[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

I’ve never used this airline. However, as you’ll see from their website, they are devoted to one thing---flying your pets. They do not accept human passengers. They use Beech 1900 (prop) aircraft in a freighter configuration. They serve a limited number of cities and operate only from the cargo areas of scheduled service airports or from general aviation airfields. So they may not be right for everyone. Website: http://www.petairways.com/

As some on here are well aware I’m a big proponent of Amtrak as an alternative to air travel within the “lower 48.” Having said that I would urge anyone traveling with a pet to avoid travel on the “Northeast Corridor” trains. On these trains, the overhead baggage racks are the only place you can put a kennel and passengers boarding at downline stations will have no qualms about jolting the kennel as they load their things in the rack. For overnight travel I recommend a two-bedded roomette. You can use the upper bed for stowage of the kennel, and sleep on the lower, or vice versa if the kennel is bulky or heavy. Just don’t do what a woman, two compartments away from me, did on one trip: She allowed “Fifi” to relieve herself on the sheets. Needless to say the sleeping car porter was less than happy! As to baggage handling: For most travel west of the Mississippi, you need to walk, with any unchecked baggage, up a narrow staircase to an upper deck to reach your room. Also make sure both your departure and destination stations offer checked baggage service. Otherwise you must carry everything on and off.