did when I went to TN last year with Kaji and the family. I borrowed my mom's tote, which was not over sized enough but I made it work, and I had Kaji in his Kwigy Bo. It was a bit embarrassing on the way back home because the TSA personell thought it would be a good idea to go through my tote. It was dirty clothes by then! The attendant over the phone made such a huge deal about taking him with me that she made me paranoid. It was actually really pleasant. I do think it's unfair they take away our carry on privileges. Our pups go at our feet, which is where we have to put our purse. So we can have 2 items at our feet and that replaces the item overhead? I think I'm with Sugarmamma on that one.

Originally Posted by Xaleia

So if you use a Kwiggy Bo, does that mean you don't have to pay for your little one to go with you?
I have three yorkies, so this is not possible unfortunately for me.....LOL
Luckily I have another Yorkie addict friend, so she takes care of mine for me if I go out of town.

I WISH!!!

[felicity1008]

I fly with my dogs often. They never checked a ticket for the pets! I bet you can get away without paying...i said to my husband. So last time we flew, I put 2 in one carrier and they still never checked! next time im just going to check the flight status of amount of dogs on and if there are availabilites im not paying till i get there and i get caught . Because they do not check for a ticket anyhow. Let me know if you find that they do not check. My carrier is really small and looks like a carryon.

[snoopymom]

Reminds me of the episode of "I Love Lucy" where they were flying home from Europe, and she wrapped a giant cheese like a baby. Didn't work out too well, so maybe don't try it...

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by felicity1008

I fly with my dogs often. They never checked a ticket for the pets! I bet you can get away without paying...i said to my husband. So last time we flew, I put 2 in one carrier and they still never checked! next time im just going to check the flight status of amount of dogs on and if there are availabilites im not paying till i get there and i get caught . Because they do not check for a ticket anyhow. Let me know if you find that they do not check. My carrier is really small and looks like a carryon.

I think that's playing with fire. I'll joke that next time I won't pay for Kaji since no one noticed him, but I don't think I'd go through with it. What if it's just you're luck and they don't notice until you're mid air. I doubt you'll be lucky. Maybe they'll fine you 3x the amount, or worse ban you from ever using their airline.

Knowing my luck, the one time I'll try to bend the rules, it'll bit me in the butt big time!

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by snoopymom

Reminds me of the episode of "I Love Lucy" where they were flying home from Europe, and she wrapped a giant cheese like a baby. Didn't work out too well, so maybe don't try it...

I love that episode!

[chachi]

I think thats ridiculous and its the reason I dont fly with mine because I have 2 and it would be way too expensive. Plus I dont like it you have to leave them under the seat