From paperwork to crate training—here’s how to prep your pet for flying Last updated: April 11, 2025 | 07:01 Lakshana N Palat, Assistant Features Editor 5 MIN READ ...

A recent C.D.C. rabies rule, pricey pet ‘tickets’ and limits on animals in airline cabins are making traveling with a pet more complicated. By Debra Kamin Vivian Harvey, 81, goes to Guatemala ...

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Beware of the risks your pet could face. In 2009, 23 pets died during commercial air transit. Others were injured or lost when they escaped from their crates. If your pet is flying as baggage or ...

A traveler left their pet cat in its travel carrying case at a @TSA checkpoint this morning at @NorfolkAirport. Attention pet owners: Please do not send your pet through the X-ray unit.

Southwest charges $125 per pet carrier each way and limits the number of pets allowed onboard, so it encourages making a reservation over the phone. The airline does not allow pets to travel as cargo.

When coincidentally also flying into Newark, from a wedding in Houston, a United employee barred the 10-pound pom from boarding — despite his owners paying a $125 pet travel fee last November.

If you’re traveling with a pet for the first time (or maybe just the first time in a year), a lot has changed. Some airlines that used to happily ship your pet in cargo will transport them no more.

More pets are flying than ever, yet only half the respondents in a recent survey say animals belong in the passenger cabin of a commercial jet.

Though probably a little easier than flying with kids, heading out on an epic journey with your dog isn’t as simple as throwing it into a pet carrier and taking off, warns Cesar Millan.

The cost is $125 per pet up to 70 pounds, paid at the owner's expense. Pets between 71 pounds and 140 pounds cost $250 per pet; and pets between 141 pounds and 150 pounds cost $375.