Lol I'm so glad this ghetto ass airline is gone. It allowed people with zero class to travel to places they only serve to disgrace. These cruise lines are the same. They take a four star "luxury" experience and turn it into a public subway in New York.... Gross. Not everyone should yave the right to enjoy these things unless they can pay for it. Price being a barrier is a good thing it keeps out the scum.
I know an airplane mechanic who worked for Spirit. We had lunch the other day and he told me:
1- most airplane engines are attached to the plane with just 3 bolts and;
2- he knew of at least one time a Spirit plane flew untold numbers of flights over a 6 month period with only two bolts attaching the engine. Someone had forgotten to put the third bolt in and whoever was supposed to check it and sign off on it never actually looked at it.
There’s a guy going viral on social media right now with the idea of collectively buying Spirit. They have $22 million in pledges already. Would be amazing to see.
I was on a flight back from Puerto Rico to Boston during the winter months. Let me say that leaving the island is hard enough whenever I have to do it. For me is big ugly sad.
So the flight attendant was doing a call on the overhead right before they shut the door. She was like "well it looks like we're going to Boston where it's cold and gross. Sucks for you but I'll be back here tonight!"
The beginning of the trip going to the island didn't go well either. I had missed my flight prior because we got to the airport late going to Puerto Rico. I ended up paying for a different airline. Halfway through my trip I check my flight going back to Boston and the app said no flight was found. I find out that they cancelled my return flight automatically with no refund. I had to call and talk with a supervisor for a "one time courtesy" to be made so I could have my flight back to the mainland. I never flew with them after that.
Massive mistake from the Biden term. How are you going to prevent a merger claiming it’s anti competitive when the company is clearly failing? Now there is clearly less competition.
Apparently a YouTuber who flew them 24hrs is trying to raise money to buy them so owned by the people. https://letsbuyspirit.com/ he’s already raised quite a lot.
The one roundtrip I took in Spirit I was generally impressed paid 120 bucks for both of us, got the most common things included (carry on and checked bags, boarding passes and airport help), got us there.
I remember one flight I barely made it! Thankfully one of my stewardess pals had left a handle on one of the wings and I was able to jump and grab it in time as we quickly took off with me in tow and I made it to work on time!! My hair was tousled and clothes a bit torn but I made it on time!!!!
"The airline that carried 44 million Americans last year simply ceased to exist.
Private equity is already circling the wreckage. But before they lock it up — there is a narrow window for something that has never happened in commercial aviation. The passengers, the workers, and the communities Spirit served can take it back. Like the Green Bay Packers and like WinCo Foods."
https://letsbuyspiritair.com/#why
Go forth at your own risk but I believe this is an amazing opportunity for Americans.
The only time I flew Spirit airlines we were lucky to be on time, the whole experience was just perfect, the majority of the passengers were young, they all looked under 35, there were no old people holding up the boarding, everyone was so fast and efficient, I was genuinely shocked after all my flying experience with United
People don't realize how goated spirit was. You could get a flight from New York to Orlando for like $20, then pay $50 at the gate for an upgrade to first class. For $70 you could be riding in a big lazy boy chair with unlimited snacks and alcohol. It was my go to travel hack
Say what you want about spirit, but I love my cheap Vegas flights for a weekend trip. I never had a bad flight and it seemed like everyone who was on my flights just wanna get to their destination everytime.
I feel terribly for the employees out of the job and travelers who got stranded. However, they were a terrible airline. I never had a good experience the times I had to fly with them. Very confused by all these positive spirit comments. It was only a “budget” airline if you looked at the base fare only and nothing else they charged you in fees.
Airlines are credit card companies with planes. Spirit was not funded by a generous credit card bank. It did not help that they looked like a cheap taxi and bragged about mistreating customers.
Businesses go out of business because they don’t meet customer needs. Customers want rewards, points, status, and service. So long to the Dollar Tree of the skies. Nobody will miss Spirit.
I'll always remember the gate agent telling us "do not bum rush my gate" and hearing flight attendants talking shit about other passengers. Spirit always lived up to the stereotype in the best way lol RIP
I loved loved loved loved Spirit Airlines. $220 round trip, non stop, to go see my father in Ft. Lauderdale. They did not fly those shitty Boeing planes, just Air Bus. Remember that computer virus that took down every airline EXCEPT Spirit?? They always delivered what they promised. I am heartbroken 💔
I'm going to miss Spirit. It allowed me to travel at a time when I had very little money. I'll never forget my $80 ticket to Denver and sharing a $60 airbnb with my friend that was just a couch in someone's apartment. Or the absolute party that was the flight between Detroit and Atlanta. I flew with them so many times without issues, and tbh the clientelle was preferable to more expensive airlines. We were all broke and just happy to be in the sky.
God, my sister was a FA for Spirt for at least 15 years, if not more…. I’ve flown Spirit more times than I could even count. Last flew them after my wedding and the gate agent upgraded us to the big seats for a free drink! Crazy sad to see this happen!
It's like when that one aunt dies. The one that smoked two packs a day while on oxygen and told racist jokes at Dennys. You think. "This makes sense. Surprised it wasn't sooner. I'm sorry for her cats though."
Several weeks ago I had a return Spirit flight suddenly cancelled, no reschedule. I had to buy another ticket, with a different airline, pay for an extra nights stay, etc etc. Spent a lot of extra money i wasn’t expecting to. The refund of the ticket did not cover even half my expenses from the unexpected set back. I have fought tooth and nail to try to get reimbursed, Spirit finally said they were reviewing my receipts. And now this. Guess I’m out of luck.
