My cat with the heart murmur is always around $400 because he gets an chest xray and murmur specific bloodwork along with whatever vaccines he needs that year. The other one's $55 for the exam and like 35 for whatever vaccine he needs. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on the animal stuff. But the flight cost seems oddly high.

I'm curious as to why the person paying for the flight isn't paying for luggage. Was it so Art & Ryann have to put something into this move? Or was it a boundary that was put up when Art & Ryann wanted to fly everything they own onboard and their donor balked at how unreasonable they were being so their dinor pushed back. I could easily see someone saying "I'll pay for one item" but Art & Ryann insisting they'd need not only numerous checked bags paid for but that the donor would also need to buy them luggage. At that point I think a lot of people would take offense to that and say no to covering even one suitcase after that. 

1 hour ago, keepercjr said:

There is no way they need $300 to check a suitcase at the airport.  The bag will be $50 at most.  Probably something like $35.  They could check 6+ bags for $300.  They could easily find a suitcase for less than $100 on facebook marketplace.  A cursory search in my location (california) shows lots of them for $50 or less. 

I almost always fly Alaska and have like whatever level of MVP (gold?), but I also live in Alaska. And Alaskan Air is the absolute best for us. They let Alaskan residents check bags for free, and are so awesome for pets. Every flight I get on has so many animals.  

Anyway, one time we took a spirit air flight from location a on east coast to location b on east coast. And it was so expensive! Like we had to pay to carry on bags (normally not an issue but we had three each and it was less expensive to carry on) and pay to reserve seats! I heard Frontier has a fee to check bags and it's like $100!

1 hour ago, keepercjr said:

Their estimates of costs are just way off.  Take the vet visits.  Maybe $100 for the visit.  $50 for meds (high estimate - they don't need a lot of sedative).  $40 for a travel litter box and litter  (they definitely don't need more than 1 and most likely the cat will not use it).  That is less than $200 total.  Is it really over $100 for rides to and from the vet? Maybe but I dunno. 

My bougie alaska vet would be about $80  for the visit and $20-$50 for meds. The plane, though, usually charges $150 for animals in cabin. 

I’d rather be a Bates if for no reason other than trading in a history of sexual abuse for no sexual abuse. Honestly, I’d give anything not to have that history. 

Good lord. 

There is no way they need $300 to check a suitcase at the airport.  The bag will be $50 at most.  Probably something like $35.  They could check 6+ bags for $300.  They could easily find a suitcase for less than $100 on facebook marketplace.  A cursory search in my location (california) shows lots of them for $50 or less. 

Their estimates of costs are just way off.  Take the vet visits.  Maybe $100 for the visit.  $50 for meds (high estimate - they don't need a lot of sedative).  $40 for a travel litter box and litter  (they definitely don't need more than 1 and most likely the cat will not use it).  That is less than $200 total.  Is it really over $100 for rides to and from the vet? Maybe but I dunno.