Evan and the cats flew out today with Evan’s parents. Everything went very smoothly and the people were super nice. I did notice lots of people looking at us and that made me smile. Evan and his parents had escorts through security and they took the cats to a quiet room, opened one cage and swabbed the inside and just swabbed the outside of the rest of the cages. They said the cats stay in that room until last thing, then they walk them down, that way they stay out of the noise. They said in Chicago, they will be last off of the plane, again to keep the cats away from all the noise and bumps. They will be waiting near baggage claim.
If you ever travel with pets, AA is VERY good!
Now I am off to work for the day. 4 day week and then Evan comes home next Monday, which is Bank Holiday, so again another 4 day week. Lucky me!
I agree with Alley - I want to hear how the move is going!!! Love ya!!
Comment by Angela — 20 May 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Autumn, My gosh! Transition, transition, transition. It is a terrible time for us to be coming…. I hope that we do not make anything worse… please let us know! We don’t care if there is nothing there, as long as you two will be there!
Comment by Samantha — 20 May 2008 @ 4:46 pm
The house won’t be completely empty Samantha, but it will be pretty bare! We will have all the essentials, but not many luxeries. But, we WANT you to come! We are excited. And, we are keeping all of our camping equipment, so worst case is we get out our camping chairs, air matress and lanterns!
Comment by autumninengland — 20 May 2008 @ 10:00 pm
Love it! My kind of vacation!
Comment by Samantha — 21 May 2008 @ 12:50 am
wow. your cats had quite the adventure traveling
through the airport with their entourage.
Hopefully, they didn’t have any trouble with the local cat paparazzi.
Comment by jay — 21 May 2008 @ 3:07 pm
hey, you just lucked out and made a very smart decision to send the cats back now. AA just announced today (Wednesday) that they are raising the fees and adding other fees for anyone who books on or after 15 June. raised fees include those for pet travel, and some of the new fees include fees for checking baggage. any baggage! it’s not free to check two bags on AA anymore. i found this article on msn.com if you want to read more about it.
Comment by alley — 21 May 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Hi Autumn, Evan, Chaucer, Shelley, William and Harry! Sending much love to you all in your new life and so proud of my beautiful ginger boys, what an adventure for them. Good luck and God Bless. Much love from Rosie and Junior and all the moggies xxx
Comment by Rosie Aitken — 22 May 2008 @ 10:54 am