If anyone has any suggestions for how to get reimbursed I am all ears! I read to file chargebacks, but that doesn’t really make sense because the return ticket was Frontier, and the hotel had nothing to do with it either. Maybe I should file a chargeback on the initial Spirit flight there that wasn’t cancelled?
There was a Planet Money episode that did a good job explaining why they’ve been struggling to compete with the big airlines lately. Tldr; larger airlines started to compete on price with different fare options like basic economy and such, and also startled leaning into their loyalty programs which are a lot more valuable with the amount of routes they offer.
Anecdotally, I’ve flown spirit like once, but most of the time I don’t find their prices that much lower that I can’t pass them up. I’ll fly other budget carriers too if it’s the best price, but most of the time when you factor in baggage and how convenient or not the times are, it’s just more worthwhile to fly Delta
I loved them for Phoenix to Las Vegas flights. Dirt cheap, free small bag/backpack carry-on, and i would bid between $10-$14 for that Big Front Seat & win it every time!
I flew one Spirit flight, from Orlando to Boston in December of 2024. Cost me $19 and they had Santa just outside the cockpit handing out candy canes as we boarded. It was awesome.
For all the crap people say about spirit, I’ve never had a bad experience. If anything, I always got to my destination early. Had to cancel a ticket once and it was a relatively straightforward process with their customer service.
Over the past 6 months, the small airport near where I live in SW Arizona, which stores airplanes that are no longer being used, has gone from having about 3 or 4 Spirit Airlines jets, to having 25+ all lined up near the fencing. It's a sea of bright yellow.
I figured they were going under when every time I drove past, there were more jets out to pasture. Most have the Spirit name covered up on their sides, but the yellow is unmistakable.
no details about a golden parachute yet but he did get a $3.8m bonus right before they declared bankruptcy so i’m sure he’s more than taken care of this time
And nothing of value was lost. Worst customer service experience I’ve ever had, it’s like a Waffle House in the sky.
I flew with them for a SC to NY vacation years ago. We were delayed by hours but I wasn’t bothered (I fly a lot for work, used to it). I was, however, sitting near the gate to wait. I was appalled at how rude the 2 Spirit gate agents were to everyone asking valid questions. One woman went up to ask for a number to fix a connection due to the delay. She was calm and normal and the agents snapped at her, really loudly, “Ma’am, you need to be patient!”
My husband and I were both really confused but it got worse with everyone who came up with questions. By the end, we were laughing about how absurdly outsized their reactions were at everything, it felt like an SNL skit almost.
That should have been the sign. When we got on the plane, it was worse. The plane was old and had actual tape all over it, inside and out. I can’t complain about that, the flight was cheap, so it was somewhat expected but the FAs were rude as shit on the plane, too! We had the safety seats and the lady who came to ask if we could do the job included in her speech, “if you can’t assist, you WILL be moved” in a super rude way. Just really rotten energy and for no reason.
Another woman near us asked about earplugs or headphones and the FA said “you’re not getting anything right now!” That in itself was weird, but it felt like the FA had an instant personality shift when she was trying to get everyone to sign up for a club/card with them.
It literally felt like everyone with Spirit was rude and disproportionately angry to have to do their jobs. No one else was being rude or yelling, drunk or mad. Just them. On the way back, our flight was badly delayed again. My husband and I were joking about drawing straws to see who would have to go deal with customer service. We ultimately ended up not flying Spirit home. It is among the top 5 weirdest and most unpleasant flying experiences I’ve ever had.
I feel weirdly sad about this. I fly a lot and when I was young and didn't have a lot of money, Spirit was my pal. When I moved states 7 years ago and got homesick, I could hop on a $60 round trip flight home and stuff my backpack to the seams and pray they didn't make me pay for a carry-on. It's gotten me out situations when I had to fly home last minute when Delta was trying to charge $700 for a round trip flight. They were always transparent about their bare-bones policy (you are paying for the flight, everything else is an add-on).
Really, though, I feel absolutely terrible for the thousands of employees who are now out of a job.
That’s how I’d describe my feelings too. I’m in a long distance relationship and although we’re gonna bridge the gap for a few years soon, without spirit I wouldn’t have been able to visit my partner as much as I was able to. Terrible situation honestly, I’m gonna miss spirit as weird as that might sound
Same! When my now husband and I first started dating we were long distance and the only way we were able to see each other as much as we did was by flying spirit every other weekend. 😭
One time I was on Spirit flight and we were about to land. We dipped down and went back up and the pilot comes over the intercom and says “okay folks, let’s turn around and try that again.” I was just grateful it was the landing and not the takeoff that we had to redo.
Something has to be wrong with me because I just started tearing up as soon as the pilot started to cry too. This is so horrible. I hope all of the employees are able to find jobs quickly.
I really appreciate this :) It can feel really exhausting to carry so much empathy sometimes. I care so much about the world despite it being the way it is. I feel like we’re in an empathy drought right now society-wide.
I really wish we allowed children to develop and explore their empathy. It’s one of the most important traits a person can have. It’s so important for people to learn how to care for and about others even if we don’t know each-other personally. I don’t understand why we don’t allow people to lean into their empathetic sides. An apathetic and defeatist world is a deeply problematic one.
It really is. I think what makes it worse is how frequently we’re seeing this sort of news. Thousands and thousands of people are losing their jobs in an already volatile and shitty job market. It’s also really sad to hear a real-life, living person address the situation in the way that the pilot did. It really just emphasizes how expansive the human cost of this is. It makes the loss/layoff statistics seem even more real.
