I am all for saving a few bucks, but this just sounds a little over the top. However, thier stock seems to reflect that this model is working....
I would still pay more to feel comfortable while flying.
I wonder if the stock is benefitting from "fool me once" momentum. Inexperienced flyers -- Spirit's market -- think they are getting a good deal, take a flight and rue every minute, Next time, they spend an extra $25 to fly a real airline. So for a time, you get a lot of one time passengers shelling out fees, pumping out profit. But how many become repeat flyers to sustain the business model?
Very true, I can not see many people willing to shell out the cash to travel under those conditions, or to be treated poorly.
Imagine what it would be like trying to travel on Spirit if you had some young kids with you... im sure that would not be fun!
"Next time, they spend an extra $25 to fly a real airline"
HA. That's a good one. I guess it's one of those roller-coaster-like experiences where you don't realize you made a bad choice until it's too late. I guess as long as you make it to your destination safely, you can make a good-enough travel decision the next time.
I have never flown Spirit and I'm sure it's as bad as you say, but what I don't understand is when people get a cheap ticket but then they have to pay for drinks or bags.
So, if you ticket is $100 cheaper but you have to pay $53 for drinks and bags, you still save money, yes?
Also, for me, air travel these days is just about getting from point A to point B with as little disruption as possible. So what's more important is that the planes are on time and there aren't any "snafus" (bags missing, delays, e.t.c.).
I wonder if there is data to check to see how Spirit does on delays and baggage handling. To me that is the most important thing.
That's why I will never fly Spirit again. My incident occurred when I was traveling with my whole family, plus two friends -- a party of nine. With that many people, most of them teens -- it was just horrendous.
My wife and I have traveled on other airlines with our young son and many times it has been the helpful staff that make the flight much more managable.
The low fares are a marketing ploy: They don't necessarily exist. Look at this price chart for flights from NYC to Las Vegas. I queried RT fares, leaving May 27 and returning May 30.
@Noreen,
My experience is similar to yours, except I was solo. I used Spirit to fly back home after my son and I drove him to college. It was a cheap, one-way ticket. But I was not expecting to pay $45 for my carry-on bag. Huh?
What really irritated me - I could have easilly packed to fit my carry-on under the seat - if I had just known about this fee. Left feeling duped and, like you, haven't flown Spirit since. Maybe they have to raise the carry-on fee to $100 because people have learned to avoid Spirit when they have much luggage?
The really scary thought - because they're profitable - we may be looking at the future of air travel.
PC
Ugh, PC, I hope not. It's really frustrating to keep reaching for a credit card inflight for one silly fee after another. But the idea of getting a drink of water from the airline bathroom, as they actually suggest, is disgusting!
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