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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    As I type this, I am stranded at O'Hare because they cancelled our flight home due to "weather" when it was just lightly raining and the weather where we were headed was fine. No explanation, no apologies and instead of automatically putting everyone on the next flight out, it was a free for all/scramble to the ticket counter as seats were on a first come, first serve basis. Other Spirit flights were leaving around us, so it definitely was not a weather-related cancellation. I spent an hour on hold trying to speak to a customer service rep, and when I did he only spoke over me and interrupted me the whole time. I advise you not to fly with them, save yourself the time, money and effort. I feel like I got scammed. Not worth it. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE COMPANY!!!

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    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    My wife, sister in law, and daughter carved four days out of their busy schedules to get together. My wife and sister in law were to fly Spirit Airlines from MSP to Denver today. Spirit cancelled the flight due to "the crew timed out." This is completely predictable and unacceptable. The next flight that Spirit could offer was on Tuesday. Fly to Denver on Tuesday and back on Wednesday. Some vacation. I printed the boarding passes at 9 AM this morning and all was well? When we arrived at MSP at 12:30 PM and saw the cancellation via the departure screens. Zero communication from Spirit. They have our email address and phone number.

    We will NEVER, EVER book a flight via Spirit and hope that they go out of business soon! The travel world will be greatly improved when this happens! And by the way, their refund policy is terrible also! Spirit, you have greatly disappointed my family members and we wish you complete failure soon! And we sympathize for the rest of the passengers that were affected also. We witnessed several that had counted on the flight for more important tasks.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    I recently flew spirit airlines from Cleveland going to Las Vegas. June 7th 2015. First of all, the flight was delayed over an hour leaving Cleveland. The flight did not have WiFi, nor did they offer complimentary snacks or drinks. A cup of coffee cost $7.95, prices were ridiculous. They did not show a movie for a three hour flight. They charge customers for every little thing, like baggage charges are simply a ripoff. On the way home from Las Vegas, there was a three hour delay coming home. This airlines is the absolute worst and I would never recommend this airline to anyone unless they are desperate. I think people need to boycott them until they go out of business.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 15, 2015

    FIRST TIME LAST TIME Spirit Airlines. Purchased 2 R/T tickets to Jamaica from Ft Lauderdale for $526.00 for Anniversary. When I went to get boarding passes the day of flight was informed I needed to pay for seats if we wanted to sit together, so another $80.00. Then you need to pay for luggage, they charge for carry on. So my seats and 2 carry on and 2 checked bags came to a WHOPPING $412.00 extra. If I would have had time, I was so aggravated I would have told them to STICK IT. NEVER AGAIN. As we were in line coming back several people also mentioned NEVER AGAIN. STAY AWAY, VERY FAR AWAY.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 14, 2015

    My daughter was traveling alone for the 1st time. She's 18. She was there at the airport on time. Spirit airlines cancelled the flight, left her there, no help! They told her "go home come tomorrow." She was alone at the airport, no car and scared. They didn't offer her vouchers for food or nothing; no hotel nothing. She had to stay at the airport floor. They are very irresponsible. Awful customer service. DO NOT FLY THIS AIRLINE! I will never forget this nightmare. Horrible experience.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    I normally don't write reviews but you can imagine how frustrated I am, if I'm here. How does this airline even exist? First time I heard about this pathetic airline was when my brother first used it. He did so the first time too. And he told me they charged him $55 for carry on EACH damn way and had no mention of it when he bought the ticket online. A surprise!

    Then I had booked on Expedia for my uncle and aunt who are visiting this place for the first time and of course picked the cheapest! Little did I know it was really the cheapest in all terms. On their flight departure day, got an email notification that the flight is delayed half an hour. So that's fine, delays happen. Then later on get another email it delayed ONE AND HALF HOURS NOW. How disappointing!

    And yes, for seat selection also they charge me $9 each person. Else you'll be punished by random seat assignments. This creates not brand loyalty but disloyalty. In today's day and age there should be no place for such an airline. Think twice if you have to book this. There's lots of hidden clauses that would bring your cost up to the same as other MORE reputable airlines.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Flight from ORD delayed 40 min to even board. Status still read "On Time." Boarded then waited another 40 min. Then they charged for water. Left MSP with 8 coworkers headed to same destination. They are all gone and I am here waiting for Spirit. Checked in 3 hours early and flight status was already delayed. Now delayed by an hour. I will never book them again. I don't care how much lower they are. I will pay for reliability.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    This airline is the worst in history. I flew from Ft Lauderdale on May 18th to San Diego for a job interview. It was a one aircraft flight, but we stopped in Houston to pick up passengers. Once I arrived to San Diego, the baggage clerk advised me that my bag didn't arrive with me so I filed a claim. A week after my arrival, Spirit was still unaware of the location of my military bag. San Diego office called and sent several emails regarding this matter to Ft Lauderdale location; however we were unsuccessful in reaching the Ft Lauderdale location.

    I've called countless times regarding this matter. It's been a month now and I still haven't received my bag. The total of the lost item are about $3000.00. I honestly don't want the check. I want my items and I want Spirit to at least act like they care about the well being of their customers. Nevertheless, I will not refer this airline to my worst enemy. Not only are the flights uncomfortable, they aren't responsible with the $40.00 per passengers bags.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    I wish I can leave this horrible, horrible airline. Zero stars rather than the gracious one star I was forced to leave them. I purchased a $100 flight to Las Vegas, like everyone else I realized it was a scam when I was informed that it would be nearly $100 for carry on and checked bags. I found this out when I was calling to inform them I needed to return one day earlier, or at least a few hours earlier because of medical reasons, they told me that would cost me $120. So for a $100 round trip flight to Vegas it is going to cost me and my wife well over $500 total. Also do not call them because they charge you a toll. AVOID, AVOID, AVOID!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    Paid for our seats the first time via mobile. Didn't know we had to pick seats from PC instead of mobile because these days, you can do anything via mobile. After they charged our card of $120 for seats and luggage, it said we didn't pick seats. So I called customer service and the lady had a nasty attitude and told me they can only give me air credit because I didn't use my PC to pick seats. After arguing with her she finally refunded our money and we had to pay again for seats. Now, we are at the airport and we were supposed to board at 10:48am. There was a delay. After they called the gates they told us we have to sit back down because they had to check the plane for something. Another delay! Already had a bad experience with them and I haven't got on the plane yet! Never again!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I booked 4 one-way tickets with Spirit from FLL to LAS. The ticket was NOT cheaper than other companies, and price was not the issue for me. As a matter of fact their ticket was $12 more expensive than JetBlue but I took them because they had a direct flight. We arrived at the airport to pay an additional $40 a luggage X 2 = additional $80 for the 4 of us. Then, we board on flight and were shocked to find out that WATER cost $2. Disgusting and greedy company with poor customer service, tight seats and annoying rules. If that isn't enough, I come back from the flight to find an additional charge for $100 on my credit card statement from SPIRIT AIRLINES! I call them and being told this is a valid charge since they had my CVV code yet they are unable to provide me with any information as to what it was paid for.

    I call my credit card company, dispute the charge, and LOSE the battle against the airline on the $100. The stupid analyst ruled in their favor since SPIRIT said it was a valid charge. A payment I NEVER authorized. With no signature or voice authorization from my end. NEVER AGAIN! Our flight back was with JetBlue. Amazing flights, free checked in bags, and free water. Not to mention it was cheaper, and also direct flight.

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    Staff

    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    Well after expecting a short layover, we're now told the flight has been delayed for 4 hours because of weather. It rained about 30 minutes in Atlanta. What weather delay? I bet they don't have that many planes. This is after all the hidden fees they proclaim they don't have and the employees have a "Oh well" attitude. Sure there will be more coming. Complaint with BBB is next!

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    Reviewed June 11, 2015

    I will never ever pay for Spirit or will I ever deal with SPIRIT AIR again! I will make sure I make as many post and complaints about Spirit! Not only were the charges for carry on ridiculous and checked baggages. I went to check in online and was not able to pay the $30 initial fee for the 1st baggage. As I call and waited on phone for another half an hour on the second day, my fee for the baggages went up. As I am typing right now at 55 minutes on the phone with a Spirit representative who has put me on hold numerous time because he has not supervisors or managers available to talk to. His name is ** and he said his work ID number is **.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    WORST AIRLINE EVER! Booked thru CheapOair and thought $117 rt was a great deal from Chicago to Ft Lauderdale. Shall I laugh now, again? Unbelievable! Not only do they tell you your bags will be 21 to check and $26 for carry on, it's actually only if you are in the $9 club (worthless also) ALL AIRPORTS charge their own fee due to Spirit's money hungry tactics. $30 in Chicago and $55 in Florida! Wait, check in online or its $10 pp. Don't want to be apart from your spouse on the plane, pay for seats from $10 pp to $25 a seat! Got charged for my bag being slightly over too! Ha! They couldn't eat that at least could they? NEVER ever again! Any airline is cheaper when you add all they charge. Biggest scam ever! Just got back from Vaca on June 3rd 2015...be smart, don't fly this airline.

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    Reviewed June 8, 2015

    We had 4 tickets flying with Spirit, the flight was cancelled today June 08 and the next available flight is June 10th. They would not accommodate anyone in anyway. I will never fly Spirit again.

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    Price

    Reviewed June 7, 2015

    Omg!! My son made round trip flight arrangements more than 7 days before the actual departure date. An emergency came up and he needed to change it to a one way to a different city. Long story short, the one way flight was cheaper than the round trip ticket but he was expected to pay an additional $90 plus dollars OR have a $60 credit to go towards another flight that had to be used (booked) within 60 days... REALLY?? So basically he's out $207 OR subjected to pay $300 for a flight on a crappy airline. To top it off I was on hold waiting to speak with a "supervisor" for over TWO HOURS in order to get a legal explanation as to why the change to a cheaper flight "MAY BE SUBJECT TO FEES" indeed applied to that type of transaction. But of course everything was scripted and that information wasn't a part of the contents on the software.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    I traveled from Dallas to NYC for a much anticipated 4 days vacation with my wife, 3 year old child and my father who is a senior citizen visiting from India. Since they charge a premium for every bag and won't allow any carry on bags, I put all my families' stuff in one bag. They lost my baggage and I am on my last day of vacation and still haven't received the bags. I call them 4 times a day and every time I have to deal with someone who couldn't care less. Now I am stranded in the middle of Manhattan with no clothes to change, medicines for my father and diapers for my child. They say since it was one bag, I am allowed to spent $50 everyday which is nothing for a family of 4 in Manhattan.

    I have never seen any business act more irresponsibly and the first thing I do when I go back to Dallas is go forward with a lawsuit for a family vacation properly ruined. Whatever happens, I am going to go to every forum available from now on and spread the word and let people know how bad Spirit airlines is. If you are going on a family vacation, STAY AWAY from Spirit Airlines.

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    PricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 6, 2015

    Spirit's only draw was price, they are typically the cheapest selection when shopping for flights. Upon arrival at MSP we learned of a delay, when we finally were able to board we thought we were finally in the clear to get going... we thought wrong. They got us boarded and about 100 ft off the terminal before telling us we'd be delayed another hour and we'd be just sitting on the plane. Why even board that many people only to make us sit?! Flight was terrible, turbulence was one of the scarier experiences, weather was a factor, but the large drop was quite scary.

    Flight home from Chicago O'Hare was not any better. The terminal was jammed with people and there was no organization whatsoever. We learned we were delayed again, and no weather issues and no one would give us any detail as to why. After the first hour we were told we were switching terminals so we all had to relocate two gates down - highly annoying for those families with children who were settled into their space only to have to move.

    When we finally boarded, the captain explained that they 'dropped the ball', the flight crew was told one time and airline had their set flight time. This is not secret info, flight times should be well known and communicated between airline and airport- as to how they couldn't have their crew show up on time is extremely disappointing. This is not an acceptable excuse for a major airline. I don't think punctuality and customer service/organization are unfair expectations from consumers. I will pay extra money next time to not fly Spirit. Between the extra transportation expenses and headache of the delays, flying Spirit is not worth it.

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    Reviewed June 5, 2015

    My brother was scheduled to return home June 1st from LAX to SJO. Flight from LAX and connecting flight in Houston was canceled and no one notified us. Went to airport to find out all this. Front desk rescheduled flight for June 2nd. AFTER WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT WE LEARNED HIS flight was canceled due to mechanical problems. My brother missed two days of work all because of your low budgeted airlines. Very hard seats can't reclined and very but VERY POOR customer service. I would NEVER recommend any of my friends or families to fly with this airlines. We are a very ANGRY family in regards to your very poor service. You need to be SHUT down and I am serious.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed June 4, 2015

    I tried to change the ticket. On Kayak the fare was 402.00 round trip from Denver to LAX and when I spoke to the customer of Spirit, the guy told me it is 451.00. I asked him as to why he is charging me more, he said that the Kayak charges more than the Spirit. He could not comprehend after I told him that the fare is lower on Kayak. He kept on repeating himself.

    I am sure he was in a call center. After that I had to repeat my credit number six times and he still could not get it right. I had to scream and ask him for the Supervisor. I am not sure if he was on sort of drugs because I never have this kind of experience. This was my first booking for a friend of mine and will be my last booking on Spirit. The only reason they survive is that they are cheaper but you get what you pay for.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 3, 2015

    1st Trip: Spirit denied my entire family (2 Adults and 3 Children - 4 year old, 2 year old, 1 year old and my spouse is an Army Veteran) access to board due to a Spirit policy that indicates they can't allow passengers to board within 10 minutes till take off (we arrived 9 minutes before the flight was scheduled to take off). This flight was on July 4th and we had to wait till the next flight out (so we spent our July 4th; celebrating my Army Veteran spouse in an airport).

    2nd Trip: Spirit lost my luggage and when I arrived to my destination there were no Spirit Airlines employees at the baggage office or ticket counter to file a claim with; so I called their number and spoke with ** Agent # **. The call lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes and he was unable to provide or offer any help. When he finally got a supervisor on the line I was hung up on. I provided my call back number to ** during the call; however, no call back was ever provided.

