Pet strollers should be checked at the ticket counter, and all checked bag charges apply. You cannot travel with a carry-on pet on transpacific journeys. You cannot journey with a carry-on pet on transatlantic trips.

If it is selfish not to have kids then it is, presumably, generous – or no less than noble – to bring such creatures into the world. If you have already got the beggars about the home then, yes, we can be taught one thing about your ethics from the way you treat them. People who adopt youngsters that may in any other case remain parentless are, of course, making a morally commendable determination. (Look, I’m not a whole monster.) But having your own youngsters is an ethically impartial act. When standing behind a household unfold statically throughout an airport security queue – just put it in the bloody tray! – I am hardly ever …