That’s exactly what hit me too. Hearing it from someone actually living it just makes it feel a lot heavier and more real. It’s hard not to think about all the people behind those numbers. Careers, families, everything getting disrupted at once. And you’re right, it feels like this kind of news just keeps coming lately, which makes it even more unsettling. I really hope things stabilize soon, because this pace isn’t sustainable.
Exactly. It’s horrible enough to hear about how many people are losing their jobs but it makes it feel so much more devastating when real people actually talk about it publicly. Statistics and numbers make it sound way more impersonal and abstract. I see so many news articles and headlines that just share statistics but they don’t go into how this actually impacts people and their lives. I really hope it changes too. People can’t keep on going on like this.
Right now there's 25+ of them lined up at the small airport near where I live in Arizona. They've been continually adding to the amount there for the past 6 months or so. It's just one long line of yellow jets now. All have the Spirit name covered up on the sides. I figure they will either be repainted and sold eventually or stripped apart. Or left to rot in the desert heat this summer
i know they were shitty but always sad to see another budget airline bite the dust. a few years ago i stupidly left my chooched out $12k work macbook on an american airlines flight. i was getting the complete runaround from AA and the airport for so long that my job started garnishing my wages to recoup the cost. i ended up posting on a few of the pilot/FA subs and it was a Spirit pilot that ended up tracking it down for me and shipped it back. i am forever in debt to that guy! i hope he’s with another airline now.
it was in the first class, first row overhead storage facing upright in a case the same color as the bin so i’m sure people didn’t even see it. i was tracking it for a while and it was flying back and forth between MCO and CLT for a while and then it died
$12k for a macbook makes me surprised that company was able to operate. Must've ordered their computers based on how cool each computer sounded on social media
apparently the guy before me insisted he needed it (i was a junior graphic designer at the time, didn’t need it at all) and i inherited it when he left. no one else had macbooks.
No employer should be allowed to FUCKING GARNISH WAGES, for lost or damaged equipment. Mistakes happen in business. Insurance exists. No employee owes their employer their wages for an accident. Wages are owed for work done. They owe you for their theft of your wages.
One thing I did appreciate about Spirirt is that they did not pretend to be something they're not, they knew they were your last resort and they owned it.
There's definitely something to be said about flight attendants not having to cater as much to "customer service". The Spirit flights I took had sassy flight attendants who were absolutely on top of assholes not using headphones and super passive aggressive about it. I appreciated it so much
mine said “if you’re interested in watching an array of content or browsing the internet with our wifi, too bad. you should have flown with someone else because we don’t have it!” and then she sang the star spangled banner
lmfao same. I recall mine, when giving the safety demonstration, mentioning that you should put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
Then he said, “Mom, Dad, that means you put on your mask before helping your child. And if you have two children, now’s the time to decide now which one you love more.” lol.
The one time I flew them I got one of their "first class seats" and listened to the flight attendants complain about the people in the back. And that one flight attenedant recent got barfed on because apparently in the back of the plans people get drunk and rowdy.
I enjoyed my 7 dollar top ramen and a buzz ball. And then never flew them again.
Welp, now I'm almost disappointed I didn't book Spirit during the Delta meltdown a couple years ago. There were some "first class" seats open. Safely away from the Wade Boggs challenge. Close enough to hear the goss about it.
My husband and I flew in the “first class” seats on our honeymoon and the flight attendant slipped my husband 3 Tito’s nips for free. Thanks Malachi, hope you’re faring well today.
I was on a flight sat next to a guy that started getting violent after he started to get mad that he couldn’t sit in a seat that wasn’t assigned to him, ended up having to deplane and they brought in police to arrest him. The flight attendants were great and gave me 2 gins with soda for the trouble. I’m always worried about flying and got a 9 hour layover for my international flight just in case something went wrong, my friend who traveled with me only had a 30 minute layover. Take a guess who got to France a day earlier 🤣
I told this story on a news article yesterday, but it’s too good not to share so I’m telling it again.
I fly to Vegas a lot for work and Spirit did these really cheap fly in Friday, fly out Sunday Las Vegas trips and I loved them so much. I mean, I had no choice but to take them because my work makes me choose the cheapest option, but I throughly enjoyed how every Friday flight in was basically a party bus in the sky and the Sunday return trip was like the long slog home post Spring break.
The flight attendants would have to repeat over and over and over that no outside alcohol could be consumed on the flight per FAA and people would do it anyway and get fined. People would throw things. People would openly vape. It was a total shit show.
RIP Spirit. I’m gonna miss the free entertainment.
I took that round trip a few times too! Absolutely did vape in the back on the way home lol. Flight attendants would give one warning at most and then let it all play out— unless it was something the airline could upcharge for. Like they were very serious about counting and measuring your baggage
I booked a carnival cruise just a week or so after 9/11 and it was like $80 for a week. People who seemingly were never in public made up the majority of the passengers
I may have been on one of those Friday night flights a decade ago on my way to a buddy's bachelor party. It was the most amazing/horrible flight I have ever taken.
Lol I'm so glad this ghetto ass airline is gone. It allowed people with zero class to travel to places they only serve to disgrace. These cruise lines are the same. They take a four star "luxury" experience and turn it into a public subway in New York.... Gross. Not everyone should yave the right to enjoy these things unless they can pay for it. Price being a barrier is a good thing it keeps out the scum.