    Please, Please, Please... don't fly with this airline! They aren't worth the few dollars savings for the horrible service and overall bad airline. Your luggage will surely be lost, they will charge you for every little thing they can from water on the plane to every piece of luggage you have, to selecting your seat, to checking in with an agent, and the list goes on. I will never fly this airline again and neither will any of my family and friends. I truly hope Spirit Airlines goes out of business soon.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    Our flight was boarded two hours late. Everyone on board on a very hot plane to find out they cancelled it. Everyone had to get off the plane and get their luggage and wait in line. I was doing this with two young children. This took two and a half hours and I still never got my refund. We found out Spirit was only giving a refund for one way or a flight home four days later. To get home we were out $1200 due to a hotel stay and an expensive ticket to get home to my third child. Never again!

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    I book a flight for 7 people to fly to Las Vegas on May 31. It got cancelled and we re-booked it the next day. However, it cancelled again on June 1st because they do not have pilot and crew member. Cancelling the flight two days in a row and refusing to give any kinds of information is very frustrating. They have the worst customer service because they were so rude. :((( I spend so much money on taxi going back and forth to airport to times.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    I was charged 10 dollars per seat because I picked out seats. I was never given the choice to not pick out seats... and doesn't pick out seats??? You pick out seats when you travel... this is normal because you want to sit next to your loved one... so stupid and misleading... I WILL NEVER FLY THIS AIRLINE AGAIN!!! And after waiting on their misleading 1 800 number... that is 1801... nice one Spirit... the customer rep put my phone call back to the introduction to punish me for my grievance.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    Made flight. Had to change flight. Invested over 1 hour trying to communicate with someone with zero IQ in Philippines. Separated reservations, I was told, and switched to put our daughter with my wife. Today while leaving for my flight to Bogota, I called to determine why I never received the email itinerary of my wife and daughter. After investing another hour with another mental level "repeating over and over what they see on the screen without any brain analysis" I learned that the first reservationist never made the changes and the operator just kept robotically kept repeating that the time and change was never made and that i'd have to buy another flight to put our daughter with my wife! The worst level of thought process! Even after admitting that it was obvious that it was an error by Spirit operator she said, "if you don't buy another ticket, your daughter can't fly." So I did. A raping and no recourse. NEVER FLY SPIRIT. DON'T DO IT!

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    Reviewed June 2, 2015

    This was my first experience with Spirit Airlines, and it will be my last. This is the WORST airline I have ever dealt with. The customer reps is beyond rude. Not to mention they nickel and dime you. They charge $100 to bring 1 skateboard. I wished there's a way to put negative star.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    Flight was cancelled so we stood in line 5 hrs to finally talk to someone. This was after having already been at airport 6 hrs. No compensation except $7 food voucher (price of an inflight coke). Website does not have any customer service links or any way to complain. Would never use this airline again.

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    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    I don't know if I am more upset with the fact that as a consumer I am disregarded as not important enough to be treated with respect or the fact that seeing all these complaints, nothing is being done! So what are you doing to fix this very bad situation? They advertise cheap prices then hit you with hidden fees. What are you doing? I understand customer service is an attitude and not a department, but their attitude wouldn't be tolerated if any of you that work with the Consumer Affairs department were treated that way...I can guarantee you that! Please stand up for the consumer!!

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Got message from airline that flight was delayed by 5 hours. Two hours later checked online again and found out that flight had departed. Are they joking? What is the point of sending a message like this and then revoking it? Of course, this is Spirit so you can't call in to customer service without them charging you for the phone call. I will never fly them again, nor should anyone else. This is a scam operation.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Starting with booking the flight I purchased a ticket not knowing that Spirit charges you, after you have already paid for your ticket - for your seat. Not sure how it is legal to sell an airline ticket without somewhere to seat being that you can't ride in an airplane without sitting, but hey, they hooked me with their low base price and the seat prices weren't terrible so I kept on booking. Next were the outrages bag fees for not only checked bags but ALL carry on items as well. That's phase two of the Spirit airlines scam. Then came the check in at the airport where I waited longer than I think I have ever waited to check in and check bags and there were literally less than five people in front of us in line.

    There were about 8 people behind the desk and yet only two people were taking customers but still was slower than I've ever experienced. Next was at the gate when the three person team taking boarding passes seemed like they had never even done the job before. They didn't even know what part of the pass was for them and what part was returned to the customer. Then was their lack of any kind of thought in their boarding process - they boarded completely at random, front, back, middle - no system whatsoever which further slowed things. Not sure why any airline would purposefully ignore the very basic logic even a two year old could understand in the idea of boarding back to front? Just kinda makes sense doesn't it? But that didn't really matter because, guess what? There was another delay when we got onto the runway and they realized, ah shucks! The AC AIN'T WORKIN YA'll! We gotta restart the system!

    Oh and I completely forgot to mention that the flight had already been delayed an hour and a half for no reason that was explained to us - the weather was perfect that day - another thing that airlines get away with constantly without being held accountable in any way- but that's another story. I really wished - for Spirit Airlines sake- that the captain had lied about the delay saying, well, pretty much anything else that would not have made it sound like they were operating with the most inept and unprofessional crew in the business. "Uhhh we're waiting in line? We're waiting for clearance from the tower? Um, um- there's a ** T. rex on the runway and Steven Spielberg is flying in the tangle the ** for Jurassic park 5!" Anything. But the AC broke??? ** my life Spirit Airlines - get your ** together. Don't fall for the cheap prices - the migraines and visits to your therapist will end up costing you much more:)

    ...... That was the original end of my review - but because we had a stop in vegas - the story goes on... We weren't supposed to get off the plane at all - but because Spirit had spent the day screwing things up there were now apparently all kinds of problems to correct and so we had to get off, were told that we would get back on in 10-15 minutes which ended up being over an hour. Again - no explanation given. The terminal was packed with annoyed people all begging to get any kind of info at the Spirit desk, but alas, all the employees had vanished! So we finally got back on and made the trip home (over three hours late, with, again, no explanation) then spent double the amount of time that it normally takes to de-plane because of Spirit's asinine boarding process. I'm not being over dramatic when I say that it was the most annoying and uncomfortable experience I've ever had on an airline.

    Everyone was so angry by the end that people were turning into an angry mob - literally cursing and shouting at each other as we de-planed. It was so uncomfortable- yet completely justifiable with the lack of any thought and consideration that has gone into their "system." I can't let Spirit take any more of my time away from me, save yourself from this company if you can. That is all. PS. The consumer affairs website forced me to put at least one star - I did not do that by choice.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    One wheel half-broken off luggage, another wheel got bent inward, must be that the luggage had been dropped to the ground wheel first. We didn't pay much attention as we were eager to be picked up by relatives in a very crowded airport during holidays, only to find out the damage a few days later. I looked up online and their site says "needs to file a claim within 4 hrs", so I didn't bother to call.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    I flew from Denver to Chicago. I used to fly Spirit constantly and it was great. On the way in we were stuck on the runway for 30 minutes, then leaving they changed the gate 3 times without updates, boarded us late, walked us outside in 40 degrees to get to the plane, and triple booked a seat, causing further delay. They also never changed the online status to delayed, making it look as if we were leaving on time when we were 25 minutes late. I will never be flying Spirit again, no matter how cheap.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Everything about Spirit Airlines is horrible. Don't waste your time or money. Hidden fines. Horrible customer service. I don't even see how they even still have customers. I hope they go out of business soon & very soon to save people the trouble.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    Mistakenly booked a trip thru Travelocity. Contacted them and explained what happened. They said "no charges had been processed and cancelled everything promptly." They instructed me to contact Spirit Airlines directly. Called customer service, and was on hold for over an hour. Agent said I had missed their 24 hr window and there would be no refund. Asked for a manager and was told they would call me. Still no call, and absolutely no "customer service"! Worst airline I've ever dealt with, and I've never been on one of their flights. They could learn a lot from Southwest Airlines!

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I flew from Las Vegas to Houston. We had 3 gate changes during a midnight flight. Not to mention the one and a half hour delay. The best part is, Spirit only accounted my miles from Vegas to Houston, and not from Houston to Vegas. A week after the trip, my accumulated mileage still shows 1,222 miles only. The seats can't be reclined and are very stiff; horribly uncomfortable. Yes, it was cheap, but I think that's what you get for what you paid. I found a customer service number online but you can't ever talk to an actual person; it is a fully automated phone system. No email address or contact form on their website either.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2015

    I took a flight from Minneapolis Minnesota on the 27th of May from Little falls Minnesota to Baltimore Maryland. I booked my flight online. After completely booking my flight and receiving the itinerary, finding that they had put the wrong dates which I booked from the 27th of May to the 29th of May. They charged me a 35.00 booking fee to change the dates to my original dates that wasn't my fault in the first place. On the 27th of May got to the Minneapolis airport at 3 pm. My flight wasn't supposed to leave until 4:46 pm. My flight had gotten delayed until 7:04 pm. I was going to Baltimore because of a death in my family.

    The plane left Minnesota to go to Detroit and then came back to Minnesota and then got delayed for a third time. I am a 22 year veteran of the United States Army and this was the very worst airlines ever that I had flown with. I was very much inconvenienced. Had to buy a suit over the phone and if I hadn't done this I would have had to go to my family member's funeral in sweats. This airline owes me and my family the price of my suit and a personal apology in writing.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    I purchased a ticket from spirit airlines to fly from NYC to Detroit, but due to a medical emergency that required me return to NYC before my departure day from Detroit, I called Spirit airlines to see if my return day could be changed. The agents I spoke to were completely rude and they were constantly hanging up on me and when I asked to speak to a supervisor or manager they told me none was available. I kept on calling back throughout the entire day to no avail. I eventually cancelled the flight as I was getting nowhere and there was no way I was gonna miss my Doctor's appointment.

    Later on, I checked their website and the flight times that I was requesting was available. I couldn't believe that every agent I talked to could not search and find this flight for me...totally unbelievable. They did not care. They just wanted their money since it was a non refundable ticket. I should have booked my flight with American Airlines as I always had as they have never disappointed me in any way. Never again will I patronize Spirit airlines. I've learned my lesson.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    On May 12, 2015 - in Houston we were denied boarding on flight 488 because it was less than an hour before take off of an international flight. This was due to misinformation we were given at the New Orleans Spirit Counter. They told us that we had to disembark on previous flight 657 (MSY-IAH), retrieve our luggage and check back in. When in reality, they could have put a "transfer" tag on it and it would have traveled with us onto Cancun. WE even tried to scan our passport in the Kiosk (which would have been before the deadline to check in) but it wouldn't scan our passport. So, after a few questions they realized they gave us misinformation in NOLA but the quickest they could get us to our destination was two days later! I have reservations, excursions set up in Cancun, we needed to be there that day!

    So, we ended up spending $1200 to book a United flight later that afternoon and arrived about two hours later than expected, but on that day. In order to make a claim on my travel insurance I needed from Spirit "Documentation from the carrier verifying the reason, certifying that we were unable to board that flight XGKGPE". I spent 102 minutes on the phone with Spirit representatives today, only to be told that going online and doing a request through their website is the ONLY way to get this documentation. I had already did an online complaint three days ago and have yet to hear anything. Never again.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    I had a scheduled flight at 1:50 yesterday. There was never any announcement about the two delays or the subsequent cancellation. The board continued to show 12:50 and when I asked, I was told that the agent hadn't had time to check and the board wasn't updated. I got email telling me to check status and I found cancelled. I was told that was no other flight available and I could apply for refund. I booked $519 flight on US Airways and left. Today, when I reached Spirit after approximately 45 minutes on hold, I was told that I would receive $79 refund ($53 flight plus $26 carry on fee) for one leg of trip that cost me over $388. Taxes and other fees they charge are apparently retained by Spirit. Is this legal? I will never fly this airline again and I am also posting on TripAdvisor and any other site I can find!

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    First experience with Spirit. Flight was delayed departing Denver. Return from O'hare on a Monday, was cancelled after 2 hours of delays. We were informed thru the delay there was a weather delay. After cancellation, we were told the first flight they could get us on was THURSDAY!?!?!? Reason given was not enough crew. For the aggravation, the tight seats, we will never fly this airline again.

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    Reviewed May 28, 2015

    Riding Spirit Airlines is The worst flight experience I have ever been through. I actually arrived to the check in 4hrs before my flight departure time and somehow the slowest and dumbest airport staff still somehow made me miss my flight even after the flight was delayed twice because of the incompetent staff they have working for them. The Atlanta Spirit supervisor was so stupid that he booked me a flight to Fort Lauderdale, only to have to spend the night at the airport, and catch a flight on Delta from Fort Lauderdale back to Atlanta, then from Atlanta to my final destination Santo Domingo which makes completely no sense at all! So I was basically left stranded at the airport for over 32 HOURS for a flight that I came 4 hours early to! Just horrible!

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    We were to fly out of ATL to DTW at 300 and we kept getting notices of a delay. Finally at 600 the airlines cancelled the flight and no other flights until two days later. Every other airline was flying. This is the second and last time this happens to us.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    After being delayed several times they cancelled our flight. It was mechanical and they would not even help us rebook. They told us they don't have anything until 2 days later. Hotel expensive at my cost. The lady at the desk rolled her eyes like if it was my fault! Just very disappointed. The situation could have been handled differently if they really valued their customers and had true customers service. I purchased seats and got downgraded and no refund. In order to get home I had to stop at 4 different airports.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    I wish I could give negative stars. Was booked for a 9:55 flight out of O'Hare. As it was not listed on the departure screen, I looked up my flight status online at the airport. Although I have an account and my contact info is listed in their records, no email, text, or call had alerted me that my flight had been delayed until nearly 1am. I watched multiple flights ahead of me leave (delayed as well). Then after having waited at the airport for the flight, 1am came and no boarding call. There were over 100 of us who had waited patiently and then an announcement was made that the flight was cancelled. No explaining. No concern from the employees. Just instructed to go to the ticket counter. We all went and the customer service skills of the staff were abysmal. They were quite rude and non-understanding of the significant problem this posed for many distraught passengers.

