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Are there any at all that will allow you to take a domestic pet
heavier than a feather on board internationally or allow you to buy
the pet a seat for the pet?
Well, there's Companion Air in the works, but only for the US. The
fares are not cheap though.
http://www.companionair.com
I searched their site, and unless I'm mistaken, they don't have any
link with scheduled flights! Thanks, though, for letting me know
about them. Maybe they'll be up and flying in the near future.
(BTW, I just bought a fairly expensive collapsible *metal* and (hard)
plastic carrier for my cat. When airlines say collapsibles aren't
allowed, they're referring to the soft-sided, no?)
the airlines wnat you to use soft carriers in the cabin and hard ones in
the cargo hold
there is a charge for pets in the cabin (at least $100 each way
international I believe)
Air France and Lufthansa are supposed to be good with animals, though Air
France accepts only up to 5 kg weight in the cabin. German Wings, on the
other hand, accept animals of up to 8 kg (including waterproof container)
and charge 20 EUR per flight for the animal (of course, they only fly within
Europe). They do not have cargo accommodations for animals. Lufthansa allows
up to 8 kg in the cabin.
http://www18.germanwings.com/en/00/0_8.html#Animals
http://cms.lufthansa.com/fly/de/en/i...1,00.html#Pets
By the way, the French railways are great with animals. If you have them in
a carrier there is a standard fee of somewhere around 5 EUR, if they are on
a lead (and muzzled) then it's a percentage of your fare. If it's a short
journey, then they will charge you the percentage to make it cheaper, even
if your animal is in a carrier. I took my dog on the TGV in January and
there was another small dog in the same car. France is very dog-friendly. I
live in Cannes and there are 68,000 inhabitants and 35,000 dogs.
Lana