[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: flights

  • From: "Carol Weale" <dankagsd01@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <EJDegen@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:55:52 -0700

Last year when I tried to fly from Phoenix to VA. with my male in a 500, I 
was told if the two combined weighed over 100 lbs I would have to pay 
freight.  An 85lb male + 500 was over 100 lbs and the cost to me was going 
to be $547.00 each way. When did USAir change their policy & pricing?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <EJDegen@xxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:41 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] flights


> 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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