life can be difficult but when you see something like this happen you realize how trivial your issues are!! (sarcasm)
https://www.yahoo.com/travel/famous-actress-complains-about-being-bumped-from-054802389.html
She could have ridden in First Class in a pet crate, provided the crate could slide under her ticketed dog’s First Class seat.
She paid for something she did not get. She wants a refund. I don’t see a problem with that. Did you look at the picture? She is smiling and having fun in “tourist” class.
gmt plus 7… brilliant!!
Rich men travel in private jets (with a dog). I don’t see any problem this women trying to fly in first class with her rescue dog with her own money. Seems she doesn’t always fly in first class and it was a treat for the dog. She paid a lot and couldn’t get what she paid for. What is the problem?
with all do respect , I love animals but I do not want your dog next to me on a plane …first class, second class, third class, eighth class etc…
she will get a refund I assure you. and the dog does not care what class he flies . as for “rich men”(I guess rich women do not fly on private jets with pets??) good for them it is private and they can do that. on a commercial jet owned by an airline you do what they say.
The problem was that the dog was just a plain ole pet. And I assume it didn’t fit in a crate that slide under the seat.
If she had half the brains of any of the other passengers I’ve seen walking their dogs in US airport terminals, she would have gotten a doctor’s note stating that it was an “emotional support animal”.
But no note, no cigar…
Well…it seems like I’m missing something. Was her dog in First Class while she was relegated to “tourist” class?
I understand she bought a First Class ticket ‘for her dog’. Is the dog too big for her to sit in the 1st class seat with the dog in a carrier on the floor? I’ve never traveled with a pet, so I don’t know how it works.
If the dog was in First Class and she sat in “tourist” she technically should have paid for two seats, right? Maybe I’m missing something. Oh well, I’ve used enough brain cells on this topic. 
I flew to/from Denver this past week with a screaming baby right next to and behind me. I’ll take the dog… anytime.
jym626…funny I was going to mention the crying babies too! I need to fly on a private jet. (just that whole thing with the cost gets in the way of that)
Seems to happen to us all the time-- screaming babies right in the row across from or behind us. Also happened on a red-eye last summer. I think we got put in the family section. Parents seem to think their kids will sleep quietly on the overnight flight. Ain’t happening!
I’m confused. She paid for a first class ticket, and they put her in coach. I’d be pretty pissed off unless they had a really good reason, and refunded me. I don’t see what the reason was in this article. I see dogs in first class all the time, so unless the airline had a clearly stated policy, what’s the deal? Plus if she paid for her dog to be transported, they should have known she was in first class. What am I missing, or what is being left out?
Would anyone not be annoyed, unless they were at fault?
That’s why God invented earplugs. I travel with a bag of them. I even hand them out to strangers if they don’t manspread on me.
I learned that when flying business class transatlantic sit in the back of that section…the babies all get first row. I also observed you’re better off sitting with the mom and kids vs when the dad seems to be with them. Seems the dad’s can’t hear the screaming and whining and kids seem to act worse when dad is there… (okay shoot me…it’s just what I’ve observed )
I don’t have an issue being ticked to not get something she had paid for and booked in advance.
gmtplus7 you are on a roll with the satire today!
“That’s why God invented earplugs.” I love it!
I had headphones on. @GMTplus7. And was listening to a tv show. Loudly. Didn’t drown out the screeches or the loud noises (“wheeeee” !!! and " Blub blub blub, blub", etc) of the parents trying to play with their kid seemingly to try to stop the screeching. What a cacophony.
That’s because the baby bassinets hook onto the bulkhead wall. When I sit miserably in cattle class on those long int’l flights, how I envy those babies.
jym626 the only thing I can say is that we all were once babies and the same for when an old person is moving super slowly in the supermarket blocking flow on both sides of them in the aisle. I just think you know that could be my grandparents or in the future…me! so I just smile and wait. kids on the plane there is no escape until you land. and you paid serious $$$ for a ticket. but still I have some pity until the screeching hits a certain pitch then I get really pissed and I no longer have sympathy! (also I do not want to play peek a boo with the kid in front of me. when your kid starts shoving their face between the seats … stop them,I am not there to entertain them!)
Yes, we’ve all been there. But hopefully most of us did a better job trying to calm or quiet our kids. A little sedating cold medicine in the juice…
When I’m on a plane with a wailing baby I just think, “Not my child. Thank God I’m not responsible for trying to entertain and calm that kid for the duration of the flight.” It always makes me feel better!