    My options were to collected a partial refund or wait 2 days for another flight. I took the refund and promptly rebooked with another airline but this was costly. Many people had no means to do this and no resources for a hotel or transportation. Now after 13.5 hours in airport and much time to consider, not only the delay but the rudeness of the staff and the lack of any explanation, I echo the sentiments of many others in saying that I will NEVER use Spirit Airlines again. I don't need any frills for airline travel but am unwilling to accept failure to provide a service that has been paid for, unprofessional behavior, and sorely lacking customer service skills no matter what the "discount" may be.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    Flight cancelled. I called Spirit customer service and explained I had taken a week off from my job, planned this vacation for months, and I had no days to spare. I was not given a flight until after my caption was over. Needless to say, my hotel was nonrefundable, shuttle lost one way, and I paid for my dog's kennel for a week and he had already been dropped off. This airline needs to be shut down. I lost so much nonrefundable money. I would have been better catching a mule ride to Vegas. At least it's reliable. I will NEVER use again. NEVER VERY DISAPPOINTED. This is a sorry airline.

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    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    Worst service I have experienced. Flight was cancelled after waiting for 5 hours. Not a big deal, but customer service treated everyone waiting like criminals and were extremely rude. No explanation except weather which was a false statement. They did not help out with finding other flights or offer any assistance. My refunded ticket will not give me funds for 5 to 10 days so they can collect interest on my money they stole from me. I will spend as much time as possible to shut them down.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I booked a direct nonstop flight and upgraded my seats. My return flight was cancelled and now I'm in coach with a 1 hour delay in another city. The airline has REFUSED to comp me for the extra money I paid for the direct nonstop flight. After 45 minutes ** at customer service agrees to refund me for seat upgrade but refused me a supervisor and refused to comp the other expenses. I will NEVER fly with Spirit again. So disgusted.

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I arrived at 2pm to be ready to fly at 4:38 Dallas Chicago. The flight had been delayed now for 7 hrs and 20 minutes. When our flight finally arrived, an announcement was made that we have to wait another hour for a flight from Houston TX with 20 passengers that needed to be on our flight. Now... we had been waiting for close to 8 hrs and we still need to wait for them!!

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    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    My wife, child, and I flew on Spirit for the first time. If you are taller than 5' 9", then good luck fitting your legs in front of you while seated. We were assigned to the second row which has ample leg room. We thought "Great!" A lap child and a diaper bag, we needed the extra room. The flight attendant then comes over and tells us that children can't sit in the first two rows due to inflatable seat belts. Wait!, it's safer and kids can't be there? Then the pilot was almost 50 minutes late for take-off. Not to mention the $80 for two small check bags we had to pay each way. Screw this airline. We will never fly this airline again. I will pay the extra hundred and fly Southwest.

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    Reviewed May 24, 2015

    We went on a trip to MX the day that we were returning home, at the Cancun airport Spirit Airlines advised us that instead of getting home on Sunday May 10, we would be traveling on Tuesday May 12, 2015. We had to get a hotel for two nights and spend money on clothes, because we packed light. Spirit did not compensate for anything at all. The airplane seats very uncomfortable, on our flight Cancun via Florida there was an awful smell. We didn't know if it was vomit, or the bathrooms, but it was intolerable, the smell kind of went away at 38,000 miles in the air. We will never fly again through Spirit Airlines, or recommended to anyone, only 40 LBS of luggage, and you had to pay for "everything", no drinks or snack unless purchased, and no compensation for the two extra nights we had to stay there.

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    Reviewed May 23, 2015

    This is the second time I've had issues with Spirit airline, first time they booked me a 7 AM flight, when it was supposed to be 7 PM. Put it on the phone, guess that's my fault. They really don't care about customer service at all. They're cheap flights motto, it's total BS. Saw smug jerk at A 7 AM flight, when it was supposed to be 7 PM. Put it on the phone, guess that's my fault. They really don't care about customer service at all. They're cheap flights motto, it's total BS. Jerk smug attendant charged a woman 30 bucks or so for a tennis racket, says it was too tall. He ballasted on the racket handle lengthwise and said "It doesn't meet our requirements," I said "That won't even sit like that." Dude said, "Are we going to have a problem? Do you want his flight?" Snap back to the woman and said "If you want to be on this flight you need to pay for this racket or throw it out."

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    Reviewed May 23, 2015

    Spirit Airline is the worst. Got charged for every single items. This is the first and last to fly Spirit Airline.

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    120 for modified ticket? And was giving the wrong estimated!!! Long waiting time over the phone. Their customer service is horrible, full of crap. I would never ever use their service again in my life!!!

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    Reviewed May 22, 2015

    When my daughter handed in her ticket she was told to sit in an area and wait for the flight to be called. Her flight to Vegas 5/21/15 was not called nor was she paged to board the flight causing her to miss the flight. She had just graduated college the day prior and was treating herself to a trip to Vegas. The counter help was rude and didn't accommodate her. They gave 3 other people standby tickets and not her. They lied to customer service and said that she refused to take another flight which was not true. After spending 7 hours at the airport, my daughter decided to cancel her return flight and go home due to stress and exhaustion. She was offered a credit, not a refund. She didn't want the credit as she'd never, ever book a flight with Spirit Airlines. This was such a bad experience with the airline and it's unfair how they took her money and she's out of a trip. Thumbs down to this airline and their customer service.

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    Reviewed May 21, 2015

    Yesterday morning my parents and I took Spirit from Houston IAH to Chicago ORD. However, my luggage never arrived here in Chicago. We went to the luggage office at ORD and they assured us that they would have the bag delivered "within 24 hours." It has been well over 24 hours and I have not heard from Spirit at all about my bag. We have tried calling both the corporate number and the ORD Spirit office numerous times and have gotten little help. I still have not received any update whatsoever on the status of my bag and neither numbers have warranted an answer all day today. Honestly this is the worst customer service I have ever experienced and I am amazed at how negligent this business is towards its customers. I will definitely not be flying with Spirit ever again.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    Do not sign up for their $9 fair club. They don't honor any of their claims at the gate and you cannot speak to anyone on the phone. Then they renew your membership without notification for an additional $69.95. These guys are a rip off.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    It was my second flight with Spirit after the first one went very satisfactory. Their booking website leaves something to be desired regarding intuitiveness. I could have sworn that I booked checked bags and they appeared as carry on -- which could not be changed after the fact. I was so irritated in dealing with their drones at the customer support line, that I completely overlooked that not only this was wrong, but the departure time was also wrong. I would never have booked at 11am flight in a million years -- should have been 9:55pm. I am a online systems veteran of 30 years and I know how logic can fail in web applications.

    Now when I got to the airport at the time I thought was right I was treated totally rude and cold! I was informed that "I" would have to call the 801 number and they could not. They also told me that the soonest they could get me to my destination (out of Chicago no less!) was nearly a week later. So I booked with American and was reminded what customer service should be like -- but at $400!.

    When I got to the hotel room I went on Spirit's website and found that they had indeed $149 fares for the return flight *THE NEXT DAY.* Now I was cooked. I called their 801 number and waited 15 minutes and finally hung up. A few days later I attempted again from my own phone and it took 30 minutes to speak to a customer service rep. They refused to put me up with a supervisor and in the end I got a form letter indicating that they have clear rules about missed flights. I was directed to a web form to submit a complain and in true spirit fashion was offered 200 characters for the complaint! The email I got back was a slap in the fact in light of the experience. In short -- NEVER AGAIN!

    So any fool that would choose this airline must realize that there is no tolerance for any kind of slip-up. I get the idea of layered services -- and it's a good one, but don't compromise customer service that people expect -- not what they think they offer. I really had the feel I was dealing with the mafia when I had my contacts with them. People would be best to avoid these Shysters.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    Booked trip to Chicago from Latrobe, Pa in April. Tried cancelling next day, they wouldn't let me. So went to airport month later for my flight only to find out they cancelled because no crew. No sorry..or hotel etc. Got email from them saying, "Did you forget something? You almost missed your flight (just kidding)!" No compensation, nothing at all. Unprofessional!!

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    Reviewed May 20, 2015

    I have bought round trip ticket for a good price from Chicago to New York. On the way to New York we were kept in the plane for 2 hours to take off, the reason "fog and bad visibility in LaGuardia, NY." So why are we kept in the tiny plane? On the way back to Chicago just the next day I got an email around 5 from Spirit saying that there are changes to my flight. I click to check my flight status and everything looks fine, on time, but just gate changed. I couldn't check in online for some reason but it gave me a document to print to show to Spirit agent not later than 9:10 pm.

    I got to the airport at 8:50 pm straight to the agent and I was told my flight got cancelled. I showed them my emails from Spirit and the document I had to print for him to prove him wrong but he kept saying lies. They also told me the flight was cancelled because of the bad weather in Chicago! I live in Chicago and called my husband to find out what's going on, but absolutely nothing was wrong -- no rain, no fog, no snow, no winds. Why the lie? I bursts in tears. They offered me a refund -- only $53.09! That's how much was my flight back home. Absolutely zero care or advice what to do next. So I'm here, still in NY at the airport, waiting for my flight for over 9 hours. I had to buy one-way ticket for $270 from United Airlines because Spirit couldn't fly me back till Sunday and today is Tuesday! Never, ever I will fly Spirit in my life again! I have all the emails and printed flight status if anyone needs proof.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I paid extra money in case I had to change flights. When I changed flights, I was still charged $120.00, they claimed it was a flex charge. Which I did not see when I purchased the ticket and the extra to change flights. Spirit's job is to charge you for anything and everything they can. They make no sense and treat customers bad.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    This was the worst airline experience ever. Flight was late 2.5 hours and we were left without any information. Nobody cared to give us any information. There was barely any crew there! Finally we got on the plane and my husband and I were separated. When I complained about my company (two young guys watching porn) I was told to deal with it! Flight attendants were rude and didn't care about their job. It's not even "you get what you pay for" case, cause tickets were expensive and we were charged for everything on top, carry on, seats.... Don't flight with Spirit airlines!!! You'll be better of with anybody else.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    We traveled Spirit Airlines May 2015. Hidden fees are not mentioned until booking. The bag weight is 40 lbs., was not mentioned to us during booking. Extremely chaotic. We overpaid and then were expected to purchase flight snacks.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    Spirit Airlines is the worst I've ever come in contact with. We arrived for a 4:30pm flight and was told that it had been delayed until 6:30pm. They claimed that it was due to weather in Houston (our destination), but the plane wasn't even at the gate yet. When it did arrive we boarded and taxied onto the runway. Right before we were about to take off they had us go back to the gate and deplane citing a mechanical error. Once we were off of the plane the gate agent, **, claimed that they would be working on the plane and we would still leave that evening. Around 8:30pm they announced that they would be giving refunds for anyone that did not want to fly and then a few minutes they back-tracked saying that the plane was still on schedule to leave that night. Also, they said they would put us on a plane that was coming in from Fort Lauderdale at 9:30 if they had to. All of this was just one big lie.

    They kept putting us off until around 9:45pm when they announced that the flight had been canceled. No real explanation for canceling and not getting us on another plane. All Spirit employees, even the manager, claimed that they had no authority to do anything. They changed from giving refunds to giving credits to fly with them again. (Which will never happen in my case.) They called the police on the passengers that were demanding answers. They made everyone leave the gate and go back to the ticket counter, saying that we would have answers then. Before they would tell anyone any information they made us all go get our luggage and then return to the ticket counter.

    **, the manager was trying to act like he could organize this chaos, but instead only caused more, when he again had no answers about why this was happening, why they had decided against using another plane and why they were claiming to have us now depart at 10 am on 5/16/15, which was causing the majority of the passengers to miss the events that they were flying to Houston for. **, the gate agent, laughed at a women who was beside herself because she missing her brothers funeral and **, the manager told her she was the 3rd funeral, so basically, get in line, you don't matter. They tried to tell everyone that they were no more important than the person next to them. True, but guess what, some people do have important life events, and yes, some are more important than others.

    ** first told us that we would not have to stop at the ticket counter when we returned in the morning. Only to 15 minutes later retract that statement and tell us that we need to be there between 7am-8am for our 10am flight. Fine, except for when we arrived the next morning for our 10am flight they had already changed it to 12noon. This caused us to miss the wedding we were flying to Houston to attend.

    We went to the gate for our now 12pm flight. Got on the plane, only to be told 15 minutes later that we all needed to deplane because they decided they needed to do a security check. I was so upset that I was in tears. My 2 year old son (who was being so good through out this entire debacle) had just fallen asleep. I was given no compassion, just simply told that I HAD to get off of this plane. SO, I woke him up and he was screaming, I was crying and still only mean faces and bad attitudes from the entire Spirit crew.

    They did put us back on the plane. We took off to Houston and when we landed we had no gate to go to. So, we sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes. Not only did we miss our wedding, but we were over an hour late for the reception. Spirit airlines and their entire staff ruined our whole weekend. The FAA needs to take a hard look at this airline and what they represent. It is ridiculous that they are allowed to treat people this way. They acted like we weren't even human and nobody mattered. The are an embarrassment to the airline industry. In my 25+ years of flying I have never been treated so poorly. I will NEVER fly Spirit Airlines again.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I purchased air and car rental. The car rental was with Dollar in Houston Texas. When I got to Dollar all I had was a reservation. When I asked Dollar what did I pay for by using Spirit, she said "I don't know, this happens all the time". I asked would it have cost me less if I had booked it direct with Dollar, she said "it depends upon the day and rate for the day". Today I would have got a week of rental for the same price I paid for the 3 day rental. Buyer beware - I thought what I paid Spirit Airline was the price for both the air and car.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    FEES RATES. Believe it or not I am not that upset that you price gouge your check in baggage fees to offset the low cost of your tickets. I am upset that you pick and choose who you want to charge these fees to according to how they hold the bags. I rolled past at least 10 of your employees on my flight from DFW to MSY (New Orleans) May 2nd. On my return from MSY to DFW, my bag was too big and I was told I had to pay $100. You and I both know that it is almost impossible to save money on a weekend in NOLA let alone have $100 to share with SPIRIT Airlines!

    I spoke with ** in MSY and informed him that I would be speaking to supervisors here in DFW to explain to me why this same bag flew free coming but you want $100 for it to return home? I pitched a fit and now the bag is only $50! Still too expensive but I can at least eat when I return home. I am highly offended that Spirit feels as if it a privilege for them to charge what they want because the price of the ticket is low. ** from DFW management felt as if he handled me and my problem by stating as much to me in our conversation at the gate. I was not impressed. Of course I would like my money back for the $50 fees and $80 ticket to MSY but I know that if you charge that much for fees that you need that money and will probably not reverse the charges. So what do I get out of this complaint letter?

