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Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Book a nonstop flight if possible. If you must have a layover, some airlines require a minimum layover time when traveling with pets. For example, it might be one hour for domestic flights and two hours for flights outside the continental U.
The ASPCA recommends you tape a small bag of food outside the kennel so airline workers can feed your dog during these stops. Try to avoid flying during holidays, which can be busy. In warm weather, try to fly during the morning or evening. In cold weather, midday flights may be better, suggests the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Animal experts generally frown on sedating an animal, and it may not fly with the airline, either. The evening before your departure, freeze a dish of water for your dog. That will prevent it from spilling during the loading process, and when it eventually melts, your dog can drink it, advises the ASPCA.
Attach a current photo of your dog to the top of the kennel to help identify it if it escapes the carrier. It recommends that you avoid feeding a healthy, large-breed adult dog within four hours of takeoff.
You might bring it to the passenger terminal if it's traveling as checked luggage or the air cargo terminal, which is usually a different location at the airport. You might pick up your dog at a cargo terminal, too. For in-cabin transport of dogs, the kennel goes on the conveyor belt and through the X-ray machine, while you leash your dog and carry or lead it through the metal detector.
With a little planning and research, both you and your pet can expect a smooth flight. Here are links to pet policies of large U. Alaska Airlines. American Airlines. Delta Air Lines. Hawaiian Airlines. JetBlue Airways.
Southwest Airlines. United Airlines. Beyond NerdWallet's tips for finding pet-friendly flights and lodging , you can consult the following organizations for more information about flying with your dog:. Kennel fact sheet , International Air Transport Association. Flying with pets , Federal Aviation Administration. Plane talk: Traveling with animals , U. Department of Transportation. Pet travel , U. Department of Agriculture. Cabin vs. As checked luggage or shipping cargo. Is there a fee to travel with your pet?
Health and vaccine requirements: No certificate requirements listed for dogs traveling in the cabin, but check with airline. Yes, on most flights up to 11 hours and 30 minutes traveling within the US excluding Hawaii or to Canada, Mexico, Central America, and some other destinations.
Dogs must be at least eight weeks old. Yes, dogs are allowed to fly in cargo. Due to pandemic-related flight changes, checked pet service is currently unavailable but the airline will accept checked pets at the ticket counter only for active-duty U.
Military traveling on assignments. The amount of pets permitted per flight varies depending on the aircraft, up to a maximum of four. Pets are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.
One pet is permitted per kennel, with some exceptions for puppies. Due to pandemic-related flight changes, at the time of writing, dogs may not be checked in cargo. Health and vaccine requirements: Frontier does not require a health certificate for dogs traveling in the cabin on domestic flights but your destination state might.
Health certificates are required for international flights. Frontier requests that you do not give your dog food or water during the flight. The airline also recommends contacting the Hawaii Department of Agriculture before travel, for information on quarantine and vaccines. Yes: the total weight of the pet and carrier must not exceed 25 pounds. Hawaiian asks travelers with pets in the cabin to check in one hour before general check-in.
Yes, but the weight of the pet and carrier must not exceed 70lbs. Additionally, pets may not be checked in cargo on many flights between April 15 and October 15 every year, and pets are not allowed to travel as checked baggage or cargo if the temperature is below 20F or above 85F at the origin, destination, or connection airport.
Health and vaccine requirements: Your dog will need ID tags and a pet license. Yes, on all domestic flights and some international ones. Yes: a maximum of four pets are allowed per flight. The combined weight of the dog and carrier may not exceed 20 pounds, and only one pet is allowed per carrier.
Yes, on domestic flights—but not on international flights or any itinerary that includes an international flight. Dogs must be at least eight weeks old in order to travel.
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