In my recent (June) survey of major airlines, the most ferret friendly airline was Delta. Delta allows ferrets in the cabin, with a health certificate and a paid $60 one-way ticket. Only one animal is allowed in the cabin at a time, so you must get your pet ticket early. Alaska Air also allows ferrets in the cabin. Other carriers will only allow your ferret to fly in the luggage compartment (usually $50 each way plus health certificates). A few airlines are very ferret unfriendly (American and TWA) and specifically prohibit ferrets in any form or fashion although they will fly cats, dogs, snakes, pigs, rabbits, and birds. When I talked to representatives of these airlines, the ignorance was astonishing, mostly dealing with rumors of vicious biting ("ferrets are a real danger to our personnel!"), baby killing ("Can't afford the liability if the child of a passenger is attacked"), chewing on wiring in the plane ("If one got loose in the fuselage, the plane could go down"), no protection from rabies ("they will spread all sorts of diseases to other animals in the compartment, as well as people", a wild/nondomestic animal ("we don't carry wild zoo animals"), etc. American Airlines is particular will confiscate ferrets as ferrets are illegal in their home base of Dallas. Regulations change all the time, and not all airline personnel know the rules. Check the web sites of these airlines (print the regulations so you have something in writing), and if you are getting information from a phone conversation, get the person's name. I have flown for years with ferrets and it is quite a challenge, because every person seems to have a different story. - Erika and the Terrific Ten [Posted in FML issue 2757]