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It's not like I didn't know better or hadn't been warned.  Literally everybody I know who has flown with Spirit Airlines has a bad experience to report.  So I expected trouble rome italy walking tours of one sort or another when I booked a red-eye from MSP to FLL.  But as often happens, the trouble I got wasn't the trouble I expected.  Here's my report to Spirit:
I booked SP 597 (MSP/FLL) weeks ago for my flight today (12/17).  At about 3 am, 7 am, 9 am, and several times throughout the afternoon, I attempted to check-in on line but could not convince your website to complete the process.  I showed up at the ticket counter in MSP about 7 PM and joined the mob awaiting service. rome italy walking tours After waiting about 15 minutes, the agent informed rome italy walking tours me he could not check me in and process my baggage until 9:00.  The kiosk device would not allow me to complete the check-in process either.
Without a boarding pass, my access to the airport was limited, and there are no restaurant facilities rome italy walking tours in the areas to which I was limited.  I had been driving for about 6 hours by then, and not eaten or had anything to drink since 1 PM.
At no point was I informed about this limitation regarding check-in: rome italy walking tours had I known in advance I would have made other arrangements.  Had your website functioned properly, I would have at least paperwork to allow me to lug my bags through security and find a place to eat, or at least a concession stand offering bottled liquids. rome italy walking tours (Please keep in mind I'm 63 year old Floridian who had just spent 36 hours in sub-zero temperatures of Duluth and Minneapolis.)
At 9:00 I checked in successfully.  In shaky condition now, I made it through security only to find that the few establishments in the terminal serving hot meals had closed.  The flight wasn't until 1:15 am arriving about 6.  So for about 30 hours, my sustenance consisted of one bottle of spring water.
Really, what I wanted most was alcohol. rome italy walking tours I would have settled for a beer or three.  Seems like this should be readily available as bottled sugar and caffeine-laced poison, ubiquitous at airport vending machines as well as convenience stores.  Tough titty.
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You missed the mark, Mark.  And Mark?  It's moot.  I'll not be flying Spirit any more.  I don't care if I pay three times as much or have to walk.  USAir did something like this to me years ago, and sent me a similar coupon.  I never used it, either.
In fact, Spirit sort of reminded me of USAir, especially in the early days when they changed their name from Allegheny Air (after the range of mountains in Pennsylvania into which they were fond of flying their aircraft and killing everybody).  I used to wonder, if they can't manage the ticketing process, handling luggage, effective crowd control, in-flight service, or even answer the damn telephones, what assures me they can maintain their aircraft, let alone fly them?  Ditto Spirit.
Wes (or is it Frank?): Not sure what you mean by my kind, but whatever, my kind ain t flying with then anymore so I doubt I m their raison d etre if you ll pardon my French. As I wrote, I went into this wary and with open eyes, just as I did for years with USAir. There s some shit I ll put up with, and other shit I won t. They went over the line, just as USAir finally did years ago. No coexistence possible.
I don t feel real safe flying Spirit. I also don t feel real comfortable: they cram more passengers into their planes than any other carrier. There was just something about this in the New York Times:
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Spirit s reputation for crappy service is well-earned but they can t afford to care which is their business model. Their flights are packed because rome italy walking tours their fares are low, and people will put up with just about anything to save money.
The most mysterious line in Spirit rome italy walking tours s response: Please note that we are not experiencing difficulties with our website. WTF? First of all, from your account apparently there WAS a problem with the website, but that really wasn t the major problem, was it? The real issue is not warning passengers about limits on check-in times. Airlines love to tell people get there early and allow extra time. I never heard of getting there too early, and being turned away with nowhere to go.