Tips For Flying With Your Pet

It’s important to remember not every airline has the exact same dimension or weight requirements for pet travel. Most airlines require you to make an additional reservation for your dog over the phone, according to Conde Nast Traveler, so be sure to ask for specifications on carriers. Don’t assume you’ll be automatically permitted to add your pup to the flight — it can be dependent on how many pets are already booked in-cabin with other passengers, breed-related restrictions , and the weight of your dog. And definitely don’t assume because you’ve found an airline that allows in-cabin dogs that you can show up the airport without a pet reservation, or a carrier that isn’t going to fit beneath the seat.

Most of the airlines we researched for this article — Delta , Air France , United , KLM , and Lufthansa — require a soft-sided pet carrier that measures roughly 17 inches in length, 11 inches in width and 9.5 inches in height.…