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The only aborted landing I can recall was flying into Changi Airport in Singapore in the 1990s.
You can fly with a dog or transport them. Cats too. When my sister moved from Vancouver back to Ottawa they drove but had their cat flown. Personally I wouldn’t do it unless absolutely necessary. If I had to do it I’d get my vet to prescribe some meds to have them sleep .. or something.Then I'm never flying with a dog.
There was this exceedingly dumb story a few years ago:I know I’ve seen at least one photo of a large dog sitting in an airplane seat. But I don’t know if that was a special circumstance or things have changed since the picture. It’s one of these, the-only-one-paying-attention-to-the-safety-briefing-is-the-dog things.
If sitting next to a dog on a plane is the worst thing one has ever experienced, one really has not lived.There was this exceedingly dumb story a few years ago:
Mark Halperin Was Right. Sitting Next to a Dog on a Plane Is the Worst.
Not pawesome. Not pawesome at all.slate.com
You have no flicking idea about fear, allergies and other stuff. You need to admit that you push your values on those of us who have fear of animals (in many cases justified) or significant lung allergies. I'm so tired of your judgements on non animal people.If sitting next to a dog on a plane is the worst thing one has ever experienced, one really has not lived.
That made me smile .. in relation to what’s happening in the world.There was this exceedingly dumb story a few years ago:
Mark Halperin Was Right. Sitting Next to a Dog on a Plane Is the Worst.
Not pawesome. Not pawesome at all.slate.com
I big-heart any reference to "The Matchmaker". It's a great, understated film that really hits home for me as a sarcastic Tri-state Irish-Catholic girl.Prop driven planes are NOT my favorites particularly in iffy weather. I always think back to Janeane Garofalo in “The Matchmaker” who sees that her connection is a small prop and says “Oh look—a planelet.” Indeed.
This cracked me up and reminded me of not a bad airline experience, but certainly a bad travel experience.One negative turned happy flight - I was flying to Europe and had paid for premium economy. I went to board and as they were scanning my ticket they said 'We gave your seat to some Greek lady.' (no exaggeration, that's what they said). I was very annoyed, as I paid extra for my seat and wanted what I paid for. Without much fuss on their end, I ended up in business class, seat 1A. My complaints quickly died out.
I had a late-arriving evening flight home when I lived in Europe. My flight was slightly delayed and when I arrived the last buses to the city where I lived (about an hour and a half away) had already departed with no more transport until the morning.In 2012 we arrived at the Rome airport and there was no indication of a delay. 12 hours later we boarded our flight. Arrived in Philly after 11PM with no close hotel rooms available. United gave us yoga mats and emergency Mylar blankets and we slept in the public space with some houseless people. Fortunately got on the first flight home the next morning.
That’s awfulMy worst was with USAir. In 2005 my dad was dying and I had to fly to Arizona just before Christmas so I bought a ticket on USAir. My husband’s family was already at our house for the holiday so I went by myself. When he came a couple of days later he inadvertently booked his return flight for a day before mine. When we realized, I called UsAir to switch my flight and they insisted it wasn’t possible as there were no seats available— but there were seats showing through their partner at the time, America West. USAir insisted they had no access to those seats but that I could buy the America West seat on the same plane for something like $900. Note that at this point I was sobbing because as I’d explained to them several times, I’d lost my dad a few days before, and just wanted to fly home with my husband rather than by myself… the airline staffer said “traveling at the holidays is hectic, you should have planned better.” I called that person names I have never directed at a person before or since and never ever flew USAir again.