Emotional Support Dog Breaks Rules and Scares Passengers Mid-Flight [Roundup]

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  1. The good news is that Air France KLM has reasonably priced awards on El Al and the major bank transfer currencies all move to Flying Blue.
    That is no longer true, the rates have skyrocketed.
    (ANA also has a new partnership and good redemption rates.)That partnership is not yet live.

  2. “scares passengers”? How so? The dog was not snarling, his skin was just being pulled up by being wedged between the seats. Anyone scared by this dog has emotional problems themselves and shouldn’t be flying.

  3. I wouldn’t be scared by dog but would not like it. They are supposed to be on the floor with their person.

  4. Real Service Dogs have “four on the floor” and do not sit in seats . . . restaurants, grocery stores, airplanes (any place where food is served or sold) buses, and public buildings. The airline and pet owner should be fined heavily for failing to abide by public health ordinances.
    The curious pet dog is the proper breed to pass for a trained Service Dog, but it’s not.

  5. Boo. What a misleading title for this post. “Scares passengers”? The tweet says “Best flight ever” and is set to light-hearted music.

  6. Either way, this impacts disable people with real service animals. As entitled pet owners allowing their pets to freely “move about” the aircraft, climbing on seats, the airlines will clamp down. This will result in more scrutiny for all SAs in trying to weed out fake ones.

  7. British airways transfers are just about a thing of the past.

    The only good use I found was for relatively shorter flights on American Airlines and they’ve just made the minimum ticket price 12,000 avios

  8. What a trash blog for a fake and outright misleading headline.

    The tweet says “Best flight ever,” has a doggy emoticon, and the music is happy.

    I wish I had been on that fun flight

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