ANA Pet Travel Cost Calculator

Start from the routing. Under 10 kg combined, the cabin is usually available: the pet rides in a soft carrier under the seat in front of you, counted as (or alongside) your carry-on allowance, at $75 each way domestically.

Over 10 kg, the options narrow to the hold or manifest cargo: $240 base plus $11/kg on this network. Service animals fly free on ANA with documentation — but emotional-support animals lost that status in most jurisdictions after 2021 rule changes and now price as regular pets.

Below 10 kg combined, cabin travel is usually the right call on ANA: cheaper (a flat $75 domestic versus the $240-plus-weight cargo curve), calmer for the animal, and administratively trivial — no cargo terminal, no extra check-in window. The trade-offs: the carrier counts toward cabin space, the pet stays in the bag door-to-door, and a handful of routes (some Asia regional aircraft) lack pressurized pet space at any price.

Cargo is the answer for animals over the weight cap and for anxious or aggressive travelers that handle a solid kennel better than a bag; snub-nosed breeds can use this route where the airline's cargo policy permits. Pick the placement in the ANA calculator and the price difference appears instantly.

Domestic pet travel on ANA is paperwork-light: a healthy animal in a compliant carrier is usually enough, though a vet-issued health certificate within 10 days of travel is cheap insurance against Tokyo check-in questions. International pet travel is a different discipline on every carrier, ANA included. The foundation, nearly everywhere ANA flies, is an ISO 11784/11785-compliant 15-digit microchip implanted before the rabies vaccination — chip first, vaccinate second, because a vaccination that cannot be tied to a chip is treated as if it never happened.

Rabies vaccination must typically be at least 21 days old and under 12 months (or 3 years for triennial vaccines, where recognized) at ANA check-in for international sectors. From there, requirements fork by destination on ANA routes: the EU wants an Animal Health Certificate (or a valid EU pet passport for EU-issued animals) signed within 10 days of travel; the US requires a CDC dog-import form and, from 2024, rabies-vaccination documentation for dogs arriving from high-risk countries; island nations — the UK, Japan, Australia, New Zealand — add rabies titer tests and waiting periods measured in months. ANA's check-in staff will ask for exactly what the destination demands; the airline is the enforcer, not the author, of these rules.

Logistics first, feelings second. Cabin pets on ANA are your responsibility from curb to carousel: the carrier stays closed in the terminal and on the aircraft, the animal never leaves it mid-flight, and window seats are the practical choice because the carrier slides under the seat in front rather than the aisle-side space that crew and carts need. Hold pets get dropped at ANA oversize baggage with the IATA kennel prepared — absorbent bedding, bowls attached, live-animal stickers visible, no locks that ground staff cannot open, and a photo of your contact card taped inside and out.

Cargo pets travel on the ANA air waybill: accept the 3–4 hour pre-flight window, ask for the earliest or coolest departure of the day, and confirm the live-animal desk has your flight's pet slots held. On every ANA routing, the two questions that decide smooth versus stranded are: did the pet slot get booked (cabin caps fill first), and is the paperwork stack complete? Fees — $75 territory each way — are the easy part of the equation.