waitingforgeorge
George's brother
I was told you can request a private room to go through security, so when you have to take the kitten out of the carrier the crowd doesn't freak it out. Most flights have a limit to the number of animals they will allow to fly in cabin so be sure when you book your flight contact the airline and reserve your pets place. You will have to pay for the ticket at the counter where they may ask for your paper work. At the point of booking the airline will tell you the size of the carrier permissable based on the planes used and your seat assignment on each leg of your flight. When I flew home with Jaxx coming out of a small airport security was easy because there were only a few people and they did not ask me to take his harness off (they could have, then we were going to the private room!) I had Jaxx in and out of his carrier before he or security even knew what happened, then they were free to admire him through the mesh in the carrier. BUT...because we were out of a small airport our first plane was small so his carrier had to be small, a pain but I think he actually felt more secure and in the airports and plane people didn't even know it was a pet carrier. I took a larger carrier for the bigger plane and didn't bother changing him he seemed so comfortable. We have a hour and a half drive home from the closest airport so when we got to the car I just loaded us in, locked the doors and let him rip around for awhile before locking him up in his car seat for the drive home.
