News and notes from around the interweb:
- It’s not yet on the Alaska Airlines website but per the Korean Air website the partnership between the two will become very limited starting January 1. Going the way of LATAM, Singapore.
- ‘You Damaged My Cat’: Flight Attendant Screamed At Passenger For Petting Their Feline Companion. Now there’s a lawsuit.
A passenger is suing the German flag carrier Lufthansa for damaging their $2,000 pet cat after a flight attendant allegedly screamed at them for attempting to take the cat out of its carrier during an international flight.
The passenger says they were so startled by the flight attendant’s behavior that they inadvertently squeeved the pet carrier, and, in doing so, injured their cat.
- Premium customer disservice.
Delayed Delta flight forces us to check bags due to ‘no overhead storage available’
byu/smhCallum inmildlyinfuriating - This passenger is just a piker. A real traveler books out the entire cabin for their birds. And yes, I’ve already made the joke abour carrion limits.
Leaving Doha for Dubai, dude in front of me has 13 bags and a falcon.
byu/jamantste inmildlyinteresting - 20% bonus on transfers from Capital One to British Airways through November 22.
- Since Doubletree is a conversion brand, the cookies help create a sense of consistency across the chain. They released the recipe during the pandemic.
I hate Credit Card Points Bro Halloween. What do you mean you’re a Doubletree receptionist and the complimentary warm chocolate chip cookie they give you at check in? pic.twitter.com/ITzGJfcP0K
— Jane Austen’s Air Fryer (@jaustenairfryer) November 1, 2025
Folks, read the cat story; it’s funny. The pax is arguing that a cat carrier is just hand luggage, which you are allowed to open during flights. The injury occurred after the pax started opening the carrier after previously having been warned three times. Oh, and this happened on a flight between two European cities. But the suit was filed in CA because, they argue, they were connecting to SFO. Oh, a there’s an emotional injury claim that includes the mental anguish when they were originally blacklisted and not let on the flight to SFO (but a LH agent reversed that so they got on the flight).
But, here’s my question: can you just get on a plane outside of the US and bring a cat with you and through the customs process?
Some states have stricter rules regarding cats, but in general the only health restriction is a quick health check by CBP on entrance. Probably very superficial
Dogs have more checks and if one is coming from a high risk rabies country such as India, could easily be quarantined.
Safety first. Thanks to reading VFTW, I learned that Lufthansa, the German flag carrier, has trained and qualified its flight attendants to function as an elite in-flight pussy posse. The more you know.
@This comes to mind — Only because you asked so nicely did I actually read the cat story. Was nice to see the regular commenter from here (and elsewhere) Christian already commented there as well. What’s ‘squeeved’ mean? Maybe Mateusz meant ‘squeezed’… oh well.
@Ken A — ‘Safety first. Always.’
Surprised that a cat (with carrier) was allowed in an exit row on my US domestic flight last month! One of the most calm and beautiful cats I had seen, however. Still, my concern would be that window passenger’s ability to focus on opening the emergency door and “assisting” others, if needed…
I’m shocked! Shocked! Shocked to find aLufthansa employee mistreating a customer!
So a passenger wanted to put a comforting hand on the kitty but the flight attendant made a startling demand so the passenger squeezed the kitty too much. I sure hope that the courts resolve this issue. I wonder if the kitty will need to be inspected by the court to ascertain any damage.
@jns — Nothing wrong with ‘comforting hands’ on kitties; but, please, go gentle on that puss…
The flight attendant was doing her job. Your pets are supposed to stay in their carriers at all times. If you can’t follow the rules then leave your pets at home or with a friend, family, or neighbor.
Thanks, Jon F, I always thought crossing internation borders with animals had more red tape.
“But, here’s my question: can you just get on a plane outside of the US and bring a cat with you and through the customs process?”
I have seen a cat boarding a domestic TLS CDG Air France flight in 2015, just attached like a dog by his owner.
I was on the same flight.
I had seen in the past small dogs. But a cat was a first for me.
The cat seemed a bit reluctant/ afraid to walk the jetbride for the three first seconds, maybe the odor of the kerosen…
Funny enough, I realised the cat was also in the RoissyBus to central Paris when we arrived at Opéra.
I believe there is no “customs process” leaving the airplane or the airport on a domestic or schenghen area flight.
Not all airlines do authorise this. Probably not easyjet or ryannair.
And the passenger needs to go manual check-in for maybe some paper control.
You never get a discount for them, and have to pay a flat fare that often is more expensive the one the passenger pays for himself.
Is the emotional damage to the passenger or the cat?