Really?? If that is the airlines answer than good luck. I suggest showing up at the airport on the 29th and ask the passengers in those rows if they would switch or at least let them put the dog under their seat while traveling (and or anyone who is on that flight and has room under their seat). I hope whoever adopted this puppy has gone thru all the medical and legal requirements of importing a dog from a foreign country - that dog might not be going anywhere.