I'm not American and I've never flown Spirit Air so can someone explain where all the loyalty to this airline is coming from? Like isn't this another big corp biting the dust?

▲

wincy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I could fly from the middle of the USA to Orlando round trip for $90 if I just packed a backpack. Unbeatable value, that’s cheap enough for a spur of the moment weekend trip for the whole family.

▲

ceroxylon 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They had affordable flights between places like LA and Vegas / Florida and Cancún so it became almost like a bus route for some people.

▲

pRusya 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It had good departure times both mornings and evenings.

And it was cheap, so you could book a next day flight without paying multiples in premium.

It was fun and affordable to fly out of state in the morning, spend a day exploring another place and get back at night.

▲

soared 3 hours ago | parent [-]

For clarity, absolutely nobody did or does this. Spirit is bottom of the barrel cheap - it made flying accessible for many people, who otherwise would not fly (think Ryan air). Absolutely nobody was interstate day tripping, especially on spirt, besides this poster.

	▲	phainopepla2 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not sure why you're downvoted. You're definitely right that it's extremely rare behavior.

▲

s0rce 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not sure, maybe people like the underdog or just like the business model, you pay for what you get. I flew them a couple times and it wasn't great.

▲

icco 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It and Frontier were the only affordable airlines.

▲

loloquwowndueo 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No, it’s a small corp biting the dust.

▲

bigstrat2003 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I am American and it baffles me as well. Spirit was one of the worst possible choices for flying, where every little thing was an upcharge. Why people willingly submitted to that insanity I will never understand.

	▲	AlexandrB 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They often had the cheapest fares. That's basically the reason for all the shitty upcharges in the airline industry. Many folks don't care enough about that kind of thing to pay more for a flight on a different airline.