I was really surprised and a little disappointed to have learned that Frontier Airlines would no longer be flying pets in cargo as of the first of November. When I scheduled my flight back to Washington some months ago, I had to time the trip so that I could avoid having to fly my dog on a separate flight.
The customer service individual that I spoke with about my dog's travel arrangements said that it had something to do with complaints about pets flying in cargo. Whether or not those complaints centered around the temperature ranges that critters in kennels would have to endure, I have no idea. We've been flying with pets in cargo for years and it has never before been an issue. Not that I'm opposed to improving conditions that traveling pets experience. I just feel that an airline like Frontier, who's one of the most affordable airlines I've ever flown, will likely lose a lot of business from the passengers who aren't able to fly their pets in the cabin and who don't want to shelve out a few hundred bucks to fly their beloved four-legged family members on a separate flight. Frontier was a small airline and quite affordable. By contrast, their competition consists of many much larger airlines that have bigger planes which carry many more passengers. If you don't enjoy being made to feel like a sardine crammed into a little can full of other sardines and if you aren't made of money to be able to afford first class accommodations, then your options as a traveler with your pet are sadly much more limited.
