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Hello there!
I moved to Madrid over a year ago and brought my cat with me. We flew with Lufthansa and she came on the flight with me as hand luggage. It was really cheap and the documentation was simple to organise. The only downside was that we had to spend about 9 hours flying, since we had to go through Frankfurt first.
Anyway, since coming to Madrid we've adopted another cat and a small dog. We're happy living here, but I always like to have a back-up plan, just in case.
I've looked at transporting our pets back to Ireland, just in case things didn't work out here, but it seems to be next to impossible. There are no airlines that allow you to take the pets in the cabin (even Lufthansa) and each airline that allows pets as cargo requires you to book through a third-party agent- which would cost about €2000. This seems a little excessive since it only cost €60 to bring the cat on the flight originally!
Leaving the pets behind wouldn't be an option, nor is driving back and taking the ferry as neither I nor my boyfriend have a driver's licence.
Any thoughts?
Thanks! :flypig:
I moved to Madrid over a year ago and brought my cat with me. We flew with Lufthansa and she came on the flight with me as hand luggage. It was really cheap and the documentation was simple to organise. The only downside was that we had to spend about 9 hours flying, since we had to go through Frankfurt first.
Anyway, since coming to Madrid we've adopted another cat and a small dog. We're happy living here, but I always like to have a back-up plan, just in case.
I've looked at transporting our pets back to Ireland, just in case things didn't work out here, but it seems to be next to impossible. There are no airlines that allow you to take the pets in the cabin (even Lufthansa) and each airline that allows pets as cargo requires you to book through a third-party agent- which would cost about €2000. This seems a little excessive since it only cost €60 to bring the cat on the flight originally!
Leaving the pets behind wouldn't be an option, nor is driving back and taking the ferry as neither I nor my boyfriend have a driver's licence.
Any thoughts?
Thanks! :flypig: