There have been several questions regarding which airlines do allow them and if the cargo hold is pressurized and climate controlled. All cargo holds, especially ones that tranport animals, must be climate controlled and also pressurized. The animals on some airlines are placed in a mini cabin similiar to ours but specially made for the animals. Airlines that do fly ferrets are Midwest (domestic only), US Air (domestic and very limited), United (domestic and international), Delta (domestic and international), Quantas (only international) and there is another one but it is strictly international and I can never pronounce the name let alone if I remembered it, spell it. I do not speak German well and spell it even worse. I have flown ferrets in all these airlines and have found United and Midwest to be the best ones. We flew ferrets in from Australia via Quanta the first time and they were stressed out and the 2nd time we flew United and those ferrets didn't even seem phased by the flight. I have flown Midwest and taken them with me. Midwest, gives you a ticket stub everything they take them off and reboard them. Also they allowed me to go down and recheck them myself. Of course I had to take the ferrets out and they turned the cage upside now, literally, to check for concealed weapons, nonetheless, they allowed me to check on them. Also you can go to the service desk or call them when they should be changing planes and ask them to check on them for you. They radio down to the cargo hold and check on them. I have had some terrible experiences and good. I have had more good experiences than i have had bad. The airlines are always improving. I have also flown ferrets with me personally on airlines (like American) that allowed you to seat them with you but after all the turbulence that flight had, the carrier under my seat moved around way too much. It scared me because in the cargo hold, they latch the carriers down so that they don't move about. The carrier under my seat slid and popped up and down. Needless to say, that ferret was not happy when I got home. I have also had ferrets brough in by Train (worst idea ever) and by vehicle transport (bad idea for long travel and not so bad for short travel). Most vehicle transports, do not stop as often as someone might that is bringing their own ferrets. Also most transports only have one person and if they are transporting other animals, they tend to pay more attention to larger animals. Also I have had more heat stroke animals from a vehicle transport than I have had problems with flying ferrets. Though I do have friends that come from the Midwest that travel and they stop every couple hours and check on the ferrets and my ferrets have arrived in good condition. But my experience has been that unless you know the person and you know they are going to check on the ferrets every couple hours without fail, then you are better off flying for a long distance. In the past, I contracted a company to transport two ferrets to a woman in Oklahoma and the ferrets never got there. The numbers were disconnected and they have not found this woman yet. She was a small independent company (prior to 9/11/01) and she gave me her numbers to contact me to check on them. She seemed legit, others used her for dogs and cats. I was the first ferret transport but nonetheless, she seemed sincere. I felt like I was living in a nightmare. I never would have thought anything like that could or ever would happen. But it did. So I am leary of pet transport unless i personally know the person. Please no flames, these are my experiences and opinions. I am sure everyone has had different experiences. But please be careful no matter what why you choose to travel with your pets. Anything could happen. Thank you for your time and consideration. For those of you that will be at the June Show, I will see you there and others that will be at our July 17th Speciality Show, I will see you there. (If anyone needs to register their ferrets for our July Show you can register at http://pages.ivillage.com/losbabyregistration/ and if you register by July 1st, take $1 off each ferret's total entry cost. The cost to enter is $10 for one and $8 for multiple entries. All proceeds are going to help fund the testing for our distemper and rabies shots. Also you can register at the June Show if you are going. Hope to see you there). Sincerely, Dawn Smith, Vice President Legion of Superferrets [Posted in FML issue 4548]