I love their advertising, gets attention and his denials were ridiculous, to think he could get away

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Spirit is a bad airline and even when I defend them (as I often do), it s in the context of they have a right to be bad, and this is what the customer is buying and they shouldn t expect anything different.
Spirit used to charge extra for booking online . That made carryon baggage fees . Their President, who spawned the cockroach movement amongst passengers when he was at US Airways for saying publicly canada travel advisory that passengers on low fares aren t people they value, writes nasty emails to internal staff about his customers at Spirit as well.
Which is why I argued that whether or not the airline actually denied water to a pregnant woman onboard , it s really the customer s fault because folks should simply know better than to fly Spirit .
Still, I have to like that they re the only airline trying to capitalize on whatever pain others are feeling in the country at a given time, such as last summer when they invited customers to check out the (suntan) oil on the beaches that they fly to during the BP oil spill. (At the time I was just thankful they hadn t advertised a flood of low fares to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.)
Still, Weiner is kind of a schmuck whether you think there ought to be public recrimination for his behavior or not. And it s good to see Spirit having a little fun at his expense, and helping us laugh along with them.
Actually, Spirit does still charge for booking online. Only they disguise it in the fine print by calling it a Passenger Usage Fee of $8.00 each way that applies on all itineraries except those purchased at airport ticket counters.
But why are they a bad airline? As if no other airline has had PR gaffes? Or had staff members who have treated passengers canada travel advisory poorly? Sure, their advertising is somewhere between ridiculous and offensive. canada travel advisory But that doesn t reflect poor airline decisions, that reflects poor business judgment.
As an airline, they are pretty straightforward with customers about what the onboard experience will be like. In fact, I would argue that they are far more honest than any of the U.S. legacy carriers, who market themselves as if their coach service is similar to relaxing in a spa for 2 hours.
Spirit is often far less expensive than the competition (not always, and you have to figure all the fees in). If saving money matters to you, and you understand the Spirit experience (which, again, they re pretty forthright about), canada travel advisory then by all means go for it. If you can t handle canada travel advisory the tradeoffs, and you think that sitting in coach on a legacy carrier is significantly different, then have fun on Continental (BTW I love Continental, and fly 60-70k miles a year on them).
I love their advertising, gets attention and his denials canada travel advisory were ridiculous, to think he could get away with the denial given the evidence was a reflection of a poor intellect and obviously not one competent to represent the public.
@Gary Dear God, do NOT make me experience them when they ve canceled a flight. If you have to check a bag, it s like the scene at the US embassy during the fall of Saigon. I can t imagine what it s like when 150 people are told their plane isn t flying.
But in fairness, they lost an aircraft last December the day before we were flying them to FLL, and sure enough canada travel advisory a North American Airlines plane flew us in both directions. They didn t just cancel our flight. It worked out great, as drinks snacks were free, and there was about, oh, 4 inches more pitch. Sometimes when you lose you win
[...] on the other hand, grew up (sort of). Spirit did not. Nothing new from the airline that ran an Anthony Weiner sale and a MILF sale (Many Islands, Low Fares). And the airline that invited us to check out women in bikinis oiling themselves during the Gulf [...]
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