Travel Troubleshooter guru Christopher Elliott has an interesting story on the sky high rates airlines charge for pets. Elliott takes the airlines to task for their pricing (why, he asks, does it cost $150 each way for a cat to fly under your seat when children younger than 2-years-old fly for free on their parents’ laps?). But he also asks important questions about whether or not animals should even take to the skies, given that its not entirely uncommon for them to die in transit.  (For details of pet policies for major airlines, check out this list put together by the Animal Humane Society.)

Do you travel with your pet? How was the experience? Do you think that pets should be allowed on commercial airlines?

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