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ReplyDeleteNow I need a spirit Halloween airline
ReplyDeleteI know an airplane mechanic who worked for Spirit. We had lunch the other day and he told me:
ReplyDelete1- most airplane engines are attached to the plane with just 3 bolts and;
2- he knew of at least one time a Spirit plane flew untold numbers of flights over a 6 month period with only two bolts attaching the engine. Someone had forgotten to put the third bolt in and whoever was supposed to check it and sign off on it never actually looked at it.
😬
Thanks trump
ReplyDeleteTheir customer service was the worst in the industry. Their prices weren’t worth it.
ReplyDeleteThere’s a guy going viral on social media right now with the idea of collectively buying Spirit. They have $22 million in pledges already. Would be amazing to see.
ReplyDeleteBye!
ReplyDeleteCan we saved this company??
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ReplyDeleteI was on a flight back from Puerto Rico to Boston during the winter months. Let me say that leaving the island is hard enough whenever I have to do it. For me is big ugly sad.
So the flight attendant was doing a call on the overhead right before they shut the door. She was like "well it looks like we're going to Boston where it's cold and gross. Sucks for you but I'll be back here tonight!"
The beginning of the trip going to the island didn't go well either. I had missed my flight prior because we got to the airport late going to Puerto Rico. I ended up paying for a different airline. Halfway through my trip I check my flight going back to Boston and the app said no flight was found. I find out that they cancelled my return flight automatically with no refund. I had to call and talk with a supervisor for a "one time courtesy" to be made so I could have my flight back to the mainland. I never flew with them after that.
Massive mistake from the Biden term. How are you going to prevent a merger claiming it’s anti competitive when the company is clearly failing? Now there is clearly less competition.
ReplyDeletei am just happy they aren't getting a government bailout. I am tired of corporate welfare.
ReplyDeleteWho remembers when bhad bhabie got into a fight defending her mum on them planes and got banned
ReplyDeleteApparently a YouTuber who flew them 24hrs is trying to raise money to buy them so owned by the people. https://letsbuyspirit.com/ he’s already raised quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteIt’s been around that long?!
ReplyDeleteI’ve had worse experiences with Frontier than Spirit. It should’ve been Frontier instead.
ReplyDeletethey have been around for THIRTY FOUR years?
ReplyDeleteThe one roundtrip I took in Spirit I was generally impressed paid 120 bucks for both of us, got the most common things included (carry on and checked bags, boarding passes and airport help), got us there.
ReplyDeleteI remember one flight I barely made it! Thankfully one of my stewardess pals had left a handle on one of the wings and I was able to jump and grab it in time as we quickly took off with me in tow and I made it to work on time!! My hair was tousled and clothes a bit torn but I made it on time!!!!
ReplyDeleteI literally only found out about this airline less than 5 years ago
ReplyDeleteI had a flight credit with them. Anything I can do to get those funds back??
ReplyDelete"The airline that carried 44 million Americans last year simply ceased to exist.
ReplyDeletePrivate equity is already circling the wreckage. But before they lock it up — there is a narrow window for something that has never happened in commercial aviation. The passengers, the workers, and the communities Spirit served can take it back. Like the Green Bay Packers and like WinCo Foods."
https://letsbuyspiritair.com/#why
Go forth at your own risk but I believe this is an amazing opportunity for Americans.
The only time I flew Spirit airlines we were lucky to be on time, the whole experience was just perfect, the majority of the passengers were young, they all looked under 35, there were no old people holding up the boarding, everyone was so fast and efficient, I was genuinely shocked after all my flying experience with United
ReplyDeleteThere goes half of Colin Jost's jokes on SNL.
ReplyDeletePeople don't realize how goated spirit was. You could get a flight from New York to Orlando for like $20, then pay $50 at the gate for an upgrade to first class. For $70 you could be riding in a big lazy boy chair with unlimited snacks and alcohol. It was my go to travel hack
ReplyDeleteAnd this shit holes’ economy keeps thriving and chugging along. 🙄God bless this fucking mess.
ReplyDeleteThat's gotta suck for the people still up in the air.
ReplyDeleteSay what you want about spirit, but I love my cheap Vegas flights for a weekend trip. I never had a bad flight and it seemed like everyone who was on my flights just wanna get to their destination everytime.
ReplyDeleteThe big seat never did me wrong. RIP
ReplyDeleteThanks Trump!
ReplyDeleteIt should have been frontier
ReplyDeleteNo airline bought them out? 😞 Never flown Spirit, but reading the stories here, wish I had for the entertainment.
ReplyDeleteI feel terribly for the employees out of the job and travelers who got stranded. However, they were a terrible airline. I never had a good experience the times I had to fly with them. Very confused by all these positive spirit comments. It was only a “budget” airline if you looked at the base fare only and nothing else they charged you in fees.
ReplyDeleteAirlines are credit card companies with planes. Spirit was not funded by a generous credit card bank. It did not help that they looked like a cheap taxi and bragged about mistreating customers.
ReplyDeleteBusinesses go out of business because they don’t meet customer needs. Customers want rewards, points, status, and service. So long to the Dollar Tree of the skies. Nobody will miss Spirit.
letsbuyspirit.com
ReplyDeleteI’m pledging as soon as it reopens!
DeleteRip. We all clowned Spirit but I never had an issue with any of my spirit flights and we were always on time. Never delayed. Fly high spirit 🕊️
ReplyDeleteHooray!!!
ReplyDeleteGood riddance.
ReplyDeletehow dumb you gotta be to bankrupt a business that makes mad money every flight?
