Your Pet Can Make You Rewarded On Flight: Ultimate Guide To Flying With Pets

April 19, 2018
Puerto Vallarta

Flying with pet has never been an easy move, especially when it’s been for the first time. Though some airlines do allow for relaxation in this but others at the same time, offers tightening procedures against animal support in the main cabin. Let’s talk about the first category for now because some animal-friendly airlines are now offering perks for carrying pets on flights!

Thousands of travelers takeaway their pets with them almost every day on flight for a mix of reasons. Alone in the U.S, almost 2 million of pets travel abroad with their owners every year.

Though traveling with a pet, no matter how friendly it may be at home, can be the ugliest and most stressful idea on board with lots of expenses and paper work required. Plus, if you don’t choose the right airline for yourself then, it might further add increase to your hassles, since there are certain pros and cons associated with ever carrier. For instance, Virgin Atlantic will themselves carry the pet transportation provide for you which can be a great help for routine travelers if you fail to wrap up with your paper work in time and  need to have a friend to send your pet later .

Conversely, certain airlines are rigid in transporting pets and allow only one pet to carry at a time per person, which may sometime leads to tough emotional decisions. South-West, however is a flexible aircraft that allows a max of two pets in appropriate-sized carriers with some more airlines offering extra reward points for pets. It’s always better to make a call prior to your way to airport for reservations regarding pet carrier rules and procedures to avoid any eleventh hour’s stress.

Though the Air Carrier Access Act  has urged airlines today to maintain a separate room for service animals on board or offer emotional support to the disable people. But with the passage of time, there are certain airlines that doesn’t pay enough of the attention towards this side and rather maintain strict regulations towards the emotional support of animals after a series of serious incidents that took place on board due to some careless pet-owners.

As per Delta Airlines, some customers had even attempted to fly with “comfort” snakes & spiders and created problems for the airlines and accompanied passengers on whole and this has caused the airlines to take such serious note of actions against such passengers who don’t actually meet the requirements for an emotional support animal.

As of March 2018, progressive airlines like Delta being the one and United being the other, now requires a list of additional documents and procedures from travelers flying with emotional support animals with almost every airline asking for a permission letter or a signature form from a certified veteran or health-care professional.

Pet Reward Programs

While certain airlines at the same time helps its passengers to counterbalance their traveling costs by offering certain reward programs for keeping an animal companion next to their seats for best Mexico holiday deals. JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic and United Airlines are one of those few diverse airline groups:

  • Jetblue Jetpaws

The exclusive reward program by JetBlue called as JetBlue’s JetPaws program allows its frequent members to earn 300 points each time they board with their pet. Though there are conditions applied with a $100 fee to give a closed carrier for pets that fits beneath the seat with their owner. The total weight of the pet and carrier must not be more than 20 pounds with a maximum of one pet per passenger for every flight and pets will count in as a personal carry-on.

  • Virgin Atlantic Flying Paws

The Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Paws program allows its member pet-owners to receive 1,000 club miles per pet for point to point destination flights and 2,000 for longer ones depending upon the size of the shipper & the destination itself . Since Virgin doesn’t allow pets to sit in the cabin therefore, all the pets comes loaded in the cargo section but with a first-class ambiance, safety control and climate maintained setup for them to enjoy a solo fly, not in any way lesser than the cabin.

  • United Airlines PetSafe Program

After getting registered with the United Airlines PetSafe Program, the members receive

500 United MileagePlus award miles for each pet dispatched within the United States, and 1,000 award miles for each pet sent to a worldwide destination. This applies only to pets shipped as cargo via the PetSafe program, not pets that fly in the cabin with their owners. Rates differ depending upon the weight of the pet plus carrier and the miles of the trip.

So, are you ready to avail these exclusive reward points with your pets while traveling for some exciting Mexico vacation spots?  Hurry up! But if you are still traveling a pet companion on board with no any pet reward programs then, there is something for you as well to avail and make your journey pay off. For more details of the “straight poop” regarding flying with pets, please read our fully featured article on  CreditCards.com..


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