Comments on: “Please stop the madness” dog owner begs Delta Air Lines

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:17:40 +0000

On December 24th, 2008 at 9:25 pm Hapgood said Next some airline will institute a special Executive Compensation Fee, to ensure that their CEO remains appropriately compensated in these difficult economic times.
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what makes you think THEY ARENT (for LIFE?).

By: Hapgood

Hapgood — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:25:58 +0000

Next some airline will institute a special Executive Compensation Fee, to ensure that their CEO remains appropriately compensated in these difficult economic times. And how about a fee to defray the costs of collecting all the fees: the Fee Fee. Yes, airlines are definitely going to the dogs.

By: Karen Hall

Karen Hall — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:51:19 +0000

I wish that pets were only allowed on a VERY FEW flights. For those of us with allergies, your beloved pets make our trip miserable. I hope that passengers on flights with animals in the cabin will one day be notified and have the option to choose another flight. I love my dog, but I don’t share confined spaces with him. My health won’t allow it. As for the fees, if they require special treatment, then the fees should reflect this. If they don’t, then the fees should be small accordingly.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:41:25 +0000

Wow, have you seen the COST TO BOARD your dog while you fly?
I checked ATL since Christy lives there.

http://www.barkandlounge.net/boarding.html

http://www.costhelper.com/cost/pets/dog-kennel.html

http://www.piedmontbark.com/services.html

$12 to $60 PER NIGHT, $30 being average.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:04:08 +0000

Arent we gonna hear the ‘STOP THE MADNESS’ with the Unaccompanied Minor FEES too?

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:56:16 +0000

As someone with allergies (who has been miserable enough to sit by someone who decided to take out Mr. Kitty) I’d suggest a compromise. When you travel on a smaller jet there isn’t room for folks’ wheeled carry-ons so they “valet” them: you leave your bag at the end of the bridgeway, they put it in a different section of the plane than the checked baggage – it doesn’t get lost and you pick it up at the end of the bridgeway at each leg of the flight. It goes on a rack and is treated with the more delicate care that carry-ons should receive. A similar area (so long as heated/cooled/pressurized) could allow pets. That way allergy sufferers aren’t shelling out a bunch of money for a flight only to have an allergy attack and pet fans could count their pet as their carry-on item. As for “seatbelt extensions” there are many passengers not requiring them who invade the wee bit of space that another passenger has paid good money for (I paid good money for my seat. Though they also paid good money for their seat, they didn’t pay for mine. I did.), so if someone’s large enough to require the extender they probably should have to buy an extra seat or pay more for a larger seat.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:45:57 +0000

Here here!
My husband and I just flew back to NYC from Puerto Rico. Our tickets? $129 pp. Our dog’s (a pug) ticket? $100. Each way on Jet Blue. Bah humbug!

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:52:31 +0000

Don’t forget the ‘cabin pressurization’ fee, and ‘landing gear maintenance’ surcharge.