Thread: Employee traveling with pets

Hello there....
I am an AirTran (southwest) employee. I have full retail fare purchased tickets to travel on vacation via Southwest. This is not an international flight. We have two miniature breed dogs we are taking on vacation, and were dismayed to learn that it would cost a total of $300 to fly both in-cabin (carriers) round trip.
Is there a flight privilege pet policy for employees that anyone knows of. If not, what if I used my buddy passes for the dogs....
i paid full fare for the flight instead of free flying so I was hoping to lessen the cost of the pets.
Was wondering if I buddy passed them (it would be cheaper).
thanks very much for any ideas.
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