ReplyDeleteThanks Biden administration
ReplyDeleteI'll always remember the gate agent telling us "do not bum rush my gate" and hearing flight attendants talking shit about other passengers. Spirit always lived up to the stereotype in the best way lol RIP
ReplyDeleteDamn it. I was going to fly to drop off Pokemon cards for grading for $75.
ReplyDeleteNow next best is like $300.
Thank god
ReplyDeleteThe writing's been on the wall ever since their merger with JetBlue was blocked. Elections have consequences.
ReplyDeleteI loved loved loved loved Spirit Airlines. $220 round trip, non stop, to go see my father in Ft. Lauderdale. They did not fly those shitty Boeing planes, just Air Bus. Remember that computer virus that took down every airline EXCEPT Spirit?? They always delivered what they promised. I am heartbroken 💔
ReplyDeleteI imagine planes disappearing mid flight like a glitchy video game.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the end of an era
ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss Spirit. It allowed me to travel at a time when I had very little money. I'll never forget my $80 ticket to Denver and sharing a $60 airbnb with my friend that was just a couch in someone's apartment. Or the absolute party that was the flight between Detroit and Atlanta. I flew with them so many times without issues, and tbh the clientelle was preferable to more expensive airlines. We were all broke and just happy to be in the sky.
ReplyDeleteexactly this but between NYC and ATL🤣🤣
DeleteSo sad but not surprised. Their business model had real value but it was too fragile.
ReplyDeleteNever flew Spirit but this makes me sad for the employees and for the people who relied on it for affordable transportation.
ReplyDeleteDamb, those guys got me to a lot of Smash tournaments back in the 2010s. Sad to see 'em go.
ReplyDeleteGod, my sister was a FA for Spirt for at least 15 years, if not more…. I’ve flown Spirit more times than I could even count. Last flew them after my wedding and the gate agent upgraded us to the big seats for a free drink! Crazy sad to see this happen!
ReplyDeleteHad no idea they had been around that long
ReplyDeleteSo much for my flight voucher.
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOO!!!! I’m so sorry
DeleteSuch a shame the Iran war pushed fuel prices up and that was the tipping point for these companies who is just barely holding it together
ReplyDeleteDOJ seriously should have just let JetBlue acquire them. Now both of them on the brink of bankruptcy
ReplyDeleteDeltas fucked now
ReplyDeleteWhy???
DeleteIt's like when that one aunt dies. The one that smoked two packs a day while on oxygen and told racist jokes at Dennys. You think. "This makes sense. Surprised it wasn't sooner. I'm sorry for her cats though."
ReplyDeletelololol
ReplyDeleteFinally the government doesnt bail out a failing corporation. What a surprise.
ReplyDeleteI never flew on Spirit. I won’t be surprised if other airlines start folding too. Who can vacation in these times, anyway?
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ReplyDeleteno they can’t afford it
DeleteThe memes for this are sending me
ReplyDeleteSeveral weeks ago I had a return Spirit flight suddenly cancelled, no reschedule. I had to buy another ticket, with a different airline, pay for an extra nights stay, etc etc. Spent a lot of extra money i wasn’t expecting to. The refund of the ticket did not cover even half my expenses from the unexpected set back. I have fought tooth and nail to try to get reimbursed, Spirit finally said they were reviewing my receipts. And now this. Guess I’m out of luck.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone has any suggestions for how to get reimbursed I am all ears! I read to file chargebacks, but that doesn’t really make sense because the return ticket was Frontier, and the hotel had nothing to do with it either. Maybe I should file a chargeback on the initial Spirit flight there that wasn’t cancelled?
DeleteEnd of an era. End of a fricken era
ReplyDeleteFinally. Flew once 10 years ago, never again I said, pay more for better airline it’s ok….Turns out it was warranted after all
ReplyDelete🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteSo great for America! Less competition, less jobs, higher prices! The Spirit of the Antichrist is thriving in America
ReplyDeletewouldnt be a bad idea
ReplyDeleteThis is really sad.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Planet Money episode that did a good job explaining why they’ve been struggling to compete with the big airlines lately. Tldr; larger airlines started to compete on price with different fare options like basic economy and such, and also startled leaning into their loyalty programs which are a lot more valuable with the amount of routes they offer.
ReplyDeleteAnecdotally, I’ve flown spirit like once, but most of the time I don’t find their prices that much lower that I can’t pass them up. I’ll fly other budget carriers too if it’s the best price, but most of the time when you factor in baggage and how convenient or not the times are, it’s just more worthwhile to fly Delta
I don’t use spirit and it really sucks that so many people had their flights cancelled, so many people lost their jobs etc.
ReplyDeleteBUT
This picture is hilarious
https://media3.giphy.com/media/AiF8ZsTESrDwRjEcIU/giphy.gif
DeleteIf spirit doesn’t use their social media manager one more time to post this on all socials for one last hurrah they missed out
DeleteDamn. Guess my poor ass ain’t going anywhere anytime soon 😭
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ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/a/ZfCukR9
ReplyDeleteThe Hawaiian airline ad on this post 😭
😭😭😭😭
DeleteI got an ad for a French airline and I saw someone else in the thread got a Jet2 😭
DeleteI saw that 😭
DeleteI loved them for Phoenix to Las Vegas flights. Dirt cheap, free small bag/backpack carry-on, and i would bid between $10-$14 for that Big Front Seat & win it every time!
ReplyDeleteI flew one Spirit flight, from Orlando to Boston in December of 2024. Cost me $19 and they had Santa just outside the cockpit handing out candy canes as we boarded. It was awesome.