    One thing about dealing with the public is you never know the stretch of influence regular people has. I am a school teacher and teachers LOVE to unionize. Spirit Airlines cost me $50 that I was not supposed to pay in a checked bag fees. ** from DFW felt like you people did me a favor by allowing the bag to fly free in the first place. I disagree. A carry-on is a carry-on. Either charge everyone or NO ONE the same thing! Otherwise it's price gauging! I felt hustled, bamboozled, and swindled at the gate that day...

    FOR ** I belong to several teacher union websites that send daily alerts to over 6,000 teachers statewide; 77,000 members nationwide. This is the smaller version of AFT based in Washington. I will be sending a blog describing briefly my problem with your airline and with the help of SurveyMonkey I will make it my personal mission over the next 50 days to deny Spirit Air some of their customers. Our mission is to contact at least 100 people and get them to commit to NEVER fly Spirit Airlines due to their unreasonable and unfair business practices. With over 77,000 teachers in one loop, it's not hard to contact 100 people (in honor of your baggage fees). Once I contact at least 100 people they will be charged with contacting another 100 people and so on and so on.

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    Reviewed May 16, 2015

    Spirit Airline came in just $2 different from my flight from Calif. to Fla., so I booked with them. Then they added $160 for two checked bags of normal weight and one carry on, making them NOT the low price leader at all... rather about number 12 higher in price than they advertised. On top of that, they delayed our flight and then CANCELED our connection and BLAMED IT ON AN "ACT OF GOD" (read: weather). While they landed at Chicago O'Hare during this LIE about the "Act of God" and countless other airlines were conducting normal flight operations both taking off and landing. They offered us no recompense. I'll NEVER FLY SPIRIT AIR AGAIN AS LONG AS I LIVE.

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    Reviewed May 14, 2015

    I went in with low expectations due to the many negative reviews but had a great trip both flights with polite staff, on time or early flights and of course the best prices.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    I have experience the worst thing ever with your company. First you guys charge for everything it's crazy - your flight is cheap but at the end you pay for an expensive flight. The way all of my issues started is this. I get to the airport at 8:00 AM Sunday and the flight was delayed to 8:30, then was delayed to 9:00 AM, then it was moved to a different gate, then delayed to 11:00 AM, then moved to a different gate, then to another gate, then to different time. Later at 3:00 we finally get to the plane. In the air it got damage - we go back to the airport, then they take us out, they said wait and we waited, then my flight got canceled. Why would they not cancel the flight from the beginning? They just had us waste all day?

    I go to the customer counter and they said there is nothing we can do and the manager was a mean **. I just wanted to punch him in the face for the way he treated all of the customers that were upset and had questions. They said "You get your money or you get a different flight" but doesn't leave until 2 days basically. Then I decided to get my flight money back because I had to work and I could not waste more time after what time I had wasted. I didnt get my money back because they said there was something going on with financial so I couldnt get my money either. I went to the rental car agency and rented a car then I drove home for 12 hours. The customer representative and managers just told us "Get your money and get out of our face" after having us run around all day like ** idiots. They never offered us food, water, compensation or anything. Such waste of time.

    Your service is terrible. You guys call your self-cheap but you are not because you end up paying for the crappy ** service. Then I look for my bags and they tell me that they could not find them. I had proof of check in. I go and they said "It's not on the system we don't know what happened". I went to talk to a manager again and he said "What do you want me to do? It's not my problem" - I said "** you" and left. I was being so nice and never been so pissed or cursed to a person before. I left, I did not have any option, I look for the bags and nothing. I drove home and went to the airport in Baltimore - I found one of the bags there, the other one I could not find and I am still looking for it.

    I am so pissed with your airline. I will never use your company ever again and I will tell my story to every person I know and I will make sure none of the people I know use your service ever again. Thank you very much for your **service.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    I arrive on time for my flight 8:09 PM; delayed 1 hour due to mechanical errors. It then progresses to three hours. It is now 11 pm. Each hour they remind us there is an issue with the brakes on the plane and this is why we have not left. They now cancel the flight. Because of the hour there are no other flights and one will not be available for three days. NO food voucher, no hotel, no cab - their reasoning it was an act of God - FOG. They offer us standby for two days - we sit in the airport and go nowhere.

    We finally get a flight to Atlanta with a connection to Atlantic City. While in Atlanta, the flight is canceled! We run through the airport to be the first to reach the ticket agents - we booked with UNITED AIRLINES!!! Three days lost with no compensation, loss of wages, no luggage (sent ahead) and we have to pay for parking all the extra days.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    We were bumped off a flight and given 2 free vouchers to supposedly fly anywhere in the United States with no restrictions. When we went to use the vouchers we couldn't use them on any flights we wanted even though there was plenty of availability. We called, were kept on hold for over 3 hours, spoke to 3 reps (one who barely spoke English) and they just said "Sorry, they should have told you" - these people are rude and could care less that we were lied to and basically these vouchers are useless!

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    After announcing 3 times that the flight would be delayed Spirit cancelled the flight because a flight attendant had called in sick. Spirit indicated that the parking garage would refund our money which they refused to do. They announced that a limited number of seats were available, and that reservations had to be made downstairs at the check-in counter. I was in a wheelchair and asked if it was possible to check-in at the gate or could someone bring me downstairs. They refused both questions. The next person checked in for the flight at the gate and when I protested I was lied to. By the time I got downstairs that flight was full. I lost an entire day. Spirit openly discriminates against handicapped people.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    Spirit Airlines is by far the worst airlines. I would avoid the airlines at all cost. Especially at O'HARE. Time and time again I have had to wait on the plane for a gate to open. They over schedule their flights so there no gates so... as a result everyone waits. It all about avoiding paying fee to secure enough gates to move planes in and out.

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    Reviewed May 12, 2015

    So I called to cancel a flight because somehow the flight information was wrong, that part may have been my fault but after speaking to them who really knows. I had made two separate bookings as I was hoping to not have to fly back on Spirit. So I called to change the flight, turns out they couldn't book it but would refund me since it was within 24 hours and I would get credited back my $125. I get an email saying they are charging me $448.. I call back to ask why. They say that I'm getting my money back so that not to worry..

    I have to worry. I just got an email saying that I'm being charged... After asking questions, she says "Do not worry, you are getting credited back your $251" "Uhm, how am I being refunded that much when my flight was only $125?" Her response, "We cancelled all the flights under your name.." WHY WOULD YOU CANCEL FLIGHTS I DID NOT EVEN MENTION OR BRING UP!!! My flight is tomorrow morning and am HEATED!!!

    I SERIOUSLY ASK YOU TO SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY FOR ANY OTHER AIRLINE. THIS IS COMPLETE NONSENSE!!! I keep asking to speak to a manager, and their response is, "We can book you another flight". Well apparently, now I'm having issues with my bank account because they kept cancelling flights and am stuck stranded with no flight there or back. THANK YOU SPIRIT FOR RUINING THIS FOR ME!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    Went to Vegas for a concert 5/9/15, it rocked. Hit Vegas airport @10:30 am for our 12:00 noon flight only to find our flight to Oakland CA had been cancelled because of weather... in OKLAHOMA. I was told by a neck tattoo'd charmer at the counter that they would either refund our two $100 tickets OR book us on the very next flight... 36 hours later.

    I told Neck Tattoo I wanted to speak to her supervisor, who may as well have held a giant sign above her head that said, "TOUGH **." I told Disdainful Supervisor I thought they (Spirit) should take it upon themselves to book us a flight with Southwest, American, etc. and pay the difference. She actually smiled when she said they don't do that. So, the cheapest flights we could find THAT day were Southwest and over $300/ticket. I told Neck Tattoo and Disdainful Supervisor that I felt Spirit was a total and complete joke, I hoped it went bankrupt, I would never use it again and I would tell any and every person I know to avoid it like the plague. I think Disdainful Supervisor fell asleep during my mini rant.

    I cannot accurately quantify my disgust and hatred for Spirit. Stephen Hawking is the only person who might, MIGHT be able to come up with a theory that would adequately illustrate the sheer size of how much I despise Spirit. We ended up renting a car from Enterprise and driving from Vegas to Oakland. Car cost like $75 and the girl at the counter was cool, funny and helpful. When I said, "Spirit just screwed us, they suck," she said, "Oh of course... You didn't know that they are famous for that?" I do now!!!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    We were scheduled to fly out of Chicago O'Hare on a Spirit flight to Baltimore Maryland on May 10, 2015 on flight 368 at 8:25AM to arrive in Baltimore at 11:18AM. Upon arrival to the gate area we were one of several hundred passengers waiting to board Spirit Airlines. At least two other Flights were delayed at this time. Before 8AM it was announced that flight 368 would begin boarding from gate L9 after the Ft. Lauderdale flight. Our original gate was L11. That was the last time we heard anything about our flight until almost 9AM. At that time we were told we would get additional information on our flight at 9:15AM. Close to 9:30AM it was announced that we would get more information closer to 9:45AM. Individuals were begin told that there were only 2 planes and they had no additional information specifically to Flight 368.

    Our flight was never displayed on any of the electronic boards at either gate for Spirit and eventually the board at gate L9 was turned off. We were then informed that we would leave out of gate L7. After 10AM we were told that our flight would be boarding out of Virgin Airline gate L3 and to head to that gate which we did (even the flight crew at this time.) At no time have we been told our flight was delayed etc. After sitting for 45 minutes at gate L3 various individuals went down to the Spirit Gates and desk area to seek additional information on our flight 368 to Baltimore. If you were lucky to find a Spirit representative they had no information to share with us. No one from Spirit came down to gate L3 with the passengers and we were left on our own. Closer to 11AM an individual informed us that we were flying out of gate L7.

    All the passengers and flight crew walked back down to L7 where again we stood with several hundred of other Spirit passengers. It was announced shortly after that, that we would be boarding flight 368 to Baltimore from gate L11 (again never told we were delayed or displayed on any electronic board. Close to 11:30 another passenger informed the group that our plane was down at gate L3 and they announced we would be boarding there (though it was never reannounced at or near gate L7). We finally boarded the plane close to 12PM. The plane took off and we were in the air for at least 30 minutes before we were told that the loud noise and bump we all felt was a bird at 3600 feet. The plane had to turn around at 12:53 to land back at O'Hare for the plane to be inspected for safety. We deplaned at gate L7. We were told we would have to wait to hear if the plane was able to fly.

    Around 2:20PM we were told that the plane was unable to fly and they were getting us a new plane and we would depart now at 4:40 at a game to be announced. At 4:20 and 4:30 it was announced that our plane was still on schedule to leave around 4:40 for Baltimore. Shortly after 4:30 it was announced at gate L7 that the Baltimore flight 368 was cancelled and we could head to the ticket counter for a new flight or refund. No apology, no explanation.

    At the ticket counter a woman asked if we were all headed to Baltimore-- yes-- again no explanation or apology. At the ticket counter, the agent asked if we would like the next flight that would be Monday, May 11 at 9PM or a refund. We were not entitled to any compensation as it was an act of god-- which we had no proof of except for the word of the people that screwed us around all day from gate to gate with little to no information. Who was paying for the difference for a new flight on a new carrier-- not Spirit. Who was paying for the hotel room over night--not Spirit. Who made an apology or gave an explanation or said I am sorry for this inconvenience and understand your frustration since you have now been at this airport for 10 hours.

    Never mind it was Mother's Day and I was unable to see my children. Would this have happened if we would have taken off on time at 8:25AM--?? We still have received no explanation to why we didn't' take off at 8:25AM-- as we were never told it was delayed. So after no explanation or apology we received a refund from an inconsiderate ticket agent and told where we could get our bags. Our bags took another 30 minutes to come out -- So yes we were in an airport for over 18 hours, up for 22 hours and had to pay a few hundred dollars more to get home at 4AM Monday morning. With no explanation and no apology-- that is unacceptable and horrible customer service. Spirit is a service industry providing a service we pay for.

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    I booked a flight today Sunday 5/10/15 at 12:37 pm, I cancelled it 12 hrs later, for you have 24 hours to cancel for full refund. I got charged $210 to cancel a flight. It does not take a rocket scientist to miss the flight that cost $110.00 to book + 7,500 fly miles. I would have rather missed the flight but NOT pay $210.00. I called SPIRIT immediately only for one agent to transfer me to another, having to spend an hour on wait and talking to the rep. I told him, if it were his mother, it would have been a different story. I told him to reverse what was just cancelled, if he was not able to do anything. He could not help me. I would have NOT cancelled the flight but kept it. Why pay for a service I was not using. It would have saved me keeping the flight and not showing up. They are absolutely no help.

    I told him, I will be giving every passenger copy of my itinerary to show them physically and to make them aware of the lies and misrepresentation. Every time they announce about the great SPIRIT MASTERCARD how you get the 3 round trip fares free. It is not true. There is a charge for the credit card after a year, if you forget to use it or cancel, good-bye miles. And, the miles get you....... it is a joke. HOW great they are but HOW helpful when it comes to customer service and helping passengers is DISGUSTING. If you book a flight, and can't make it, just lose it. Don't cancel your flight to pay them EXTRA. Why notify them of a change or cancellation ONLY to pay for it. It is stupid. You can book a flight for less without notifying them. I can't understand WHY they are getting paid for answering phone calls from passenger's complaints? For USEFULNESS!! They should be obsolete.

    I also, believe, and this has happened to me at NY (LGA airport) they closed the gate and did not let me on flight while the plane was still there. I was there for 3 days on stand-by. Spirit was selling seats at high price and not accommodating passengers who missed flight due to gate closing and selling at high cost. What customer service is this? "Thank you for choosing Spirit. We look forward to serving you on your upcoming trip! For modifications to flight only itineraries, please call 1.801.401.2222. For modifications to vacation package itineraries please call 1.954.698.0125. To provide feedback, please email support@spirit.com or write to Spirit Customer Relations, 2800 Executive Way, Miramar, FL 33025."

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    Spirit's customer service is the worst I've ever experienced. They have no regard for emergencies and don't care about their customers. They will easily take your money and not accommodate you due to their unethical business practices.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    We booked our vacation package through Orbitz and the last part of our trip was through Spirit. When we checked in they said we had to pay for our carry-on bags as well as the checked bags! We were upset about paying for the carry-on bags since nowhere was this mentioned, but they say on their site it is clearly stated, but not on Orbitz! It gets worse from there. They must fly baby items for free per federal law (e.g. Car seat) but they make you sign a waiver stating they are not responsible for loss or damage.

