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A lady flew her dogs from London to New York on an £8,000 personal jet as she mentioned it was cheaper than placing them in cargo.
Maddie Young, 31, needed to verify her 12-year-old pug, Violet, and one-year-old Golden retriever, Olive, may transfer to Brooklyn together with her husband, who had landed a job within the metropolis in January 2023
Ms Young began researching how they may journey the three,470-mile distance from London and was shocked on the cost.
She mentioned she was quoted £6,000 – £12,000 per canine by an airline for them to journey in cargo.
The PR freelancer began wanting into different methods she may do it and got here throughout a Facebook group arranging personal constitution jets for dogs.
The couple paid £10,000 for his or her two hounds Violet and Olive to journey in model – and have been refunded £2,000 because the aircraft was crammed so the prices have been cut up additional.
Ms Young mentioned the expertise was “smooth” and the dogs have been even handled to personalised toys and canine cookies on board.
Maddie, from Balham, south London, mentioned: “The quotes were crazily expensive.
“We were limited as airlines don’t like to fly flat face breeds as they can be more prone to breathing issues – although this is not the case with Violet.
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“I Googled lots of stuff and found old news articles of people looking at different ways to travel and found a UK to US Facebook group from there.
“It was full of people organising flights and splitting the costs.
“We paid £10k including seats for us. But it was £8k in the end as we were refunded for filling the plane.
“It was the cheaper option. It was a no brainer.”
Ms Young struggled to search out many choices for them because the cargo flights have been costly and the cruise liner had a two 12 months wait.
Ms Young together with her 12-year-old pug Violet
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Having by no means flown privately earlier than Ms Young was stunned a non-public constitution flight she discovered on a Facebook group was £4,000 cheaper than taking an ordinary flight with the dogs.
The couple arrived simply half an hour earlier than the flight at Biggin Hill Airfield, Bromley, and mentioned the dogs got toys and cookies earlier than the lengthy journey.
Maddie and the opposite canine house owners purchased blankets to place down and defend the seats.
“The experience was so smooth. There were eight dogs and 10 humans,” she mentioned.
“All the dogs were super well-behaved. They mostly slept, chilled and chewed bones.”
The pair our now settling into their new home in New York
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The aircraft needed to refuel in Canada resulting from sturdy headwinds and it meant the dogs may relieve themselves after the eight-and-a-half-hour journey.
Ms Young did “anything to keep them calm” and tried to not feed the dogs an excessive amount of so that they didn’t have to go to the bathroom.
The airline additionally offered puppy pads in the event that they wanted to alleviate themselves.
Violet and Olive arrived safely in New York in April 2023 and are actually settling into their new home.
