[nagdu] to notify or not

[Michael Hingson]

Hi Debby,

I think you should give notice if you feel that is what you should do. What
I was saying is that in my experience giving advanced notice accomplished
nothing except sometimes giving the airlines an opportunity to make up rules
that aren't there and make my life miserable.




Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

-----Original Message-----
From: Debby Phillips [mailto:semisweetdebby at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:01 PM
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Subject: re: [nagdu] to notify or not

Michael, I almost always give airlines advance notice, because I DO NOT like
sitting on the aisle with my dog.  I don't necessarily want bulkhead,
either.  But I do not want to sit on the aisle.  The time I didn't give them
notice, they tried to make me sit on the aisle.  Go figure.  I have never
received a call asking me the weight of my dog, either.  You just must be
the lucky one.  As for help, if I have ample time, I don't need it.  But if
there's a tight schedule, especially when I need to change from one flight
to another, I don't wish to miss my flight because I got lost following
somebody's bad directions, etc.  
Whether we tell that we have a dog when making reservations or not doesn't
do anything to change the laws.  We must still be given the to ide.  I
refuse to feel guilty because I decide to disclose.  If other people don't,
that's up to them.  People should have the choice to disclose or not, and it
should be left at that, as far as I'm concerned.  Sorry if that offends
folks, 
but that's the way it is.    Debby and Nova