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OT - Spirit Airlines?

Jim's point is important t. For example, Frontier does not fly from all cities to all cities every day, so a cancelled flight can mean a wait of 2 or 3 days.
 
meyers7 said:
Hey if you want it back, I think I found some of it.
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hahahaha no thanks... I like that a can jog a little at 50yrs old after not being able to for the last 15 smh
 
triaddukefan said:
How are the seats though?
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they were good enough for a 3hr flight, no worse than Southwest from what I remember #notplushofcourse

I wish I would have taken them to and from... but I needed just a sample. No peanuts or crackers tho, along with no wi-fi but I have music on my phone anyways
 
DaddyChoc said:
the flight was a huge success... no better or worse than SouthWest, I'll use them again as needed! Everyone, thanks for you comments and suggestions!
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm happy that you had a decent and successful experience. Nothing worse than the negative unexpected.
 
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triaddukefan said:
How are the seats though?
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They are somewhat thin, so if a toddler is sitting behind you you'll feel every little kick. Also, the seats don't recline at all. The trays that you lower from the seat in front of you is really tiny but my husband was able to put his laptop on it OK.

You do get charged for a bottle of water. That was the one thing that really surprised me. If you travel on Spirit, take an empty bottle from home and fill it up in the airport before flying out. But, yeah, I agree with DC - a short flight is OK on Spirit but I would not use them for longer flights.
 
DaddyChoc said:
are they any good, worth the cheap prices? Hartford to Tampa is that too long to be on their planes?
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Do you have a pilots license? There’s a good chance you’re going to have to either fly the plane or parachute from it.
 
Hartford to Tampa? Absolutely no problem. We have flown Orlando to Minneapolis and Orlando to New Orleans without a problem and more recently, Orlando to Syracuse on Frontier. Both flights were fine.
 
I just got back from a trip to visit EricSanDiego in LA, and I flew Spirit. Let me tell you, the flight was fine. I paid an extra $10 bucks for an emergency row seat which gave me 3 more feet of leg room. It was great. Round trip from Newark to LA was less than $300 and I booked a rental car for 8 days which brought the total cost to under $500. You can't beat it. The seats are narrower than other airlines, a meager 24 inches, but I'm 6'2" and I was fine. It has a very Southwest vibe to it, but the snacks/drinks are cheap and appealing. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
 
fairfielder said:
I just got back from a trip to visit EricSanDiego in LA, and I flew Spirit. Let me tell you, the flight was fine. I paid an extra $10 bucks for an emergency row seat which gave me 3 more feet of leg room. It was great. Round trip from Newark to LA was less than $300 and I booked a rental car for 8 days which brought the total cost to under $500. You can't beat it. The seats are narrower than other airlines, a meager 24 inches, but I'm 6'2" and I was fine. It has a very Southwest vibe to it, but the snacks/drinks are cheap and appealing. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
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that's how I feel... I wish I would've taken Spirit "round trip" but was a lil scared so I'll just go down using them. I only had carry-on so Im not sure about the luggage cost etc.
 
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We used Spirit a few times years ago between Atlantic City to Tampa. It was little extra hassle, but it was adequate service, easy in/out of airport and very inexpensive. Our situation has changed so AC is no longer convenient...but at the time it was a bargain. Things may have changed...possibly even for the better. We would consider using Spirit again.

As an aside we had a few years where we used Allegiant Airines to FL occasionally.

"Major" carriers from "major" airports or even from smaller airports are not all that great these days. Double hops and related issues are common. Specific route and access to airports from/to your departure and destination influence choices. Smaller city airports and airlines often work well.
 
DaddyChoc said:
that's how I feel... I wish I would've taken Spirit "round trip" but was a lil scared so I'll just go down using them. I only had carry-on so Im not sure about the luggage cost etc.
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"Go down using them" is some kind of weird Freudian slip sort of thing! When one speaks of planes, going 'down" is not appealing. :eek:
 
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