ReplyDeletesome of my weirdest yet best flight experiences have been with spirit, they will be missed
DeleteLol
ReplyDeleteWow despite stealing money from customers they still don’t have any money?
ReplyDeleteGood riddance
For all the crap people say about spirit, I’ve never had a bad experience. If anything, I always got to my destination early. Had to cancel a ticket once and it was a relatively straightforward process with their customer service.
ReplyDeleteOver the past 6 months, the small airport near where I live in SW Arizona, which stores airplanes that are no longer being used, has gone from having about 3 or 4 Spirit Airlines jets, to having 25+ all lined up near the fencing. It's a sea of bright yellow.
ReplyDeleteI figured they were going under when every time I drove past, there were more jets out to pasture. Most have the Spirit name covered up on their sides, but the yellow is unmistakable.
I wonder how much the CEO walked away with.
ReplyDeleteno details about a golden parachute yet but he did get a $3.8m bonus right before they declared bankruptcy so i’m sure he’s more than taken care of this time
DeleteTIL Spirit was only a few years younger than I am.
ReplyDeleteToo 🔜
ReplyDeleteUgh, loved spirit. So cheap.
ReplyDeleteGood. Let corporations fail. Stop bailing them out.
ReplyDeletei’m all for dunking on corporations but it is sad all those people are out of jobs and health insurance now :/
DeleteI was today years old when I found out you could have gotten buzz balls on spirit 😂
ReplyDelete“Ending operations immediately” makes it sound like the planes just stop while in midair
ReplyDeleteAnd nothing of value was lost. Worst customer service experience I’ve ever had, it’s like a Waffle House in the sky.
ReplyDeleteI flew with them for a SC to NY vacation years ago. We were delayed by hours but I wasn’t bothered (I fly a lot for work, used to it). I was, however, sitting near the gate to wait. I was appalled at how rude the 2 Spirit gate agents were to everyone asking valid questions. One woman went up to ask for a number to fix a connection due to the delay. She was calm and normal and the agents snapped at her, really loudly, “Ma’am, you need to be patient!”
My husband and I were both really confused but it got worse with everyone who came up with questions. By the end, we were laughing about how absurdly outsized their reactions were at everything, it felt like an SNL skit almost.
That should have been the sign. When we got on the plane, it was worse. The plane was old and had actual tape all over it, inside and out. I can’t complain about that, the flight was cheap, so it was somewhat expected but the FAs were rude as shit on the plane, too! We had the safety seats and the lady who came to ask if we could do the job included in her speech, “if you can’t assist, you WILL be moved” in a super rude way. Just really rotten energy and for no reason.
Another woman near us asked about earplugs or headphones and the FA said “you’re not getting anything right now!” That in itself was weird, but it felt like the FA had an instant personality shift when she was trying to get everyone to sign up for a club/card with them.
It literally felt like everyone with Spirit was rude and disproportionately angry to have to do their jobs. No one else was being rude or yelling, drunk or mad. Just them. On the way back, our flight was badly delayed again. My husband and I were joking about drawing straws to see who would have to go deal with customer service. We ultimately ended up not flying Spirit home. It is among the top 5 weirdest and most unpleasant flying experiences I’ve ever had.
I would say the thousands of jobs lost were of value
DeleteI feel weirdly sad about this. I fly a lot and when I was young and didn't have a lot of money, Spirit was my pal. When I moved states 7 years ago and got homesick, I could hop on a $60 round trip flight home and stuff my backpack to the seams and pray they didn't make me pay for a carry-on. It's gotten me out situations when I had to fly home last minute when Delta was trying to charge $700 for a round trip flight. They were always transparent about their bare-bones policy (you are paying for the flight, everything else is an add-on).
ReplyDeleteReally, though, I feel absolutely terrible for the thousands of employees who are now out of a job.
That’s how I’d describe my feelings too. I’m in a long distance relationship and although we’re gonna bridge the gap for a few years soon, without spirit I wouldn’t have been able to visit my partner as much as I was able to. Terrible situation honestly, I’m gonna miss spirit as weird as that might sound
DeleteSame! When my now husband and I first started dating we were long distance and the only way we were able to see each other as much as we did was by flying spirit every other weekend. 😭
DeleteI'm gonna miss the free police bodycam footage we got from Spirit flights
ReplyDeleteSucks for everyone who lose their job over this but I can't remember the last time I even looked up their pricing for a flight.
ReplyDeleteMy son thought Spirt Airlines was what people were referring to when they said “airbus” because the planes were yellow. RIP “airbus!”
ReplyDeleteMy parents took a spirit flight. One of the engines exploded on takeoff and they had to make an emergency landing.
ReplyDeleteGood riddance
ReplyDeleteOne time I was on Spirit flight and we were about to land. We dipped down and went back up and the pilot comes over the intercom and says “okay folks, let’s turn around and try that again.” I was just grateful it was the landing and not the takeoff that we had to redo.
ReplyDeleteThe Spirit Halloween banner is killing me.
ReplyDeleteNooo! This puts those videos about unhinged people being kicked out of planes in jeopardy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lina Khan.
ReplyDeleteI’m gonna miss the body cam footage off these flights
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ReplyDeleteCan't shut down all the automations immediately.
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ReplyDeleteHad a flight in which I had an aisle seat and someone was in the middle seat. No one was in the window seat.
ReplyDeleteThe middle seat person didn’t move over the entire flight.
Proof that some people shouldn’t fly.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkshdYoh/
ReplyDeleteThis TikTok shows a sad announcement from a Spirit pilot.