    When we complained about the hidden fees (they also charge you to print out your boarding passes) the supervisor threatened to refund our trip since we were being "verbally abusive". We never said anything mean about the employee and certainly never threatened or anything like that, we were complaining repeatedly about being nickeled and dimed every step. Further, our flight was late (which happens to everyone, but...). We also tried calling customer service, but after 40+ minutes of waiting we gave up. Overall a terrible experience. Would not recommended flying with them.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    From Myrtle beach to Fort Lauderdale... Round trip.. Have had some bad experiences in the past but have given the airline another chance for the past two years and have had nothing but great experiences recently. Last night there was a tropical storm (Ana) visiting us in Myrtle beach making landfall around the time of our landing. Our pilot was very professional and very informative. The obvious turbulence and heavy slanted rainfall was a bit scary but you could tell that he was very much in control. The entire cabin began clapping when the plane came to a halt followed by a stewardess announcing, "How about that perfect landing". The entire staff felt the tension on the plane and went out of their way to keep everyone calm with smiles on their face and engaging in conversation with the dazed guest, asking them "Where are you from?, etc.". Thank you Spirit for a great flight!

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    Flight gets delayed. They only announce it once. Then they delay it again 7 hours. I go out and come back and they decide to cancel that flight till the next morning. Give us food vouchers and $100 off the next time we fly. Change their name to Never Again Airlines!

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    Reviewed May 10, 2015

    Do not book with them. Worst experience ever and I didn't even fly with them! I booked a flight with them on Travelocity and they cancelled my flight for no apparent reason. Since I had no flight I cancelled my hotel stay with travelocity. After Spirit said they cancelled my flight and that I would be refunded, I was not refunded as they said they instead booked another flight without my consent. So now I am stuck with a flight I thought was cancelled and no hotel stay. I tried cancelling with Spirit but they said I need to cancel within 24 hour of purchase but I did not know I still had a flight booked! Never booking with them again!

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    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    Just got home from the worst trip of my life thanks to the way we were treated and stranded by Spirit Airlines. I am sixty years old and have traveled around the world quite a bit. Have been a Spirit Airlines customer many times. April 19th we flew Spirit from Ft. Lauderdale to San Jose Costa Rica. Return flight was scheduled for Friday the 25th. Got to the airport and was told the flight was cancelled due to volcanic ash. No other flights appeared to be cancelled just this one. After waiting in line for an hour we were told our choices were a refund or get re-booked on a flight leaving May 2nd. That's right. May 2nd.

    Eight days later. The supervisor was very rude and unhelpful. Just wanted to get rid of us. We scrambled around and found a flight the next day on United and paid $477 for a one way flight to Ft. Lauderdale through Houston. Landed in Ft. Lauderdale Saturday night at midnight. We had an extra day of rental car and hotel. I am out over $500 thanks to this airline and the way they treat your customers. I am a real estate salesman and had an appointment on Saturday that I missed. Probably have lost a sale because of it. I answered their survey and got a response of “sorry there is nothing we can do.”

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    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    Back home after 6 hours being told there was a departure delay, encouraged to wait it out. Then flight was cancelled. Too late to re-book until late the next day if at all. No hotel vouchers unless you lived in the next state! Total bait and switch on the price. $80 to $90 more for 1 bag, carried on or checked. Up to $60 for seat selection. Mother's Day weekend plans wrecked for many of the passengers. Refunds did not begin to address the consequences.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2015

    I had an emergency and had to cancel my daughter's flight, I lost all monies except 10.00 credit. Since my daughter could not make it, my grandsons return date had to be rescheduled to another date. They were going to charge me almost 300.00 to modify my flight. It would be cheaper to schedule another flight. When I scheduled a whole new flight, they refused to transfer the 10.00 over from the credit I had from canceling my daughter's flight. There are hidden cost and to top it off, I was on the line for over an hour and a half with someone who could barely understand me and I could barely understand her. After speaking to her supervisor, who I waited a half an hour to talk to I finally able to schedule my grandson's flight. I will never ever use this airline again, nor will my family members.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2015

    One of the most horrible experience ever in my life with flying. I had a booking with my family on May 3rd from PHL to LAS with direct flight and return after a week on 9th May. I booked 5 months in advance. I booked all hotel, car and shows accordingly. I checked-in online and printed boarding pass on 3rd May. While driving to airport at 5 PM for 7.30 PM flight, I was told by a Spirit Airline phone that the flight has been cancelled as pilot did not show up and

    you have two options: either take your money back or take same flight tomorrow with same price and $300 gift voucher, or go to airport and they will assist you to board other airline. I thought thing happens and I took booked the flight for 4th eve and pushed to 10th May return on phone and return home.

    Now I have to change my car/hotel reservation. Little discomfort but ok. Next day I again printed boarding pass online and was checking the status of flight and it was showing 11 min. late. But as soon as I reached airport at 5 PM, they said the flight got cancelled as pilot is sick. I have never heard this BS excuse ever. And now you can take the money back or come tomorrow. It was too much, the staff at counter acted like dumb and will not listen to you. Again they wanted to give next day flight from PHL to LAS with three connections starting morning 6.30 AM and reach LAS 7.30 PM.

    On phone they told us previous day that if you go airport then they will assist you to board other airline. When we asked about this, they said "we do not do this." When we asked to talked to supervisor/manager, one guy assisting the luggage for other flight went inside room and came wearing a jacket which says supervisor and started talking the same story.

    I had no choice but take money back. No voucher whatsoever. Paid $250 extra each ticket for next day flight with other airline. Got one Vegas show ticket, went in - garbage costing $600. Paid extra for hotel to push the reservation. Paid extra for car reservation. Down by almost $2000. I would not recommend this even this comes as a gift. Beware friends with this airline.

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    Reviewed May 6, 2015

    I should have and wish I had read these reviews before I bought flights for four. FIRST AND LAST FLIGHT I WILL TAKE WITH SPIRIT AIR. The flight was very uncomfortable and a hassle, they lost our baggage on a direct flight, and more. Not cool but things happen - I get that. But the appalling outright rudeness, disregard and disrespect shown by the employees (like that described by countless people before my review) absolutely causes me to say without any hesitation that I WILL NEVER FLY SPIRIT AIRLINES AGAIN. I was literally verbally accosted by one employee for approximately 10 minutes - and every other Spirit employee we came in contact with was just extremely rude and aggressive. I'm still in shock.

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    Reviewed May 6, 2015

    I flew from Cleveland to LV. Cancelled our flight after 3 1/2 Hrs at 11:00 at night. No other Airlines available in Cleveland at that hour. 2 1/2 hrs later a bus came to take us to a seedy motel. Their employees are the rudest nastiest (fill in any adjective you choose) individuals I have ever encountered. Forced to go with Frontier the next morning. Altogether, My husband and I lost about $600.00 from their cancellation. After reading pages of complaints, I consider myself lucky as it apparently could be a lot worse. NEVER EVER FLY WITH SPIRIT. YOU WILL BE SORRY. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO WITH A REAL AIRLINES. We were treated like criminals. One of their employees told a lady standing beside me to "shut the F up" PLEASE THOSE VIEWING THIS, CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, If you have encountered the same thing. I am calling mine, spread this around as much as possible.

    I will be asking my state representative to inquire to other state rep's if they have had outrageous complaints about spirit as well. There must be something we can do. I am also writing to the administrator of Cleveland Hopkins and McCarran to let them know what these people are all about. I am also writing to my local newspaper, and I have already taken to facebook and twitter. I will also be writing to the BBB and every agency Spirit Airlines belongs to. JUST DO IT! JOIN ME IN DEFENDING OUR RIGHTS AS AIRLINE PASSENGERS AS HUMAN BEINGS. IF NOTHING ELSE LETS HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS IN THEIR WALLETS.

    I will continue my campaign against them until my last breath or I get bored with it. I am getting t-shirts that say: Ask me why you should never fly Spirit Airlines. I am out for payback. They think they are so smug, well they just met their match. I will not be silenced. This airline is unprofessional, uncaring, unethical, I could on and on. NEVER FLY SPIRIT AIRLINES, THEY ARE LOSERS... They are on the big race to the bottom.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    My husband and I took a recent flight from Denver to Las Vegas on Spirit Airlines. In my over 25 years of traveling many airlines, I've never encountered an airline that obviously does not have any sense of professionalism or customer service. I do not write this dialogue for any type of refund. I write it because I found our travel experience so appalling that it astounds me that Spirit is in business, let alone allowed to operate an airline.

    At the gate for check-in, the counter agent was literally taunting passengers, yelling at them, repeatedly, literally screaming over the intercom to FOLLOW the VERY SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS as she was tired of saying them and if someone didn't she WOULD REFUSE TO LET THEM on the plane. Absurd and unprofessional. If a passenger exhibited this kind of open hostility, TSA would and should detain them. She then proceeded to flirt with the young gentlemen travelers, letting them on-board and literally refused to let the last married couple in line board the plane because she said they were too late. Absolutely ridiculous - she moved the guys in - and shut the door on their face, literally!!

    On the plane, the crew was the rudest I have ever encountered and kept coming on the intercom to remind passengers that if they didn't follow their instructions, they would have police waiting at the gate to arrest them. I'm still reeling about this entire trip - it was filled with anxiety and I cannot believe the FAA allows your company to operate. It's obvious your employees feel self-empowered and are not held to any standard of ethics. That simply demonstrates you have not controls/accountability for your employees. I'm beyond disgusted and would motion to have your airline shutdown for safety reasons alone - antagonizing passengers and creating such hostility is A BLATANT safety hazard. Unbelievable experience.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    Made a flight for my dad on the internet. Said JetBlue, turned out to be Spirit. Guy's name is **. Ok later he told me his real name due to report. I booked it, turned out to be Spirit Airlines, which charges for baggage???? Who does that? My dad was going to a wedding and could not carry on a garment bag, not even a carry on w/o a fee... Called aka **, still waiting for company's superior to call back. Called Spirit Airlines, same issues. First only prompts, then, lied about price. I asked when I booked, that includes everything, tax, seating, baggage etc. etc. Chris said yes. His response was, "Sorry, I forgot to tell you but the baggage." I said I asked you??? I only get sorry w/o no compensation. I will be at the airport in the am to tell JetBlue re: their flim flam brokers. So pathetic. No BBB either!!!! No more cheep flights here. Spirit can kick rocks... Delta all the way baby!!! #spirit #sucks #ba

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    This airline is a scam and I hope they fail soon. They charged me more than their posted rates for a checked bag. Argued with the hard-to-understand foreign accent customer service person for a long time and he just keep repeating the same "policy". He couldn't tell me why I was charged $10 more than their policy stated, he just kept repeating the policy. It was beyond frustrating. When you add up all their extra fees, they are not cheaper. I will never fly this airline again.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    6am we arrive at check in in San Diego to find our flight cancelled with no reason given. We had to wait 2,5 hours before we were first in line to be looked after. In between we tried to find alternative flights and solutions as we had 3 more connecting flights to catch and the planned 7 hour layover window in Houston got shorter every minute. Spirit can't cope with the task of handling a cancelled flight although they should have practice. No one asked if anyone had connecting flights to catch. No one helped us when we found a flight only 30 minutes delayed that we could have taken.

    It's first come first serve and therefore everyone missed their connection. Then they book you on other flights and you have to pay your own bags. No refund for any inconvenience like our missed lunch date now. Worst: If we now miss our connection in Houston we will lose our three connecting flights (USD 4000) to Perth, Australia and Spirit feels not responsible for that at all. My advice, don't fly with them. We met two girls in line which have been waiting since 2 days for their flight to Philadelphia which had repeatedly been cancelled without a reason.

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    I booked my flight for 5/1/15. I spent the entire 5/1/15 at the airport because of a delay with my flight. I missed the connection by 10 mins. The rude attendant said, "Your flight has left", and turned to wait on someone else. I won't fly Spirit again!

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    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    This was my second trip with Spirit. The first time I booked a flight to Vegas with a girlfriend and we lost out on a prepaid show due to a cancelled flight after waiting 4 hours at the airport. My husband and I booked a weekend trip for my sister's birthday. Our flight was delayed 3 hours on the way there. We got a notice that the flight home we were scheduled for was 3 hours late, so we arrive at the airport 2 hours before our flight was scheduled for take off. The associate at the counter told us that they had to book us on the flight the next day. What?? Both of us run businesses and we were already pushing it taking Monday off. We spoke to the management about it and they informed us that they got a different, smaller plane for the flight and 50 people booked for that flight had to forego their seat.

    This airline is a liar and a thief. And I hope that the decision makers in this airline get some jail time for all the time and money they have stolen from innocent victims. This airline is far from cheap when you add up the time you lose from work and the countless hours they steal from you sitting at the airport and then tell you your flight is actually cancelled. Please do NOT fly Spirit.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2015

    I went online. I've purchased an airline ticket with one checked bag to and from Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida. When I left Detroit Michigan I took a personal item and a carry on but they did not charge me for coming back to Michigan. They charged me way too much.

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    Reviewed May 3, 2015

    I was supposed to travel on Spirit Airline on May 2nd, 2015 from Las Vegas (McCarran) to Dallas (DFW). We were checked in and asked to wait while the onboarding process was initiated. The flight was at 8:30 PM (Vegas time) and was supposed to reach at 01:00 AM Dallas time. At 08:25 PM (Vegas time) just 5 minutes before the flight should have taken off we were told that the flight had been cancelled and that we should re-visit the ticketing counter to make new arrangements for our visit to Dallas. There was no communication of why the flight had been cancelled and the people at the information counters and other counters were extremely rude.

    Anyways, we headed (ran) towards the ticketing counter again only to find that there was no line that catered specifically to the flight that had been cancelled. Again there was a lack of communication and passengers didn't knew which lines they should stand into. Only after 2 heated altercations with the lovely people of Spirit were 3 counters dedicated towards the cancelled flight. (Although this may seem reasonable at this time, the arrangements would very soon start looking like a joke as 2 more flights were cancelled that very day in a matter of 3 hours.) Now, since we ran towards the ticketing counters, we were 7th or 8th in line for these 3 counters and were hoping to be re-assigned alternative arrangements to travel to Dallas in next 15-20 minutes. The first re-arrangement took more than an hour, all this time there was no communication from Spirit and we were just expected to stand in a queue.

