I paid $10,000 to fly my dogs to New York on a private jet

They’re Irish jet-Setters.

Guess every dog does really have their day. A UK woman had her pooches in dog heaven (or at least the next best thing) after paying $10,000 to fly them on a private jet to New York — because it was apparently cheaper than the cargo hold.

“It was a great experience — once-in-a-lifetime,” Maddie Young, 31, told Jam Press of letting her canines join the mile-high Kennel Club, which reportedly included complimentary doggie treats and toys.

This wasn’t just another case of dog parents overpampering their pooches.

The p.r. freelancer’s husband Stephen Whitworth, 32, who runs a tech startup, had reportedly landed a job in Brooklyn and the pair were trying to figure out how to fly their two pups — a 2-year-old pug, Violet, and 1-year-old Golden retriever, Olive — out with them from London.

Understandably, ticket options for this 3,470-mile across-the-pond jaunt were not cheap: The airline quoted them around $15,000 for the two dogs — to fly cargo.

“The quotes were crazily expensive,” lamented Young. “We were limited as airlines don’t like to fly flat-face breeds as they can be more prone to breathing issues.”

And while Violet didn’t suffer from respiratory problems, the Londoner worried about stowing her pug below deck due to her advanced age.

Meanwhile, cruise liners had a two-year wait — ruling out traveling by sea.

After scouring the interwebs for other options, Young came across — wait for it — a Facebook group dedicated to chartering private jets for dogs.

“It was full of people organizing flights and splitting the costs,” the Brit exclaimed.

The couple initially paid around $12,000, but the airline ended up giving them $2,000 for filling the plane.

As this was the “cheaper option” by several thousand dollars, Young deemed it a “no-brainer” to let her dogs travel in style. In other words, it was ironically more economical to fly private instead of economy.

Nonetheless, the soon-to-be expat said she was “nervous” prior disem-bark-ing as she’d never “flown private.”

Her fears were immediately alleviated upon arrival when crew members gifted her pups complimentary doggie bags before takeoff — apparently the canine equivalent of champagne and OJ.

“All of the dogs were given personalized toys and a bag of dog cookies which was quite sweet,” Young gushed.

Things only got better once they were homeward bound with the Brit describing the flight as “so smooth.”

“There were eight dogs and 10 humans,” she fawned. “All the dogs were super well-behaved. They mostly slept, chilled and chewed bones.”

The only hiccup came when headwinds forced the plane to make an unscheduled pitstop in Canada to refuel.

However, this meant that the paws-engers could finally go to the bathroom after the eight-hour journey.

Prior to that, Young refrained from feeding them too much to avoid any high-altitude accidents — even though the airline provided puppy pads for this purpose.

Violet and Olive touched down in the Big Apple earlier this month and are “acclimatizing well” to their new digs.

While Young’s goal isn’t to mock those who transport their canines in the undercarriage, she says she’ll always choose private when flying the great big kennel in the sky.

“There’s no shame for people who put them in cargo. That’s fine if it works for you,” she said. “If we go back, we will do it [private] again.”

Dogs flying VIP is not a new phenomenon. In 2021, fancypants animal lovers scrambled to charter private jets for their pooches and cats after commercial airlines shifted their policies on which pets qualified as “service animals.”

One of the more outlandish bookings entailed a $25,000 flight for two passengers, a dog and eight cats traveling from Canada to Mexico.