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On the June 1st post, you stated you would not fly Spirit Airlines again. Here we are 2 months later. You broke your own promise. Are you a glutten for punnishment ? Are you going for strike three ? Is this normal to pay that kind of money if any, to check in a bag ? Thanks for reminding me not to fly Spirit !

Sorry folks. I have to correct myself. I said glutten for punnishment. I meant GLUTTON for punnishment.

Another anti-Spirit fan here. It appears that after you factor in the fee for checked bags round trip, your "discount" fare truly turns out to be equal to if not more then the major carriers. Better to stick with the major carriers or one of the other discount air carriers that does not charge for checked baggage.

I agree with this blogger 100%...recently, my employer flew me through Spirit, and it was a complete nightmare to pay for my luggage. Because I did not have the money available, I had to carry my luggage aboard the flight...but before I carried it on, I had to remove my toothpaste, hair gel, and hair spray...all because my company did not tell me about the 10-20 dollar payment I had to put on my luggage! I really would prefer not to fly Spirit, because luggage transport should be free.

C. Marz - I haven't flown Spirit Airlines yet. 2 months ago I had such a crappy time buying my tickets from Spirit that I said I'll never fly them again after going to Punta Cana (the tickets I bought two months ago).

Well, if you read the original story, they are not exactly the tickets I bought, just the ones I got. That's a whole other story.

Anyway, I always do my best to keep promises and this one, not flying Spirit Air again, should be asy unless people start paying me lots of money to fly this airline that I hate...

Sorry James, I must of misinterpreted what you wrote or misread it. In response to C. Koch, I don't hate Spirit. I have never flown it. Why ? Because I have never seen a fare remotely close in price to other carriers. At least in my case -to my destination, they have always been high priced. And that is without considering a bag fee also. Just my opinion though !

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. I drive, alot more fun and site seeing is a blast. Every airline you use will have something wrong with it. Yes, even the most exspensive ones.

Sorry but I LOVE Spirit. I flew 3 of us from Detroit to NYC & to Myrtle Beach for less than $120 per trip. So, if they want to charge $5 ($10) each direction, on-line, for bags, so be it. I'll pay or pack less.

Well, D that is on you. Personally, I could buy a sandwich or some other nice item(s) with the five, ten, twenty dollars Spirit charges for luggage. They should also give soda and snacks out for free if the trip last for longer than an hour...as travelers, we should not have to pay for that kind of stuff, either...

I have never flown with Spirit, but I hate AirTran. This last March I booked two tickets to Orlando with AirTran and my tickets kept on getting cancelled or they disappeared or they couldn't find that I had purchased them. After 3 or 4 times of being reassured that everything was takin care of and having this happen over and over I told them to just keep the tickets cancelled and I took my business over to NW. Even though I had to pay over $100-$200 more on short notice it was worth it to know that I would have tickets and a flight for my vacation. And this doesn't even include how AirTran kept lieing to me about several other things either.

To C Marz. Punishment (with one n).
BC

BC - Yeah I know - Thanks !

my grandchildren[ 14 & 16 ] flew spirit from fl. i paid the prepay for luggage. no problem. on way back they were drop off at airport by uncle who work near by. my granddaughter called and said they wanted $50. for buggie board. she told them they weren't charged extra on way up [seacond year with board] but they still want money. the lady refused to talk to me. granddaughter told me they would just try to take as carry on. i was not home called spirit number was told they couldn't do any thing about it what ever ticket counter people say they can't over ride. didn't have a phone number at detroit. they boarded an nothing was said about buggie board put over head.

Do they fly in New Mexico?

Can't any of you people spell correctly? No wonder you have trouble with airlines, tickets, and baggage. Use English properly, and spell correctly if you are to be understood!

Spirit Airlines is doing what a lot of European Airlines are doing, they are charging for luggage. I am living in Italy and all the bargain airlines charge for luggage now. I think that all airlines will follow the trend in the future. So what do we do? We need to fly and some times these bargain airlines are the least expensive way to travel! Will I use Spirit when I move back to the states next year? Most likely since I am moving to Tampa and they have great prices to fly to Cancun.

I flew Spirit once and that was the smoothest landing I have ever had, the plane didn't bounce even once! I was so impressed with the pilot's landing I wrote the airlines. That's more important to me then paying $20 for luggage.

My, Stephanie, aren't we snippy over spelling when we're talking travel!?! These people are having issue with an airline & you're nitpicking! SOMEONE needs a vacation!

So Stephanie. Are you saying that by My mispelling a word in type, that is the cause of the Airline Industries problems? Hmmm! My problem isn't that I don't speak proper English. It's that I don't type it well. Sorry, that I type like crap, and get about 3 hours a sleep every night. I am usually tired by the time I have the luxury of using the internet. So cut some of us some slack. I haven't the time to review my mistakes, like you have time to check others mistakes. Why not be so critical of the Airlines mistakes?

No disrespect, but are you the Grammar Police here ? This is a Travel Post. Who cares? Does it bother you when people from Chicago, New York, Boston and Texas, don't speak the Queens English properly also. If a guy can't read or write, can't he still speak properly? Just asking. How one writes or types, means nothing of how they speak. Take Kimi's advise. You need a vacation. I'm not taking it personal. Neither should you!