    Apparently, the systems were working slower than a glacier and this made the expected time of 15-20 minutes to increase to 3-4 hours. After 2 hours, there was an announcement for cancellation of 2 more flights. Not being blessed with the common gift of common sense, the people at Spirit didn't inform the security of a possible situation which lead to multiple altercation among passengers which many times looked like could reach physical contact. There was no effective crowd management skills shown by the airline staff which lead to tussles among passengers. By god's grace after 4 hours of standing in the line, we were given tickets to Dallas via San Francisco (a 12 hour ordeal with a 5 hour layover). We had no option but to take it even though that meant that we would end up losing over $1000 re-scheduling of my international flight for the group as any other options weren't available until 2-3 days after.

    Overall, the experience of flying (please read as "dealing" as we didn't even make it to the plane) with Spirit was nothing short of horrendous and deeply disturbing. I would never ever recommend it to anyone. It might be a few dollars cheaper but that cheapness comes at a much higher price.

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    Reviewed May 3, 2015

    Spirit Air is probably the biggest crooks of any business today. They will try to get as much money as they can without you knowing about it. This 9$ club fare has ripped off hundreds of unknowing people like myself for an automatic renewal that we are charged after a year. Like myself and many others before and after me, when we paid for the initial 9$ club, we thought it was a one time thing. Spirit somehow works in the fine print where you never see it until they charge your credit card $69.95 a year later. No refund no matter what.

    I can't believe that they STILL get away with this. It's no worse than getting mugged on the street. At least when you get mugged there's a chance to beat the mugger. With Spirit there is no chance. They are ruthless and only care about making money any way they can. Even at the expense of the very people that keep them flying. Never in all my years on this earth have I ever been so robbed and so helpless to get my money back that was stolen from me. Spirit, you can talk all your legal mumbo jumbo but the bottom line is you stole $69.95 from me. I know you could care less but I will never fly your airline again. Maybe some day, someone with morals will run your airline.

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    Reviewed May 1, 2015

    Spirit Airlines poor service failed to call our flight number and to call names for final boarding. We SAT there for 2 hours. Finally when we questioned it they said we missed our flight. The real ** bonus is they laughed and said they did everything right.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2015

    They are total scam. When you purchase a 2 way flight and you miss the flight, not only you pay for second flight but your return flight will also automatically cancelled. They say it's in their terms and conditions and read the whole thing, cant find it. Unless it's written in technical jargon. They will milk every penny out of you. Baggage has fees, seats has fees, early boarding has fees, heck even no peanuts. Piece of crap. Pay little more and get Southwest. That extra $30 goes long ways.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2015

    Spirit Airlines calls themselves a discount airline but in fact is a scam. I was willing to accept their extra charges for a seat (everyone needs a seat to flight) and bags, but when they refused to refund my ticket or even offer me a voucher when I called after a death in the family I find this corporate policy unacceptable. They claim they are in the service industry but hide behind illogical policies as they do offer refunds for people who change their minds within 24 hours but not for people who notify them of family deaths and extenuating circumstances within 24 hours of the incident.

    I spoke with 6 customer service managers and they all claimed that this is not an issue they can control. What is the purpose of a customer service department if they cannot serve their customers? When I asked to speak to corporate the only option was to submit a general complaint for online. This behavior is despicable. I spent the entire day on the phone fighting with them over $80 instead of grieving with my family.

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    Reviewed April 27, 2015

    Awful, awful, awful customer service. Wouldn't do anything to assist in regards to a making changes for the funeral. This has to be the most insensitive company doing business. It's no wonder they're considered one of the worst airlines and wish I would've seen these poor reviews before giving them any money. Will NEVER fly with this airline again. Just horrible. I would advise someone to get to their destination on skateboard before booking a flight with this airline.

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    Reviewed April 26, 2015

    This airline. Not only was I double charged, but they lost my luggage as well. Please don't let anyone you know fly with this airline. Boycott them! Horrible customer service. Who the heck invented this airline? They charge for napkins and carryons! I plan to make sure they lose a lot of service! You guys don't even deserve 1 damn star!

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    Reviewed April 25, 2015

    The Flight to FT Lauderdale from BWI was ok. The Male Flight attendant Had a great sense of humor and kept us laughing for the flight but coming back it was a headache. They never in FLL airport make the final announcements regarding boarding of the plane and we almost missed our flight back home!!!

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    Reviewed April 21, 2015

    My niece had just had the most beautiful wedding on the beaches of Jamaica. The resort and all of the staff were so friendly and helpful throughout the entire vacation. Then I got to the airport and it all went downhill. I have never been so angry, upset, and disappointed with a lack of customer service in my life. I, myself, have worked in customer service for the past ten years. My flight itinerary included a layover in Fort Lauderdale that would connect me back to New York (LGA to be specific). Upon landing in Fort Lauderdale I found out my flight was delayed two hours, no big deal.

    I passed my time at the airport, boarded my now two hour delayed flight and buckled up. Not so quick, "We are sorry ladies and gentlemen, we must deplane, but don't worry your flight is not cancelled yet." Jump to 5 minutes later as I am exiting the tunnel and told at the gate that it was indeed cancelled. Please head to the next terminal over to rebook your tickets.

    All 217 people crowded into the terminal to rebook with the 4 agents on hand. As we are waiting they tell us we can go claim our luggage...back at the other terminal. We get there, no luggage. Oh wait, it's back at the other terminal. So far I count at least three trips between terminals to locate the luggage. Clearly no one knows what's going on. Then we are told while waiting to rebook we can also call customer service and do it over the phone. I call. I’m on hold 45 minutes while waiting to speak to someone at the counter. By the time I reach the counter no one has answered my phone call.

    The next available flight to LGA isn't available for about 8 days, I'm told by the ticketing agent. 8 days?! What am I supposed to do in Florida for 8 days? I have a job, I have a pet, I have responsibilities. Finally he finds a flight on Thursday afternoon but we're still living in Monday night. 3 days from now? I bet they'll put me up? Nope. I bet a meal voucher? Nope. Anyway to reroute me through another city? I don't care, just get me home! Nope. My only other option is to do a partial refund for this "leg" of the trip and book with another airline. Those were the only options for all 217 of us.

    No one behind the desk seemed to care. I said, "fine give me Thursday and I'll take a nap and figure it out in the morning." He tries to move my flight and ends up screwing up another passenger's travel plans while doing so (which, I point out to him when he tries to hand me her ticket and I say, “That's not my name!”) His supervisor comes over and said she can't fix it either. "Just fix MY flight!" I scream in my head. Finally he locates my reservation, after I've been at the counter for 20 minutes already, he's decided let's figure out who we are dealing with.

    I head down to baggage claim and make my bed on my suitcase. I wake up every 15 minutes to the airport announcements. Over and over, I'm sure I'll have nightmares of those in my head for years to come. I call customer service again when I wake at 3:30 because I can see on Spirit's website they are selling tickets for tomorrow morning's flights to LGA! Miracle! Nope. I'm on hold for 30 minutes before anyone answers and by this point the flights are no longer available on their website. I lost it. I'm fed up. No one cares. All I can hear is the "Customer Service (not the word I would use) Rep" telling me over and over again "Thank you for choosing Spirit". I feel the need to interrupt her every time she says those over rehearsed words to tell her "I WILL NEVER CHOOSE SPIRIT AGAIN, so just stop saying it."

    I ask to speak to a supervisor, just so I can understand why I can't be rerouted through somewhere else. He's on with another customer. Ha, I'm shocked. I said, “I'll hold.” What else am I going to do at the airport for 3 days? She finally hangs up on me! I go back to sleep on the floor. When I wake up at 6am I book a flight on American Airlines. I'm fed up. I'm brushing my teeth in the public airport restroom while a TSA agent takes a loud dump in the stall behind me. I'm gagging and not from the toothbrush. I wash my face in the sink. I change clothes while trying not to step on the urine soaked tiles of the men's bathroom. I go to check in at my terminal, smooth sailing. Thanks American! You guys rock.

    I decide well, I still have a few hours, I'm going to call and get my refund from Spirit. I was on hold a mere 20 minutes at this point, or maybe I was just so used to it that it wasn't bothering me as much now. When I finally get through, she can't administer the refund because it was just one leg of my trip. I am directed to proceed to the ticket counter of Spirit, in the other terminal. I had no idea I had to go so out of my way to make things happen for myself (there is a lesson here to be learned Spirit). What if my new flight had left? What happens then Spirit? I ask the captain to turn the plane around to claim my refund that is only available at the desk? Which by the way, when I finally got to the desk expressed my frustration with the situation to the girl behind the counter who didn't seem to care very much. While the her colleague to her left smirked and smiled at the whole situation.

    Down the way I can here 4 girlfriends, on a trip screaming at their agent. To my right a very angry father telling the agent his 6 year old son slept on the floor and is missing school, while he is missing days of work. It’s just chaos and an entire terminal filled with angry people. Is that what it's all about? Now let's talk about the "refund." No one can tell you when or how much it is, because that's not their department. Well, it's certainly not my department. But no one on the phone can figure it out either. I heard estimates being thrown around to other customer of 5-7 days, 10-12, and 10-14 days. Even the employees don't know what lies to tell. Needless to say, I never received a receipt that I would be getting any kind of refund, and every time my flight was changed the itinerary printed out was completely wrong.

    I grabbed my bags and walked to the American Airlines terminal like a new man. Feeling relieved to have finally broken up with Spirit, my ugly girlfriend. I feel relieved to be in their warm inviting atmosphere. Their uniforms are so crisp. The lady behind the counter can tell I have been through the wringer and asks what happened, out of pure concern. CONCERN... she cared what happened to me.

    I gave her the cliff notes version and she said, “Come with me sweetie.” I followed her, she upgraded me to first class for free, tears streamed down my face. She CARED. She wanted to make things better. And she found a way to do it. Unlike you Spirit. She fixed your mistake. You should be thanking her. I will never fly with you again, and I will also make it priority to share this experience with as many people as I can. Spirit, get it together. I was appalled by the way I and I'm guessing all 217 people on my flight from Fort Lauderdale to NYC-LGA were treated the evening and subsequent days of 4-20-15.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2015

    Was supposed to fly on spirit airlines on April 16th 2015 at 5:39 p.m. Spirit continued to delay the flight. Finally boarded at 8:30p.m., sat on the plane for two hours before the flight was cancelled. My sister then sent me a posting from spirit showing the flight took off. Totally false. I believe the information that was posted concerning that flight was false and spirit should has some consequences.

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    Reviewed April 19, 2015

    I am currently setting in the waiting area DFW Spirit Airlines waiting on a flight that will leave at 1658 hours due to the customer service or shall I say the lack of customer service at the ticket/baggage check-in at DFW. Unfortunately I did not have access to a computer to print out my boarding pass on line; however, I did have the boarding pass visible on my phone screen, I was told that was unacceptable and I referred to the Kiosk. Unfortunately I was 2 minutes overdue for your 45 minutes check-in so I was referred to the ticket/baggage line.

    Fifty minutes later I was assisted by a disgruntled, obese, Hispanic female that was very rude and argumentative with me and every customer that I observe her assist prior to me. In anger I did tell her that "with this type of service you will not be in business long." "Don't worry miss we been in business over 30 years!" Additionally, I do not feel that I should have been charged $10 for two minutes. This is my first time flying with Spirit Airlines and I do not use the word ever but my experience today will definitely use your service as a last resort. My original flight was scheduled to leave at 0615 hours and now I am waiting at the airport for a flight to one of the world’s busiest airports LAX-1658 hours.

    I was unable to obtain the name of the obese Hispanic female and my description is the only way that you can hopefully identify her and send her to some type of Customer Service and Anger Management Classes. This is not the person that you would like on the front line representing your airline. This is lengthy but I must say that the same counter person on completion of my check in tossed my documents on the counter and stated that I probably missed my flight. My brother standing by asked what gate, "It's on your boarding pass, next!" Again, this is not someone that you would like to represent your airline.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2015

    Roundtrip airfare purchased. First flight (9 pm Chicago departure with midnight Baltimore arrival) delayed with no communication from staff/personal/website status updates until 5 minutes prior to delayed boarding. I had no way to communicate this delay and when I arrived at 1 am, I had missed my connecting shuttle, so I had to rent a car to drive for 4 hours to get to my job interview. No sleep. I get an email about checking in online. I do this but there is no link or tab provided to allow me to print my boarding pas. I then proceed to have meetings all day, drive back to Baltimore (again, overnight and without sleep), to catch my return flight scheduled for 6:20 am. There is one agent at the counter. I wait in line to print my boarding pass. It prints a slip saying there is an error and I need to see an agent.

    I wait in line again to see the agent. She is now in the process of training a new hire, and it takes them 10 more minutes to use the system and print my boarding pass. I RUN to the gate, and they watch me RUN as they close the door to the plane. No apologies. I am told to go back to the ticketing agent. I do this. Wait in line again. I am now told I cannot get onto another flight for 12 hours. I have not slept in days, all due to their initial uncommunicated delay. I have the added price of a rental car, and gas. And now I have the expense of my car being held for an additional day in airport parking. I do have the cost of purchasing a one way plane ticket with another airline because I WILL NEVER FLY SPIRIT AIRLINES EVER AGAIN. Tried every customer service phone number for the company. No apologies. No concern. Unable to tell me with whom to speak about being compensated.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2015

    I booked a trip for my significant other and myself. When we checked in online to print out boarding passes they were both listed as myself for the name only. The date of birth and all the other information was correct. They were unwilling to put the correct name on the ticket that matched the date of birth and other information. The name that was inputted and the same name on the card that paid for it. Instead they said that he couldn't board the flight and I would also be unable to board the flight using that ticket because the date of birth and other information didn't match my information. They said I would be able to use the ticket intended for me but said there was nothing they could do about the ticket that had incorrect information.

