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vintageogauge 02-23-2022 03:01 PM

Frontier is making a bid to merge with Spirit and if all goes through they will be the 5th largest carrier.

Babubhat 02-23-2022 03:48 PM

Requires no luggage , checked or carryon. No seat selection. Not good for tall people. Tightest seats of any airline

Garywt 02-23-2022 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Babubhat (Post 2065075)
Requires no luggage , checked or carryon. No seat selection. Not good for tall people. Tightest seats of any airline

That is fine it is $22 each way Boston to Orlando.

Luggage 02-24-2022 05:51 AM

It's not a guess, the airlines have unbundled all their costs and literally do make billions of dollars extra correctly now

mkjelenbaas 02-24-2022 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2064794)
Just got a deal for a Weds to Weds flight on Spirit for $44. Can’t pass that up. My wife can only come down for a long weekend which is $84 but I will take the week.

The great thing about having a house is there are no bags to fly. Everything we would ever need is in the house so just get on the plane and go.

Probably will rent a car but with the golf carts I could get a ride so we shall see.

This will most likely be our last trip until next winter. We have a cruise in Sept and Aruba in Dec so we will need to see what time is available for Florida.

Good information - especially knowing about your plans for a trip??

Larryandlinda 02-24-2022 06:39 AM

That’s low enough to rescind our vow that spirit would be a once in a lifetime exoerience!
Did someone say SPIRIT and AIRLINE in the same sentence?;-)

Priebehouse 02-24-2022 06:58 AM

I love Spirit. I have flown my wife to and from Detroit at times for $20 each leg! No need for free pretzels or peanuts. That's about $9/hour.

Berferful 02-24-2022 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2064937)
Yeah, everything is extra so careful.
Some don't realize it until it's to later and the flight cost $255.00.

BTW... check offend for flight cancelations; the cheap airlines remove flights a lot if your flight isn't full.
Fair warning

Had a direct flight down to Orlando last year with Spirit. Flight was changed without notice to different flight with a 14 hour layover. Still trying to get my money back

Villages Kahuna 02-24-2022 07:39 AM

I wouldn’t fly on Spirit if the tickets were free. The last time I flew with them the seats were so close together that I had to keep my knees spread apart like a tobaggan because they wouldn’t fit in front of me behind the seat ahead. They’ve redesigned the seats so that they have metal tubing as structure and next to no upholstery or padding.

tsmall22204 02-24-2022 07:39 AM

So help me here, what is the issue? Are you just bragging about your life?

Petersweeney 02-24-2022 08:45 AM

Stinkbug
 
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Originally Posted by tsmall22204 (Post 2065211)
So help me here, what is the issue? Are you just bragging about your life?

Don’t be a stink bug……

Flyers999 02-24-2022 08:46 AM

I used to fly Spirit, but never again. My sister just booked a flight on Spirit to TV from Philly for a similar price like yours. She said that they made her pay luggage fees even though she wont have any luggage.
After the trip, let us know how much it really cost.

MandoMan 02-24-2022 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2064794)
Just got a deal for a Weds to Weds flight on Spirit for $44. Can’t pass that up. My wife can only come down for a long weekend which is $84 but I will take the week.

The great thing about having a house is there are no bags to fly. Everything we would ever need is in the house so just get on the plane and go.

Probably will rent a car but with the golf carts I could get a ride so we shall see.

This will most likely be our last trip until next winter. We have a cruise in Sept and Aruba in Dec so we will need to see what time is available for Florida.

Spirit! That means plus $50 or more each way for a SEAT, unless you are going to stand the whole way, which isn’t allowed. And $25 for a carry-on bag, each way, or $50 each way for checked luggage. I flew eight years ago from Allentown, PA to Sanford, FL. By the time I took a shuttle bus to Orlando to catch a shuttle bus going to Ocala (to visit a friend), it was not really much cheaper than flying United.

newgirl 02-24-2022 10:23 AM

I have been the only one on Allegint air..

PanamaKim 02-24-2022 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 2064933)
we were snow bunnies for about six years....yup, nice to travel w/o bags

in all that time we flew Spirit once....that was enough

I hear you: Once on Spirit is enough. We flew Spirit this past weekend to Columbus OH and back.
The GOOD: Very inexpensive, only delayed 1 hour (not bad), nice flight attendants, direct flight
The BAD: ZERO comfort, and I mean zero - little padding in the seat; little leg room; conflicting information at airport - delayed, not delayed, delayed, not delayed, even gate agent didn’t know. No leg room (unless you pay for the “big” seat); some rows don’t allow you to put bags under seat in front of you. Our Row 4 was one of those rows.

We decided Spirit is a young person’s game. You can travel with a backpack and get great deals.We are too old to subject our bodies to those awful seats and no space to move your legs or store your purse.While the big carriers are not anything to brag about on a comfort level, Spirit is much less. Our backs are still recovering from those 2 flights.


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