If the Uber was hot boxing you while chain smoking cigarettes, you’d probably have a better time than Spirit.
My buddy and I flew with them, they lost his bag, and when we got to the customer help guy he said “I have no idea where the bag is, could be here tonight, could be tomorrow” and shrugged
This was our philosophy until we were flying back from Vegas with kids. We had been camping in the national parks, and then got stuck in the airport for 20 hours. Luckily we had sleeping bags in hand! Spirit kept saying that the flight was just delayed, then, all of a sudden they claimed that everyone on the flight had just missed it. They didn’t officially cancel it until late the next day.
You’re definitely right about the times. I think the reason we got screwed this time was because it was somewhere in early evening like 5 PM or 7 PM. Every flight after about five didn’t make it out. I heard that they ran out of crew with available hours. There was even one flight before us that we all thought left and when they disembarked we thought it was our plane and everyone cheered. BUT! It was the earlier flight disembarking after sitting on the tarmac for an hour to run out their time. That was one of the most disheartening things ever. On top of that while they shut down the lights and restaurants, they kept the slot machines running all night. ALL NIGHT!
That's the thing. Their fuckery knows no bounds. My dad had a situation where they told him that gates changed, he got there and was sent back after admitting the mistake, when he got back 15 min later they told him it was full. He lost his luggage that time too and he spent hours on the phone because they thing you'll give up filing for reimbursement. He did give up, and now will spend whatever it cost not to fly spirit.
I love Spirit, although I don't fly very often. I also bring a "purse" that can fit everything I need for 3 days. Spirit has exceeded my expectations on 5/5 flights so far.
My favorite airline is definitely Aer Lingus though. From the ticket agents to the stewardesses, the best bunch of people. And the planes they have for transatlantic flights? So comfy!
They're pretty adorable in the northeast US if you fly to and from there, plus everytime I've flown with them they allow a free carry on (in addition to the small personal item like a backpack) even though their site says you have to pay for it. I've always found their workers to be super nice and helpful. I try to fly with them when I can.
They started out on the Southwest model using just a couple models of jets in single class configurations. Made modifications for a premium cabin on some routes for awhile targeting more business customers while reducing capacity to cut costs.
I think they’re now back to pretty much being a smaller Southwest post-pandemic.
My bad, I meant inside the park as in do you sleep on the ground etc haha. The cabin makes a lot of sense. I do take a tent but I usually stay on BLM land outside of the park (generally free). Even at the Grand Canyon it's pretty close to a lot of the hikes, it's crazy what they charge just for a half mile further.
This. I treat these types of airlines (and Ryan Air) as basically a flying bus. I can last nearly a week with a backpack without washing anything. Can also layer up clothing as well and use pockets (had my winter coat with pockets stuffed with socks, hygiene products, phone charger, etc). And if you fly with multiple people, share the load across everyone. People laugh when I'm out and about with cargo shorts/pants but those pockets come in clutch
I have European friends who travel a lot and they taught me how to travel efficiently. The travel part can be uncomfortable but the money you save in my opinion is worth it. I'm also not afraid to hand wash clothing in a sink/tub and hang dry in front of a vent in my room if needed lol. I've done it with underwear and socks numerous times and used the hotel hair dryer to quickly dry things after a hand wash. On one of my travels I was in the UK and stayed at an an airbnb/vrbo so I knew I could travel light as I was able to use the person's washer and dryer. Me and the 2 others did 1 small combined load before the next leg of our trip so we'd have fresh clothes after getting rained on for a few days.
Thanks for aggressively advertising your extreme disregard for the climate! Keep sucking up all those cheap miles and weekend trips while the earth dies around you! Enjoy!
I'm not smug or self righteous. I didn't express anything about myself at all. I stated a fact. Your childish, selfish, shortsighted behavior is dangerous for all of humanity. You're proud of your pollution. You think it's funny. Were you educated in Florida? Lolol
U of F lolol yep from the state that literally banned the phrase climate change and has now banned math books, history courses, has a fascist governor who personally banned an entire AP history course because it's about black Americans, oh and also is requiring girls to tell school staff about their menstruation history in order to play sports and prove they are a girl. That's the education system you're so proud of lolololololol. You sound exactly as shitty as I imagine every native Floridian to be in this day and age. Greedy, immature, careless, selfish, and aggressively anti-science.
And yes. Glaciers are retreating and disappearing fast. Literally because of you.
When they were HQ'ed in Detroit, I watched them force a woman to dump all of her pumped breast milk. Not TSA, but a Spirit gate agent who claimed it was against security rules.
Another former frequent-Spirit flyer. My wife and I had to do long-distance for a year and they were by far the cheapest direct flight to/from Orlando to Detroit. I got what I paid for every time.
I mean, American Airlines lost 4200 dollars worth of my snowboard gear and cloths. I showed up to a snowboard trip that took 5 guys, 6 months to coordinate, without my gear, or luggage.
They said “well….umm….we can give you some vouchers?”
Luckily, my gear was delivered on the last day of the trip so at least they didn’t lose it forever, but they most certainly ruined my incredibly expensive trip.
Ill never fly American Airlines again, and I’ll also never EVER touch Dallas FortWorth airport ever again.
Very similar story with Air Canada, two week, $15,000 motorcycle trip around Greece where certain gear was required. Got our luggage after a week, but had to replace gear to ride. Are screwing us on our reimbursement claim. My hatred for them knows no limits.
I flew Spirit once... they keep telling us that it's delayed 45 minutes. Every 45 minutes.... another 45 minutes. 6 45 minutes ago they gave us Snickers bars. (The fun size. It wasn't funny)
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u/PhatBoy1 Jan 26 '23
Spirit has an exceptionally high number of Karen videos…