What is the Frequent Travelers Pet Program?
The Frequent Traveler Pet Program is a Mexico government program, not an airline program.
If you travel often in and out of Mexico with your dog or cat, this program will save you from having to get a health certificate each time you travel (within a 6-month period).
This will save you time and money.
However, if you are traveling on an airline that requires a heath certificate, this program will not help you avoid getting a health certificate each time you fly with your pet.
There is a way around this… fly on an airline that does not require a health certificate.
Alaska Airline
Delta Airlines
United Airlines
Hello and thank you for your time. We are preparing for a road trip into Mexico and will be bringing our pet dog.
aside from full health inspection/documuments
what will we need at the border? Do we just attempt to drive through with dog? Certain gate of entry to use? Bigger port or smaller port?
please help.
Hola David! You did not say which country you are driving from to go into Mexico. If you are driving from the United States and crossing the border into Mexico you will not need to get a health certificate. If you are driving and crossing the border from Guatemala or Belize you will need a health certificate from the country you are coming from. May I suggest you read my other posts which go into more detail on driving from the United States into Mexico. These two posts will tell you about driving across the border with dogs and what… Read more »
Please help me. I want to get my pet from Mexico City to USA. Cannot find air travel company. Have checked IPATA link. No luck. She is 7mos has all her vaccinations and health certificate. She is 22 lbs and I have travel crate. We leave Mexico on Dec 20.
Cindy
Hola Cindy… Since you did not give any details about your situation, I am going to assume you are flying out of Mexico on Dec 20th with an airline that does not take dogs in the cargo area.
In any case, you are better off paying for an airline ticket on Aeroméxico for either you or a friend to fly with your dog in cargo. It will be cheaper than any transport company (if you can even find one).
Feel free to write back if this suggestion will not work. I’ll need more details. =8-)
Has any one registered here ? Can you tell me any more about it? We are travelling to Mexico with our small dog in Jan …and don’t want to run into something I’m not aware of. He has all his needles tests etc and is healthy.I plan on carrying this info with me . We have been to Mexico many times ,but never flown with our dog ? Don’t want ant problems.
Hi Kelly… thank you for the question. I suggest you go to my post about bringing dogs to Mexico. https://www.travelingwith2dogs.com/traveling-with-dogs-to-mexico-the-facts. I outline exactly what the Mexico government requires and what the airlines require, plus a timeline for getting everything ready. If you follow the steps I outline you will not have any problems flying into Mexico. This post “Frequent Traveler Program” is for those travelers who hop back-and-forth between the US/Canada and Mexico often with their pet (within a 6 month window). Once you and your dog are registered as a “Frequent Traveler” with SAGARPA, you do not need to… Read more »
Do you know if you still need the health certificate for the airlines if the pet is registered in the frequent traveler program?
Hi Stephanie,
The airlines still require health certificates for all pets. They also require a rabies certificate. Some airlines want the rabies certificate to be less than a year old (even if the rabies vaccine is good for 3 years). Hope this is helpful.