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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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!
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?
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.
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