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Just when you think they’ve beaten travelers to a pulp with fees, Spirit comes out swinging, hitting penny pinching passengers in the pocket with a $100 fee for you to stuff your own carry-on bag into their overhead bin. What will the bean counters at the ‘spirited’ discount carrier think of next? We’re afraid to ask, but here are some fees Spirit Airlines has yet to announce. $50 Log-On Fee Spirit travelers wishing to book a reservation will need a user name and password...
Spirit Airlines’ Next Fee? Talking to a Human Expect More Fees But CEO Rules Out Charge to Use the Bathroom By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ Aug. 3, 2010— Just when you thought airlines couldn’t get any stingier, the CEO of Spirit Airlines said he is considering a new fee to talk with a human at the airport. Yes, the airline that just started charging for carry-on bags might someday add a fee for getting some help from one of its employees,...
Spirit Airlines: Cheap Airfare, but at What Cost? Discount Airline Now Charges Fee for Carry-On Bags By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ ABOARD SPIRIT AIRLINES FLIGHT 381 Aug. 2, 2010 — Put your seatback and tray-table in an upright position, fasten your seatbelt and tightly hold on to your wallet. Welcome aboard Spirit Airlines, the no-frills, fee-happy airline that just started charging passengers up to $45 one-way to put a carry-on bag in the overhead bin. That’s right: the carry-on bag is no longer free....
An Utter Lack of Spirit. Spirit has operated as the P.T. Barnum of airlines—management believes there’s a bargain-hunting sucker born every minute—but its reaction to a pilots’ strike appalls even the most cynical airline-industry observers. And now for something completely similar: An airline behaving badly. Because it is small, you may not have heard that Florida-based Spirit Airlines has been shut down since Saturday. After more than three years of negotiations and a federally mandated 30-day cooling-off period, Spirit’s approximately 450...
With Spirit Airlines’ flights canceled at least through Tuesday due to a pilots’ strike, thousands of irate passengers faced sky-high ticket prices for rebooking on other carriers. Preparing for the third day of its pilots’ strike, Spirit Airlines canceled all of its Monday and Tuesday flights. That means the roughly 10,000 Spirit passengers who travel through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport each day will be affected. Travelers returning from Caribbean cruises streamed into the airport Sunday to look for other...
Associated Press, Josh Freed – Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines pilots went on strike Saturday in a dispute over pay, and the discount carrier immediately canceled all of its flights for the day. The walkout and cancellations threatened to disrupt the travel plans for thousands of vacationers. Spirit flies from several airports in the eastern U.S., through Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to points in the Caribbean and Latin America. Spirit is the largest single carrier at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Its...
CBS4 News~ South Florida Fort Lauderdale- Three Spirit Airlines passengers were injured Sunday soon after the plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Two people were hospitalized as a result of their injuries, BSO said in a statement. Flight No. 946 landed at 5:15 p.m. and reports of smoke in the cabin led crews to deploy the inflatable chute to evacuate passengers, BSO said. One passenger reported a back injury, another an ankle injury and...
Palm Beach Post 04/21/10 A week after announcing fees for carry-on bags, Spirit Airlines is taking heat for installing seats that don’t recline on its newest planes. Spirit’s two new Airbus 320 aircraft feature “pre-reclined” seats, spokeswoman Misty Pinson said Tuesday. That means even Spirit passengers who want to pay for reclining airline seats won’t have that option. The Miramar-based airline put the first A-320 into service on March 14 for the Fort Lauderdale-Washington, D.C., route. The other arrived...