    I spoke with the agents who were very difficult to understand and I am normally pretty good at understanding individuals even with different language barriers. I was on the phone for over 3 hours from 11 pm-2:40 am. My normal bedtime is 9-10 pm but I was packing for my trip and wanted to check in online when I realized the error they had made on their system.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2015

    I sat at the airport for over 9 hours before I was informed that the Chicago flight was canceled due to weather. I asked the manager ** (her last name was not given to me) on numerous occasions are we going to fly out today and she kept saying we definitely were flying out. There was 3 flights that left out before and 1 after they canceled the Chicago flight. All the flights for the next day were booked. I booked a condo in Chicago and loss all of my money for the condo. After the cancellation I asked to speak with a supervisor ** and she never came to the counter. I waited for 2 hours and she never showed up.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2015

    Upon arrival none of picking up my tickets information was not as requested. My husband and I were put on separate flights, no seating available. Try to explain to service desk, they told me to go talk to commanding officer. After arguing my point and showing what I was send by email. Also was told I could not carry my purse as a carry on, to pack it away in luggage. Nothing was right depart and arrival. Very poor info, and customer relations.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2015

    Bought my girlfriend a ticket to fly back from ATL to PHX. She arrived at the gate for the flight (45 minutes early), ticket in hand, and got in line during boarding time. She was last in line because we had just recently bought her ticket, so that means that she was last to board. When she got up to the counter to board the plane, the bar code on her boarding pass wouldn't scan for an unknown reason to her. The boarding agent asked her to go get a copy made. Before she could get back over from the printer, the terminal door was closed, even though the plane was delayed for an hour and 20 minutes. She asked the boarding agent if she could get on the plane and was told no because it was about to leave. It sat there for over an hour from that point. I had to buy her another ticket home with American Airlines because they said she could fly out the next day at 5:35 pm for a nominal fee. This time frame was not an option for us.

    Upon jumping through hoops on the phone to get to a manager, I was told that there are "no exceptions" to their no-refund policy. I asked how a customer was supposed to prevent something like this, and their only suggestions from three different people were "Get there at least two hours before the flight." My question, and the reason for the complaint is, even if she had been there waiting for a couple days, how would she know that the bar code wasn't going to scan any sooner than the time she would have been boarding. This means that had I had the option to let her wait until the following day to take Spirit's next flight, this could have very well happened again once she was ready to board, if the bar code wouldn't scan.

    My point in summary is, in this scenario, early arrival to the airport is negated by the fact that there is no way to determine any earlier than boarding time, if there will be a problem with scanning the bar code on a boarding pass. I have taken more than one approach, asking very nicely for a refund, credit, or compensation, and have been told that their "guidelines do not allow for refunds." Most importantly, I have noticed that there are 1000s of others with VERY similar complaints. People are getting ripped off, put on hold, told to wait, and then told "Sorry, you're out of luck." This is not the way customer service works. How can an airline operate a business with such crooked standards, and consistently get away with it? Where does one go after they have exhausted all options to recover the lost expenses?

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    Reviewed April 15, 2015

    I just want to notify you that the ground crew at FLL airport ** is racist. I have been waiting in line for twenty minutes and she chose to assist customers who can speak Spanish. That customer has only been waiting in line for less than five minutes because they just started another line. When I approached her to let her know that it was my turn, she said she was only taking customers from the other line. This behavior is not acceptable and she should be reprimanded for what she did earlier today (4/14/2015). The name on her tag is ** and I have her photo which I can email you later. Thank you.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2015

    I booked online with Spirit in February for my wife and I to travel from Atlantic City to Fort Myers, Florida. I selected the seats, paid the baggage fee and received a confirmation. I also joined their $9 Fare Club; my daughter also has a Fare Club membership. When I went to print my boarding pass, my daughter's name was on the pass. I called customer service to make a change. They could not do anything. They barely spoke English. I called their corporate headquarters who said they would call me back, which they didn't. They did not care that I had a confirmation with my name on it. I was on the phone with them on and off for 12 hours. I ended up canceling the reservation. They are sending two vouchers worth $96 each for a $650 fare. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. I will be sending them their vouchers back with a nasty letter to their CEO.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2015

    First time flying was this month, and never again. Disaster from start to finish, round-trip. Website not user-friendly, not "clickable". Nearly impossible to get through to customer service. On return, found out the $60 we paid for two small bags was only for one-way. Not clear on website, at all. Tried to check in online on mobile device icon, day before returning - doesn't work. Tried calling customer service. After 45 minutes, finally got a real person (who didn't speak English well, at all, and kept repeating my name, in case I forgot it) who told me they are not yet set up to use mobile devices for check in. What????? Thought they were a new airline. Found out they are 30 years old. Since I could not check in online for return trip, they charged $130 for two bags AND could not seat my husband and I together.

    Personnel at airport looked exhausted and said they encounter these issues all the time. No fix from corporate. Wrote to corporate customer service and here is the response I received: "Thank you for letting us know your thoughts. You are correct, we need to work on the website, so devices can fully access it. We are working on that this year, and remain certain that will improve the experience. We understand that our approach is unlike other carriers, and one that required you to learn of Spirit's Business Model. Our records indicate that you purchased the reservation online. What surprises me is that prior to purchase, you are given all this information, and in order to proceed you must acknowledge it.

    We make an outright concerted effort to educate customers and make all company guidelines available for passengers' information on www.spirit.com, prior to a customer securing their reservation. The exact personal items, carry-on and checked baggage dimensions and charges, preselecting seats, restrictions and fees can be viewed on our web site. Additionally, we created a Spirit 101 module, which helps new passengers get used to our Business Model, allowing them to save more money. Your ticket includes your seat and a personal item. This could be something like a small backpack or purse, but it must fit entirely in the small sizer box (16x14x12) at the gate. Bringing another personal item or anything larger like a standard carry-on or checked bag is an additional small fee.We hope now that you are armed with this information, you give us another opportunity to earn your business."

    NEVER FLY WITH SPIRIT - EVER!!!!

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    Reviewed April 13, 2015

    I booked a Disney trip with my two youngest and found what I thought was a bargain airfare. It quickly became a travel nightmare. Arrived in plenty of time for the flight. Paid the extra $40 for one suitcase. It's ** but I didn't let it bother me. Got to the gate 30 mins before the departure. Cool, we're all set. Moments later, the first email update "your gate has been changed and flight delayed 1:15 mins," no explanation given! **! Well ok, we can deal with it. I will just call the Disney magic bus and we will get on a later one. Moments later another email update, "Flight delayed another 90 mins". WTF! Now, I want answers. Wait in the long line of pissed off people 20 mins to find out what the hell is going on.

    Now, it's 2 hours after the plane should have left finally get a chance to get some explanation as to what's going on, on how they will resolve it only to hear "Oh, that flight has been cancelled," you're kidding me right? No notice, no announcement, nothing? No email, no apology. They offered to put us on a flight the next night at 8pm. But, but, but we have Disney reservations and breakfast with Cinderella and I should be in a pool right now with a Heineken not talking with you ** dim whits. I was not leaving that service counter until I had a better plan. Finally, 30 minutes later, they tell me "Well, we can get you to Fort Myers and it lands at 12:10 am." I learn that Fort Myers is 225 miles from Disney. If we want to get there, it is the only option with a one way rental car that I would have to pay for of course and return to the Orlando airport the next night.

    Reluctantly, I take the deal from the fact that I felt trapped and the kids were paying the price for their incompetence. Now, included in this new arrangement meant I now had to leave the terminal because they "can't transfer your bag." I had to go out and recheck it myself and go through security again. Come on! Finally, get back to the gate, find the kids intact, not take away because they we're unattended for an hour. They are 14 yr old twins and not toddlers even though they act that way usually.

    After the second meal of overpriced airport McDonald's, I notice Spirit has a flight 3 hours earlier to Fort Myers. I get excited and ask that we go on that one instead not making mention how angry I am that it wasn't offered the first time "No, sorry we can't add names to the manifest." Me: "So, you're telling me even if there are seats open on that plane we can't get on." Agent: "It will leave with empty seats then." I'm beside myself at this point. Just appalled that any travel company conducts business this way. I'm writing this now because we are now trying to get back to O'hare and I have lots of time to do it. I've just been informed of the third delay on the return trip that should have had us back at 7 will now be leaving at 10 instead. I going make an experienced guess that Spirit will shortly run out of gullible first time flyers of their airline and be out of business within a year. By far, the worst travel experience in my 50 years.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2015

    Where do I even begin??? This was the first time I ever traveled with Spirit. I planned on using them one way to Minneapolis. Was told I could not check in online because their site was not compatible with tablets and they also would not check me in on the phone and I would have to pay $10 to check in at the airport. Got to the airport and was told my flight was canceled. They told me they could refund my money or I could wait two days to fly out. I asked them to find me a flight home thru another airport or airline. They refused. My husband was on another airline (long story, decided to come on trip at last minute). He had to switch his trip to Tuesday because he didn't want to leave me behind. I went to other airlines in the airport and was told all flights were full... and at the last minute those flights would have been crazy expensive even if there were openings.

    So here we sit in the hotel for two extra days. Had to spend $150 for lodging, $50 to take a cab from their airport to hotel. I called Spirit and asked them again to find me another flight for Monday and to reimburse me for hotel and cab because the flight cancellation was their fault and not mine. They again told me they would refund my money for flight or I could fly out on Tuesday. And they refused to reimburse me for lodging and the cab. I absolutely refuse to pay for $700-1000 for a one way ticket on another flight because of their screw up. I also asked the rep to speak to a manager and was told that their managers were not permitted to get on the phones. So here we sit in this hotel room until Tuesday. I will NEVER fly Spirit again.

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    Reviewed April 13, 2015

    Yesterday April 11, 2015 I subscribed for the $9 Fare Club. I was under the impression that the annual fee for the subscription as $9.00. I was charged $59.95 and only now I know that the fee is non-refundable. I was never informed how much I was being charged. I was never told that the fees were non-refundable. In addition I paid $133.00 for one checked luggage, two carry-ons (not luggage but briefs) and an extra $15 for each of our seats because the website would not let us to select a seat unless we paid additional moneys. A scam.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2015

    Got an email inviting me to complete a survey and earn 400 bonus. I clicked start and it said we have a few questions before you start the survey. I answered honestly. It then said they recommend another survey which was same as the first one - I assume to see if your answers are consistent. But before I could start the survey... Surprise, they had a few more question and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on for the next half hour with no end in sight. The questions became more personal so I just quit. Never did get the 400 bonus miles. This survey uses a bold face lie (just like their flights who lie and misrepresent the facts in their in flight credit card pitch) JUST TO TRICK YOU WITH A BONUS MILES PROMISE TO GO FISHING FOR FREE IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. THIS COMPANY IS 10 TIMES WORSE THAN COMCAST.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2015

    I booked a flight with Spirit on the day of my grandmother's death. I signed up for the Spirit rewards program at a cost of $69.95 because it saved about the same amount off my $600+ ticket for the following day. One year later, my credit card was charged another $69.95. After 30 minutes of pressing different extension numbers on their customer service line and being disconnected repeatedly, I finally got a real person. She explained that the rewards program automatically renews each year and that in the small print (section 3.5 or something), it says that. I did not receive any notice or warning of this renewal and was informed that Spirit never refunds renewal fees under any circumstances no matter what. Spirit can enjoy their $69.95 and I will enjoy the fact that I will never fly with them for the next 40-50 years, assuming I live that long.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2015

    Terrible customer service. If you have a problem forget about getting a hold of someone. They are scam artists that just want your money. I will never fly this airline EVER again and I will tell everyone I know to do the same.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2015

    Purchase membership with the offer of half bag prices. Never happened. When called the 1-800 number, they were unable to help me as each employee have different opinions and different guideline. I have heard that is the worst airline, now I have the same sentiments.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    I honestly don't see why people love to hate Spirit airlines. I flow from DFW to Orlando on 3/27 and back to DFW on 4/08. Had non stop flights both times, all for under 400$. My actual tickets both times were 58$ and I paid for a checked bag, carry on, and to pick a window seat. Everyone is mad at the prices they charge, when if you look at their website, you see exactly what they charge you for. When a ticket is 58$, they have to make some money elsewhere. Even with all the baggage and misc fees, it is still way cheaper than flying with another airline. Both of my flights were on time and both landed earlier than expected. My bags were in the baggage claim ten minutes after landing in Orlando and 15 minutes after landing in DFW. I would fly with them again.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    I booked a flight from Minneapolis, Mn. to New Orleans, La. on 2-23-15. My flight in Minneapolis to Chicago was delayed, causing me to miss my connecting flight to New Orleans. Once in Chicago, I was told that they were re-routing, and they booked me a flight to Dallas, Tx., and then on to New Orleans. However, they would not give us a time as to when we would be leaving, they just kept saying, “as soon as we find out we will let you know”. That of course never happened. I, along with many other passengers waited over 4 hours, with no answers....except we were told “there was not a pilot available, and as soon as one arrived, we would be leaving”.

    I re-booked my flight for the next day, so I would be sure to get to my destination. When re-booking, the person who helped me asked me to pay $50.00 for my carry on luggage. I had not been charged when I boarded the plane in Minneapolis, because my luggage was smaller than what Spirit had said it needed to be. She never even measured the size, but demanded that I pay, or she refused to give me my boarding pass. Later, when I checked with Spirit, they said they never received a $50.00 payment, although it cleared at my bank. So, did the person behind the counter pocket the money? Also, they would not give me a hotel voucher, because they said “the flight had not been cancelled”. Again, I contacted Spirit to ask when the flight was cancelled, I was told “10:30 AM”. I re-booked at 1:30 PM.

    Someone from Spirit e-mailed me and said that the flight was cancelled at 5:00 PM....which I highly doubt, as there was not a person remaining there after 12 noon, everyone had already left, gotten hotels, went home, or moved to another area of the airport. So, who has the correct information, and why are people giving false statements? Pretty poor customer service for an airline, who said “the flight was cancelled due to weather”, again untrue, as all other airlines continued to fly out to Dallas. Also, I was told that Spirit flights are way less than other airlines and that is why they charge fees for carry-ons. And other airlines tickets are higher priced, so they don't charge carry on fees, because that is figured in the higher cost of the ticket. Guess again. Other airlines ticket prices ARE CHEAPER than Spirit, and they do not charge fees for carry ons.