That made me sad, he clearly enjoyed his job. I never knew spirit went their entire 43 years without a fatality. Truly the end of an era.
DeleteSomething has to be wrong with me because I just started tearing up as soon as the pilot started to cry too. This is so horrible. I hope all of the employees are able to find jobs quickly.
DeleteThere’s nothing wrong with you, it’s a GOOD quality to have to feel the hurt of someone who is hurting not of their own doing.
DeleteLittle kids have this kind of empathy too, and then we tease it out of them or teach them it’s silly and weak.
You’re a good person, keep it up.
I really appreciate this :) It can feel really exhausting to carry so much empathy sometimes. I care so much about the world despite it being the way it is. I feel like we’re in an empathy drought right now society-wide.
DeleteI really wish we allowed children to develop and explore their empathy. It’s one of the most important traits a person can have. It’s so important for people to learn how to care for and about others even if we don’t know each-other personally. I don’t understand why we don’t allow people to lean into their empathetic sides. An apathetic and defeatist world is a deeply problematic one.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with tears of empathy.
DeleteThere is absolutely nothing wrong with you. It’s a sad situation.
DeleteIt is
DeleteIt really is. I think what makes it worse is how frequently we’re seeing this sort of news. Thousands and thousands of people are losing their jobs in an already volatile and shitty job market. It’s also really sad to hear a real-life, living person address the situation in the way that the pilot did. It really just emphasizes how expansive the human cost of this is. It makes the loss/layoff statistics seem even more real.
DeleteThat’s exactly what hit me too. Hearing it from someone actually living it just makes it feel a lot heavier and more real. It’s hard not to think about all the people behind those numbers. Careers, families, everything getting disrupted at once. And you’re right, it feels like this kind of news just keeps coming lately, which makes it even more unsettling. I really hope things stabilize soon, because this pace isn’t sustainable.
DeleteExactly. It’s horrible enough to hear about how many people are losing their jobs but it makes it feel so much more devastating when real people actually talk about it publicly. Statistics and numbers make it sound way more impersonal and abstract. I see so many news articles and headlines that just share statistics but they don’t go into how this actually impacts people and their lives. I really hope it changes too. People can’t keep on going on like this.
DeleteIf only a certain someone was looking for another donated jet
ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/a/b2BP2il
ReplyDeletejess glynne isn’t slick smh
Tbf, I heard that nothing beats a jet2 holiday
Deletebut are you ready for this though? and is there any denying it?
DeleteNOTHING BEATS A JET 2 HOLIDAY!!!!!
DeleteJet 2 advertisement???
DeleteThis is like the 38th time I’ve seen some variation on this meme in the last 12 hours lol
ReplyDeleteGuess everybody had the same idea
I had no idea Spirit was going for so long. I really thought they were like 2020
ReplyDeleteWhat happens to their planes and shit??? This really sucks because they made flying accessible.
ReplyDeleteRight now there's 25+ of them lined up at the small airport near where I live in Arizona. They've been continually adding to the amount there for the past 6 months or so. It's just one long line of yellow jets now. All have the Spirit name covered up on the sides. I figure they will either be repainted and sold eventually or stripped apart. Or left to rot in the desert heat this summer
DeleteI was driving past the airport in Newark, NJ this afternoon and noticed similar. About a dozen spirit planes just lined up. Very ominous.
DeleteThey don’t own the majority of their planes they are leased. So most likely leased out to someone else but it will take some time.
DeleteStripped of the outside branding and sold.
DeleteI would go to a Spirit Halloween on an abandoned plane. Sign me up.
ReplyDeleteI would totally fly a year round Halloween themed airline. Serving drinks with dry ice
Deletei know they were shitty but always sad to see another budget airline bite the dust. a few years ago i stupidly left my chooched out $12k work macbook on an american airlines flight. i was getting the complete runaround from AA and the airport for so long that my job started garnishing my wages to recoup the cost. i ended up posting on a few of the pilot/FA subs and it was a Spirit pilot that ended up tracking it down for me and shipped it back. i am forever in debt to that guy! i hope he’s with another airline now.
ReplyDeleteWhere was the MacBook that entire time? I’m surprised nobody stole it
Deleteit was in the first class, first row overhead storage facing upright in a case the same color as the bin so i’m sure people didn’t even see it. i was tracking it for a while and it was flying back and forth between MCO and CLT for a while and then it died
DeleteYes and it’s never good to have fewer airlines, the industry is already so monopolized
Delete$12k for a macbook makes me surprised that company was able to operate. Must've ordered their computers based on how cool each computer sounded on social media
DeleteI don’t know how much mine cost but it has 128gb of ram. As a corporate buyer though I can imagine it was a good discount
Deleteapparently the guy before me insisted he needed it (i was a junior graphic designer at the time, didn’t need it at all) and i inherited it when he left. no one else had macbooks.
DeleteNo employer should be allowed to FUCKING GARNISH WAGES, for lost or damaged equipment. Mistakes happen in business. Insurance exists. No employee owes their employer their wages for an accident. Wages are owed for work done. They owe you for their theft of your wages.
Deletehttps://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/s/6PYhqbM2XL
The most expensive MacBook is like $8k so they were likely profiting off of this too
DeleteQuite the assumption. But the still doesn’t make it an intention or grossly negligent mistake.
Deletei agree, but unfortunately it is legal - they just can’t garnish you down to under minimum wage.
DeleteI believe it depends on whether it was an accident, willful act, or gross negligence. And also your jurisdiction.
