A woman gave birth on a Spirit Airlines flight last week destined for Dallas-Fort Worth. Â The flight, which departed from Fort Lauderdale, did not make it to DFW. Â Instead, the flight made an emergency landing in New Orleans after a woman gave birth to a baby in the cabin. According …
Read More »When Delta Charges for Something Spirit Would Never Charge For
Spirit is known as the carrier with all the fees. Want to bring your bag on-board? That’s $100 at gate. Want us to print your boarding pass? That’ll be $10. Want a water? That’s $1. Need to use the bathroom? …still free. For now. But there’s one thing Spirit won’t …
Read More »Tips from Tiff: Update to Spirit Airlines Baggage Fees
Spirit Airlines likes to keep you on your toes. They’ve changed their baggage fees again. Oh, Spirit Airlines baggage fees… Previously you paid the same fee if you purchased your bag online before you checked into your flight no matter when you did it as long as it was before …
Read More »Why I ALSO Love Spirit Airlines
Tiff has written on Spirit Airlines many times and has a definitive guide on how to fly it. Â While she’s the “Spirit” person, I also have a love of Spirit Airlines. No, I don’t fly them–anymore. But when I was in school in Michigan, I had very limited funds. Â (I …
Read More »A Spirit Airlines and Sprint PCS Merger?
On the Twittersphere, we’ve been discussing the news that Spirit Airlines has come up with a new paint job. Here’s all the information on Today in the Sky plus a cool video of them spraying the planes. But when GhettoIFE started discussing this with us on Twitter, we came up …
Read More »Spirit Starts Advertising Benefit: Non-Reclining Seats
After two planes had to be diverted due to fights over reclining seats, Spirit, ever classy, is trying to capitalize on the situation. How? Many of Spirit’s seats don’t recline, Why not turn a negative into a positive? On Spirit, you won’t have to worry about someone reclining because everyone equally …
Read More »Spirit Airlines Replaces Social Media Team Concept with Auto-Responders
Nope, this is not an Onion article. From Forbes: The airline has changed its Twitter bio to “a big social media team costs money, so we put our feed on Autopilot to save you cents on every ticket.†While most airlines globally are ramping up their social media customer service …
Read More »Will Low-Cost Carriers Charge You Not to Have to STAND?
A new study has shown that it is possible for airplanes to offer standing-room only tickets aboard the planes. Â This technology could be available within the next five years. According to CNN: Â The vertical passenger seat — or “standing cabin” — may be the next big cost-cutting move in aviation, …
Read More »Spirit Gets First Place in Complaints… and Profits
Spirit Airlines is a low-cost carrier that is not-so-low-cost if you get caught up in its fees.  Apparently this model is working for them. Despite being #1 in complaints, they are also #1 in profits. According to the LA Times: “The Unfriendly Skies,†a report by the U.S. Public Interest …
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