[ SHOWGSD-L ] flights
- From: EJDegen@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:41:51 EST
Charlotte is a *MAJOR* hub for U.S. Air. There are 120 cities served
NONSTOP from the Charlotte airport by a variety of airlines. So what's the
problem
that people are having THIS year?
U.S. Air is still a reasonably priced airline for traveling with pets. It
still costs $100 each way for a German Shepherd in a 500 varikennel. We are
currently living in the southeast U.S. (Savannah area). I didn't have time to
drive to OR and with the cost of gas, it was cheaper to fly anyway. Cassie
& I flew U.S. Air to the national, connecting through Charlotte. No
problems.
When we lived in Germany, U.S. Air was my airline of choice because their
price for pets and people was often the lowest I could find and U.S. Air
always
took good care of the dogs. I also think Northwest does a great job with
dogs, but they've priced themselves out in my opinion. I won't use them again
with dogs. BTW, the first year they raised their prices for pets, I
complained and took it up the chain. They gave me the old price for the dogs,
but it
was a one time deal. That was the last time that I used them. It was too
expensive flying 3 dogs back & forth to Germany with their new pricing scheme.
NO ONE *likes* to have to take 2 flights (through a connecting airport), but
that's life and traveling. We've lived overseas several times and I've
flown my dogs all over the world with me. My choice is always to drive if I
have
the time, but I won't hesitate to fly again if I want to get somewhere fast.
If you don't want to fly, then drive. If you don't have the time to drive
and you don't want to fly, then good luck.
I wouldn't mind seeing a centralized national, indoors OR outdoors. I also
don't mind it moving around the country. I do think it's rather silly to
hold the national in a "corner" of the country, it DOES make sense to make it
more centralized (Utah for a west coast national, MO/KS for central; OH, KY,
NC, GA for access from the east coast). I believe that we'll have larger
entries. But then, I'll still fly or drive to get there regardless of where
it's
held.
Julie Degen
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