Submitted by Anonymous Pooch (not verified) on Thu, 2006-12-14 22:21.
Nikka, consider yourself sort of lucky. My dog is SO large that Air Canada won't even let him fly as baggage anymore. That's right, he is a whopping 72 pounds. What's that you say? He's just a labrador retreiver cross, no bigger than any average dog? Well too bad for him: Air Canada's new rule is no dogs on the plane as baggage unless the dog and his kennel combined weigh 70 pounds or less.
If they *had* let him fly as baggage, the price *would* have been about $125 one way.
Of course, my dog is welcome to fly Air Canada as cargo. The price? $750 ONE WAY from Victoria to Halifax. Yes, you might accurately note that that is more than TWICE the price that I usually pay for a one way ticket on Air Canada for all 175 pounds of my person (plus 2 suitcases), but apparently for some reason dogs are more expensive per pound to carry than people are. (Bull!)
To recap:
Carrying me and 2 suitcases (about 200 pounds, let's say):
$1.88/pound, one way
Carrying my dog and his kennel (88 pounds):
$8.52/pound, one way
Nikka, consider yourself
Nikka, consider yourself sort of lucky. My dog is SO large that Air Canada won't even let him fly as baggage anymore. That's right, he is a whopping 72 pounds. What's that you say? He's just a labrador retreiver cross, no bigger than any average dog? Well too bad for him: Air Canada's new rule is no dogs on the plane as baggage unless the dog and his kennel combined weigh 70 pounds or less.
If they *had* let him fly as baggage, the price *would* have been about $125 one way.
Of course, my dog is welcome to fly Air Canada as cargo. The price? $750 ONE WAY from Victoria to Halifax. Yes, you might accurately note that that is more than TWICE the price that I usually pay for a one way ticket on Air Canada for all 175 pounds of my person (plus 2 suitcases), but apparently for some reason dogs are more expensive per pound to carry than people are. (Bull!)
To recap:
Carrying me and 2 suitcases (about 200 pounds, let's say):
$1.88/pound, one way
Carrying my dog and his kennel (88 pounds):
$8.52/pound, one way
Air Canada has seen the last of my money.