Which seat works best with an in-cabin dog? [JetBlue E-190]
I started this series in December 2009, when I wrote a post about the space available under seats in Southwest’s 737 (-700 series) planes. Southwest had published its under-seat dimensions, but I felt that more info would be helpful. Here’s the second in the series, for JetBlue’s Embraer 190 planes.
Keep in mind that most domestic and international airlines have rules about the maximum size of in-cabin pet carriers they allow on board (see Dog Jaunt’s handy charts under the “Guides” tab above).
JetBlue Embraer 190
An Embraer 190 holds about 100 passengers, so it’s a smallish plane. Knowing that, I was worried about using Chloe’s large SturdiProducts carrier, and chose instead to use a new carrier that I’ll be reviewing soon. The new carrier was great, but I shouldn’t have worried. It turns out that the SturdiProducts bag would have worked fine.
There are two seats on each side of the aisle. There is a bulkhead in front of the first row, so you can’t sit there with a dog, nor can you sit in the exit row. The rest of the rows are the same, and they all have a shared underseat space measuring 9″ tall by 37″ wide by about 16″ deep (that is, front to back). The 9″ height is quite fixed in the middle portion of the underseat space, since it’s defined by a metal bracket; for about a foot on each side of the bracket, however, you can squeak in another inch or so.
The SturdiProducts bag has a very flexible top, so it could have bent to fit under the bracket. It will just fit, lengthwise, in your half of the available 37″ width. The bag I was using doesn’t flex as much, height-wise, and it’s 10.5″ tall, so I chose to put it under the seat front-to-back, just to the side of the metal bracket, and that was acceptable.
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Great blog! Very helpful! I bought the large SturdiProducts bag for my 15lb poodle mix and have tickets for JetBlue, with the first flight being on an A320 and then changing planes to the E-190. Having bought the ticket on cheap-tickets.com I cannot choose my seat however one can choose a preference, so I chose the aisle after reading your recommendation for the A320. Do you think the aisle seat in the E-190 will be OK? or would the window be less of a hassle, as far as getting out for people to use the bathroom, what would you do? I know this might be kind of redundant sorry for that. Thanks! darby
No worries, Darby! I’m happy to weigh in with my thoughts. Either seat on an E-190 will work with your large SturdiBag, as you know — I might choose the window seat, because I likely wouldn’t have to get out on such a short flight, and I wouldn’t have to move my pup back to her completely-under-the-seat location every time my seat mate wanted to get out. I also like snoozing against the plane walls.
Thanks Mary-Alice! The SturdiBag is AWESOME!!! There were no problems getting the bag under the seat on JetBlue’s E-190. I don’t even think the flight attendants notice Guy on a couple of the flights, even with his head popped out of the top and being on the aisle. Now we just have to make it to Japan in May. Thanks again-darby
Woo-hoo!! Fantastic, Darby!! I’m so pleased — and I’m looking forward so much to hearing about the Japan trip. Would you let me/us know what prep work you have to do to bring an in-cabin dog into Japan? And what airline you fly on? And how it goes?
I am going to be booking a flight to travel with my cockapoo. We have a Sherpa medium carrier with the dimensions of 17 x 11 x10.5. Do you think that will work with the smaller Jet Blue plane?
Thanks!
I do indeed, Sarah. In fact, I can’t imagine any airline looking twice at a medium Sherpa bag. How lucky you are that your dog fits in it!! Have a great trip, and let us know how it goes!