Any luck moving pets to the US from Australia lately?

[waiting489 1]

Hello, sorry if this has a already been a post somewhere. 

 

We are looking for our options back to the USA from Australia right now which still has pretty strict travel requirements.

 

Has anyone had any luck with any of the airlines on moving with their pets with the whole COVID on? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

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[SweetDelish 38]

11 hours ago, waiting489 said:

Hello, sorry if this has a already been a post somewhere. 

 

We are looking for our options back to the USA from Australia right now which still has pretty strict travel requirements.

 

Has anyone had any luck with any of the airlines on moving with their pets with the whole COVID on? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

Try these guys, they have a notice on their site, I used them almost 8 years ago I think and they were really good, far easier than attempting it myself.

https://www.jetpets.com.au/important-pet-travel-update/

[midsummer 84]

I called JetPets the day before Victoria entered lockdown to get an idea of what kind of planning I'll need to do when the time comes. They were still flying pets to the US at the time but there were very few airlines available to take pets and those flights were going via the Middle East. 

[Rosie_Emma91 38]

On 7/22/2020 at 9:10 PM, waiting489 said:

Hello, sorry if this has a already been a post somewhere. 

 

We are looking for our options back to the USA from Australia right now which still has pretty strict travel requirements.

 

Has anyone had any luck with any of the airlines on moving with their pets with the whole COVID on? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

Hello 😊

I moved my dogs from Australia to Los Angeles on Wednesday and it wasn't easy because of covid and the reduced number of flights available for pet transport. At one stage there were no airlines transporting animals to USA but I understand a few more airlines are taking animals now. I was lucky to get my two dogs on a Qantas freight flight using Pet Traveller - it was really just luck that I managed to get the dogs on the flight.

I would suggest giving a few of the well known pet transport companies a call and see what options they are offering 😊

Good luck and let me know if you have any questions! 😊

 

[jessicamolley 27]

Im curious about this too as well as the cost. I emailed aero pets and jetpets for quotes, Jetpets said they can't do quotes right now, so that's fun! LOL. Would be a 30 kg dog, so she can't ride in the cabin with my partner

[ClaireH93 4]

Our dog left Brisbane on the 20th December into Miami. Shes 20kg, any heavier and would have had to go to Sydney to leave.

All organised through Dogtainers. Give them a bell

[waiting489 1]

Hi all. Thanks for all the replies. Figure I will update on our pets journey. 
 

We went from Sydney to Washington DC. We were hoping to go this February 2021, but my job wanted me here ASAP so we had to drop everything and make it work. 
 

After a direct file at the Sydney Consulate for my wife’s green card, we then contacted just about all the pet moving services in Australia and the USA. 
 

In October and November the only airlines flying pets were Qatar, Emirates, Air Canada, and Air New Zealand (this could have changed by now). 

None had space out of Sydney and they wouldn’t have worked anyway since Air Canada and ANZ both flew from Sydney to Auckland (no way for dogs to come out of crates in Auckland), then onto either Vancouver or Los Angeles (at that time their journey to LAX would be over since none of the US airlines were flying pets as cargo and I couldn’t be in the same flights to pick them up.  so that eliminated that). Vancouver does not have an animal transit facility, so after Sydney to Auckland then Vancouver, then Toronto (Air Canada has an animal transfer facility here) it would be the first time they would be let out.......not really feasible at all. 

So we ended up going Sydney to Brisbane via Van transit. They were let out to play etc and stayed over night. Then they went Brisbane to Dubai with Emirates. In Dubai were picked up by a handler and taken to a facility that had other dogs so they could play, eat, etc....and another overnight. Then Dubai to Washington DC. (I know what a trip, but we saw this as the best way as they would be together and let out at each city for breaks)

 

We ended up using Dogtainers, we did get quotes from jet pets, and aeropets as well. 
 

We moved a 20kg Kelpie and a 8kg Jack Russell and at the end of the day and it was about $12,000AUD for both. 
 

I hope this helps, and hopefully more airlines will start flying pets again.