There are lots of comforts that many of us would happily sacrifice for a cheaper plane ticket. Leave your luggage at home? Sure! Standing room only? Consider it money saved for beer and souvenirs!
But there is one detail where no passenger is prepared to compromise: the comfort of your pet.
budgetdirect.com checked out the pet-friendly policies of the top 50 airlines in the world (as voted for by customers). They rated them out of 10 in categories such as cost-per-pet, cabin allowance, and openness to welcoming ‘unusual’ animals. Each airline ended up with a score out of 100, and we used these scores to rank the top 50 pet-friendly airlines on Earth.
They based the rankings out of 10 categories including:
- Cabin allowance
- Cost-per-pet
- Airline reviews and reputation
- Openness to welcoming 'unusual' pets