So I am tasked with taking care of cat from a relative that passed. I need to take this Cat home.

I show up with said well-behaved cat on American, the airline which I have non-rev travel benefits on. They tell me nope, you can only bring an onboard pet IF I work for American or any of their lovely wholly-owned regionals (I work for a non-wholly owned American Eagle airline). I ask if I can just pay them pet fee, they say sure, but you also need a full fare ticket. Interesting. And yes, this info is coming from the AA helpdesk. The local AA agents did their best to sort this out.

Can any of you DL/UA/WN/B6 give me an idea of how this is handled at your airline? Can I buy a ZED in any of these airlines and do so? Or can I Jumpset with a pet carrier and they will allow it? (assuming the max # of cabin pets, etc. is observed AND I get explicit permission from the operating CA to do so)

And before you ask: NO, I do NOT plan on sitting in the physical cockpit jumpseat with a Cat. YES, that cat is healthy and has its paperwork in order, it's just the Vet recommended for it to not travel as cargo.

Guidance appreciated!

 

Just go see a vet that will approve the cat as cargo. Seems simple enough.

 

Why not? I jumpseat with mine all the time. Even let him out occasionally for "another set of eyes."

 

AA flys 321's on that route. They do not accept checked pets on 321's.

 

Awesome. I'll be sure to let grandma know!

 

That's for shooting a 1 CAT approach?

 

Flew for JB for a number of years , we have more animals on our flights that I have ever seen on any other airlines, I think ESP cause JB dominates so much of Florida , where every senior citizen has 3 emotional support animals , and they all scam the system. That being said I am sure it could jump seat with a animal and get away with it , talk to the crew etc .

Jump seat as in non rev

 

Thanks for the info. But you are right, emotional support is just a scam. I had an Emotional Support pig the other day. In a stroller mind you.

 

Shoot as many as you can! Cats are disgusting creatures.

 

AA really is just awful. Unless of course one likes to drink.