DeleteWhere I am they couldn't but they could fire you for it.
DeleteYou can think Lina khan for blocking their merger
ReplyDeleteI loved Spirit airlines. We never had a problem on any flight we took with them. Loved saving some money, traveling out of a backpack. RIP.
ReplyDeleteI’ll aways remember the one Spirit flight I took and how fucking funny the flight attendant doing the safety demo was.
ReplyDelete“There is a $2000 fine for smoking on the plane, and I know if you could afford that you wouldn’t be on this flight”
One thing I did appreciate about Spirirt is that they did not pretend to be something they're not, they knew they were your last resort and they owned it.
DeleteThere's definitely something to be said about flight attendants not having to cater as much to "customer service". The Spirit flights I took had sassy flight attendants who were absolutely on top of assholes not using headphones and super passive aggressive about it. I appreciated it so much
DeleteYup i will never get our stewardess after welcoming us aboard.
Delete“And to those of you who said you would never fly Spirit again, welcome back.”
mine said “if you’re interested in watching an array of content or browsing the internet with our wifi, too bad. you should have flown with someone else because we don’t have it!” and then she sang the star spangled banner
DeleteWait mine was so good! Said if you press the attendant button you’ll be ejected from the aircraft lol
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Deletelmfao same. I recall mine, when giving the safety demonstration, mentioning that you should put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
Then he said, “Mom, Dad, that means you put on your mask before helping your child. And if you have two children, now’s the time to decide now which one you love more.” lol.
That's awesome!
DeleteI’ve heard this several times, I think it’s a script LOL
DeleteCue to my only spirit flight, the guy behind me was hitting his vape the whole time
DeleteGross.
DeleteThe one time I flew them I got one of their "first class seats" and listened to the flight attendants complain about the people in the back. And that one flight attenedant recent got barfed on because apparently in the back of the plans people get drunk and rowdy.
DeleteI enjoyed my 7 dollar top ramen and a buzz ball. And then never flew them again.
Welp, now I'm almost disappointed I didn't book Spirit during the Delta meltdown a couple years ago. There were some "first class" seats open. Safely away from the Wade Boggs challenge. Close enough to hear the goss about it.
DeleteMy husband and I flew in the “first class” seats on our honeymoon and the flight attendant slipped my husband 3 Tito’s nips for free. Thanks Malachi, hope you’re faring well today.
DeleteI was on a flight sat next to a guy that started getting violent after he started to get mad that he couldn’t sit in a seat that wasn’t assigned to him, ended up having to deplane and they brought in police to arrest him. The flight attendants were great and gave me 2 gins with soda for the trouble. I’m always worried about flying and got a 9 hour layover for my international flight just in case something went wrong, my friend who traveled with me only had a 30 minute layover. Take a guess who got to France a day earlier 🤣
DeleteFor those unfamiliar with Connecticut, nip = shooter fwiw.
DeleteOmg so funny that you immediately clocked the CT. I had no idea that was a regional thing.
DeleteWe call them nips in VA too
DeleteMy Boston coworker told me about nips
Deletewe can them nips in MA too lol
DeleteChicago also uses “nip”!!
DeleteAlthough my career was in the bar industry so my viewpoint may be a bit skewed lol
lol thank you. I was envisioning the flight attendant with a liter of Tito's letting people take pulls off it.
DeleteI told this story on a news article yesterday, but it’s too good not to share so I’m telling it again.
DeleteI fly to Vegas a lot for work and Spirit did these really cheap fly in Friday, fly out Sunday Las Vegas trips and I loved them so much. I mean, I had no choice but to take them because my work makes me choose the cheapest option, but I throughly enjoyed how every Friday flight in was basically a party bus in the sky and the Sunday return trip was like the long slog home post Spring break.
The flight attendants would have to repeat over and over and over that no outside alcohol could be consumed on the flight per FAA and people would do it anyway and get fined. People would throw things. People would openly vape. It was a total shit show.
RIP Spirit. I’m gonna miss the free entertainment.
Dang, how long ago was that? lol
DeleteThe last time? A couple months ago. I fly to Vegas 3 or 4 times a year.
DeleteThat’s interesting Spirit flight attendants are usually super strict about vaping if they see it
DeleteOhhhh, the last time I saw vaping on a spirit flight was last summer. And no, the FAs didn’t do anything.
DeleteI took that round trip a few times too! Absolutely did vape in the back on the way home lol. Flight attendants would give one warning at most and then let it all play out— unless it was something the airline could upcharge for. Like they were very serious about counting and measuring your baggage
DeleteI booked a carnival cruise just a week or so after 9/11 and it was like $80 for a week. People who seemingly were never in public made up the majority of the passengers
Deletelol I was shook p.
I'm so mad I didn't know about this until now.
DeleteI may have been on one of those Friday night flights a decade ago on my way to a buddy's bachelor party. It was the most amazing/horrible flight I have ever taken.
DeleteBack in 2014 I was on one with a bachelorette party and everyone in the back was buying rounds of tequila shooters. Absolute mayhem
DeleteRIP Spirit, the Greyhound of the sky
DeleteSouthwest was so happy when Spirit took that title away from them.
DeleteI feel a little bad for Southwest.
With this and the removal of open seating they really don't have much going for them at this point
DeleteThere's still Frontier haha
DeleteNo one was asking "what if your dive bar could fly?", but I'm happy Spirit gave us the answer before flying off into those pearly gates.
DeleteAwwww, thats sweet you think spirit is headed for the pearly gates.
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