We are going before our dog she will follow us out about 3 weeks later when the furniture arrives and we can move into the house. Our son will be taking her to the airport. We had looked at someone like Jet Set Pets but they seem expensive and we were looking at arranging it ourselves direct with the airline. We've got her pet passport and vari-kenel sorted already. Did you find it easy arranging it direct with the airline? By the way we always used to have staffies, our little dog we have now is a terrier cross.