    I traveled with Southwest....my ticket price was at least $25.00 less than with Spirit and I was allowed 2 carry-ons plus a personal item. Spirit needs to be a lot more aware of what is going on in the airline business, and ALL of their employees need to be a little less rude and treat their customers with some respect. They don't even offer water during a flight...and the flight attendants even made jokes about that...how rude. Maybe their employees should meet before they make any announcements so that they are all given the same information to their customers, and so they know what is the correct information, rather than lying or trying to cover up for THEIR MISTAKES. They certainly are not a very reliable airline that is for sure.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2015

    I booked a flight for my mother in February for a trip in March that returned in April. When I booked the flight, booked it with 2 checked bags. The first email confirmation stated I only had one checked bag. The next email stated that I had one carry on and one checked. I didn't catch the mistake until I went to complete the online check in. I called customer service to correct the mistake and make sure she could check her bag with no problem. After being on hold for 10 minutes, the first agent answered and I couldn't barely even understand what he was saying due to such poor English. Not only could I not understand him, but he kept speaking over the top of me. After trying to get the bag switched over unsuccessfully, unless I paid another $10, even though it costs more to bring on a carry on than a checked bag, I ask for a supervisor. Once again, I got another person who spoke extremely poor English and was told the exact thing.

    Now, being upset and not being able to even understand what they are saying unless it was repeated 3-4 times, I requested to speak to that person's supervisor. Finally, I got somebody that spoke English and ** (I actually could understand his name) said that I had not booked both bags at the same time and I had booked the carry on at a separate time and it was going to cost me the $10 to switch from a carry on to a checked bag. My treatment was the worst I have experienced in my life and obviously, I will never conduct business with this company again. They chose the $10 over a happy and possibly returning customer. I reiterate, the worst customer service I have ever experienced.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2015

    This was my first experience with Spirit airlines, and it will most definitely be my last. This is the WORST airline I have ever dealt with as far as customer service. Extremely disorganized, hard to speak to a representative/supervisor, and when you do, they basically do not care about any of your issues. I booked a flight for my family and I to go to Panama to see the rest of our family about a month ago. Everything was fine, I was warned beforehand that Spirit flights were terrible and uncomfortable but they are also the most economical so I said, "Ah who cares I will deal with it."

    Upon arriving to Panama, once we reached customs, they let us know that my husband cannot enter the country. I thought it was a joke at first, but then he continued to explain to us that although in the USA his passport is up to date (expires in June 2015), in Panama it was considered expired within those last 3 months before it actually expired in the USA. They also explained to us that the airline knows this and they shouldn't have let him board the plane and leave the United States, therefore they would be fining the airline (they sounded as if this happens with them very often). They said they do this to sell seats and usually don't care if you waste your time and money.

    My husband had to get right back on the same airplane and return to Miami. Once I got back, I tried to resolve this issue and at least get a refund or a credit for his flight (since it was a total waste of money) and nothing. They threw back some of the fine print from the agreement that no one ever fully reads and basically said that we are the ones responsible. I just don't understand how an airline company allows you to depart a country, and fly to another, knowing the laws, and knowing that you are going to be sent right back? Very frustrating and as I said, I will never fly with this airline again!!!

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    Reviewed April 8, 2015

    I needed to get to Yuma, Arizona from Portland, Oregon. The lowest fare to Yuma was $259 and included a 2 1/2 hour layover in Phoenix. My friend wanted to go with me, but would need a r/t ticket. Her r/t ticket was going to cost $411.00, both on US Airways. I decided to search a few more sites and found a one-way fare to San Diego for just $89, and r/t ticket with 11 day car rental for $366.72, on Spirit Airlines. With the layover in Phoenix, (on US Airways), driving would only take an hour longer, and would save us over $200.00, with Spirit Airlines.

    We were both checking a bag and had a carry on, and personal item each. They wanted $300 in baggage fees when we went to check in. We had to pay it, as they use different weights and sizes for baggage, than every other airline. I felt terrible because I had made such a big deal about this cheap airfare, and that's why my friend decided to go. To add insult to injury, she drove to San Diego for her return flight, and they cancelled her flight. They told her it was due to fog so there would be no refund and it would be 2 days before she could catch another flight. They had already checked her bag, for $100 and refused to refund her money. She ended up having to walk to a sleazy motel, in the dark and pay over $500 for a one way ticket the following day, on a different carrier.

    You would not believe the disrespect and rudeness of the employees at the ticket counter, the gate, and even on the plane. I hope this airline goes bankrupt. DO NOT FLY WITH THEM NO MATTER HOW CHEAP THE FARE IS. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE POSITIVE REVIEW FOR THESE CROOKS.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2015

    The first lie Spirit told was being the cheapest airline or getting the cheapest flight. They are not cheap. All the nickel and dime charges add up especially it you have to make connecting flight. My wife I flew Spirit on a flight from Atlanta, GA to Montego Bay, Jamaica with connecting flight at Ft Lauderdale, FL round trip. If we wanted to ensure we seat together we had to pay for our seats in advance, $40-$72 depending on where wanted to sit and how comfortable we want to be and this was only if you did it online. When it added up we paid $300 more than if we had taken a nonstop round trip with Delta.

    The delay was on the return. We were suppose to depart at 12:23 pm. We were first delayed 30 minutes because the pilot on incoming flight, stopped the jet past where the docking ramp could open the door so the passengers get off. We sat and waited for ground crew to bring a vehicle with tow bar to push the jet back so the door could open. When passengers got off, we waited another 30 minutes for the cleaning crew. Then we waited for a member of the flight crew (steward) that was flying out with us who had a flat tire on way in. We were in the air at 1:45 pm.

    We arrived at Ft Lauderdale with a short time to clear immigration and customs. Well it took the ground crew almost an hour to get our bags off and to baggage claim, we still had to clear customs and recheck our bags for the connecting flight, and go through security. While going through security we told them that our flight leaves at 5pm, the lady at security said to calm down, the flight was boarding and that they were holding on. While heading toward the gate the door was closing, 6 people running toward the gate and the person at the gate says she didn't see us. So we missed our flight and had to be rebooked. The last flight leaving was 9 pm, we were suppose to there at 6pm. On that flight they had double booked us all. I finally made it home 1:30 am the next morning. I will never fly Spirit again.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2015

    I am writing this because I can't believe the ignorance of the staff employed with Spirit airlines. I purchased a round trip ticket for my younger brother on Spirit (MN to Vegas). My brother and I discussed the bag limits and he was all set...so we thought. He arrived at the Spirit terminal and was told to place his gym bag in the "bag size basket" the bag was the correct size, but the handles stuck up.... My brother was charged an extra $100 at the gate. The charge seemed extreme, but that is NOT the worst part.

    My brother grumbled that it was highway robbery and the clerk took offense. She told my brother she was not letting him on the flight since he had such a problem paying the $100 fee... he had already given her a $100 cash. The Spirit Airlines clerk told my brother to get on his knees and beg her to get on the plane! WTF!! You may receive cheaper tickets, but at what costs? Spirit is a money grab and obviously their employees are "trained" to be rude and unprofessional. Spirit you are GARBAGE!! I will pay more and fly with other airlines moving forward. The level of professionalism of Spirit staff leaves much to be desired!

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    Reviewed April 4, 2015

    Worst flight experience EVER! I left LAX to Las Vegas on a short vacation with my son and sister. UNAWARE OF A CARRY-ON LUGGAGE FEE, we were able to board our flight with our carry-ons without being charged any carry-on fees. On our return flight back, we were first informed of a delay; one hour; ok we could deal with that. Next, Upon getting ready to board our LATE flight, we were told that we had to pay an additional $100 per bag to board the plane. At this point I was CONFUSED. How were we able to board the flight from LAX and pay NO FEES for bags and in Las Vegas be charged $200 for the same two bags. We felt PRESSURED!! We had no choice but to pay the $200 dollars.

    On the flight, we were subjected to crude humor from our 'flight attendants'. Comments like, 'if you don't know how to turn your phone to airplane mode ask any 7 year on the plane', 'if we're lucky our flight won't turn into a cruise', 'the first flight attendant is my ex-wife and the second flight attendant is my new girl friend.' We were also told by the "flight attendant' that Spirit Airlines was voted the WORST airline, really(!), and it just got worst.

    Once we returned to LAX, our plane had to be towed into its space. By this time I was dead tried... of SPIRIT AIRLINES. To some, these complaints might be consider petty, but when you give your business and hard earned money to a company for services, you EXPECT to be treated with respect, or DON'T EXPECT to see me ever again. DON'T choose SPIRIT AIRLINES, you will only regret it.

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    Reviewed April 2, 2015

    We were in a long line almost 2 hrs prior in Ft. Lauderdale FL on a non-stop flight to Detroit going home. By 7:15pm for a plane that had 4 gate changes since 11am the depart time was now 8:22pm from 8:20pm departing originally. By 7:30pm the understaffed Spirit gate check in, also, they had their own TSA entrance. Since the line was so long for check-in, knowing we had an overweight bag they would charge for didn't believe what happen next. This is a complaint the plane was closed prior to the 45 minutes when most airports hold seats for 30 minutes (except 8 airports includes this location).

    Bottom line the confused agent had just sent a party of 2 to Detroit minute before us, then to not understand why the plane was closed! He took 15 minutes to say how the luggage won't make the plane, so why can't our family of 4 make it? Agent's answer, "TSA is too slow!" I found the approximate wait time with perfect carry on was 15 minutes and the gate was fist on the left. What happen Spirit overbooked or sold our tickets and made us take layover flight with a 470.00 fair increase and a free stay at the airport chairs for a 6:15am flight? Again 2 gate changes overnight made it 7:50am which makes Spirit look on time! Makes the customer frustrated! The agent said he was doing us a favor because "the plane may leaving without you!" True reality and survey shows planes will hold doors open if indeed the party in coming.

    Once home a claim only reach out to the airline via email. Spirit reply should of got boarding passes online, but the agent said it was the 1 overweight bag that would have made us miss the flight due to TSA? So the line of people to Detroit ahead and next to us all got a plane seat, while us and 2 8yr olds slept on airport floor from 8pm until 5pm then found the gate and time changed almost 2 hours further! Again the airline sophisticated computer system and the Agent taking a lot of time to prevent us from leaving! One more issue another family of 5 had spent the night with us for the same flight except they went to the wrong gate and was not charged a fare increase even though it was their fault not seeing the flight screen while ours involved the under staff chaos cost us near 1/2 grand!

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    Reviewed March 30, 2015

    Despite the numerous legitimate complaints and bad reviews of Spirit Airlines, I decided to book a flight. Worst decision I've ever made! I paid extra, a day in advance of my flight home. On the day of my travel, I checked my bags 2.5 hours before my pre-boarding flight time. I had only one change-over in Minneapolis (not a large airport). My layover there was 3.5 hours. Yet with all that extra time Spirit Airlines still managed to lose 1 of my 2 checked bags. The one bag that made it had the contents damaged. When I put in my claim I was given a sheet that is supposed to allow me to check on the status of my bag.

    I've left 7 messages, no one ever answers. There is a prompt that allows you to leave a message for a supervisor of this department but you cannot leave a message there as the box is already full. Do yourself a favor, pay the extra $ and fly with a real airlines! Any of them would be better than what you will experience with this airlines! The only reason there is a star is because it would not accept my review w/o one. My rating would be -5 stars!

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    Reviewed March 30, 2015

    Arrive 45 minutes before the flight with my 2 children and my wife to Baltimore Airport (BWI). The Afro American women at the front counter told that the flight is closed and there are no seats available and a bad attitude, after waiting for 12 hours in the airport for the next flight and almost pleading until last minute, let us go up. I recommend if you want flight- SPIRIT AS THE LAST OPTION. The customer service is terrible - it was our experience at Baltimore Airport.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2015

    I booked our flight 3 months prior to our trip not knowing anything about this airline Spirit. Later I find out the charge extra for EVERYTHING, seats, luggage, carry-ons, and their luggage weight is 40 lbs. not 50. If you go over 40 lbs, you get charged huge $$. Now, onto the plane, there is literally NO LEG ROOM. If you want that, you have to pay $50+. The seats don't recline so you are sitting upright for the duration of your flight, again with no (zero) leg room. If you are lucky enough to be able to book one of the upgraded seats with more leg room, you MAY get a seat that reclines. There is no first class section. The attendants are rude, act like you are bothering them if you ask a question and in general offer no customer service. There was an absolute out of control kid in the plane and the attendants did nothing to address the situation. I would not recommend this airline to anyone!

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    Reviewed March 28, 2015

    I am on Spirit Airlines. I will never take them again. The seats are extra cramped and the seat back is thin. The tall guy behind me doesn't fit and I feel his knees in my back. The seats don't recline. They trick you with their low price then when you go to check in online, the extra fees show up, I had to put up an extra 80 round trip. If I had known that, I would have booked a normal comfortable jet blue fight which costs the same due to no extra fees. The experience of the bond with the two gentleman in my toe who have an equal loathing of Spirit... priceless.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2015

    My experience with my last 2 trips booked with Spirit Airlines is nothing but disappointing. Considering I never really got to get on their planes, might possibly the best experience though.

    Last November of 2014, flying from MSP to Chicago, flight was delayed an unknown amount of time. I didn't sit around waiting to see when the flight would actually get in the air. I had a connection in Chicago and would not make it because I had already waited for 1 hour. Because I could not make my connection flight and the cancellation time had expired with the connecting airline, I lost the value of that ticket (around $350.00). Luckily, I was able to get my return flight ticket value transferred to another date for a $60.00 fee. Went to the counter and asked to get my money refunded from Spirit. They said it would be 3 weeks. I believe they refunded the full ticket price. If I recall it was like $100.00 or so as I had no baggage for my 1 day 1 way trip. This trip Spirit cost me a total of $410.00 and I got NOTHING!

    March 22, 2015 flight from MSP to LAS scheduled to leave at 2:45 PM. My guest and I arrive at the ticket counter line @1:45 PM. We needed to check 1 bag that I paid for when I booked the flight. I could not use the online checking with my cell phone for some reason. No problem I thought as I can just check in and get my boarding passes while getting my bag checked. They had no curbside bag check so we stood in line for 20 minutes. When I got to the counter the attendant told us we needed to check in with the Kiosk before he could check our bag. He brought us over to the Kiosk to show us how easy it was. He then told us that we couldn't check in because we didn't get to the airport in time and we needed to check in at least an hour before our flight was scheduled to leave!

    I was quite angry at this point because we had been at the check in line waiting to check our bag and we would of checked in if we hadn't waited in line for so long to get our bag checked! I pleaded my case to the attendant and stated that we waited in line for 20 minutes. There is only 15 people in the TSA line and it is only 2:05 and the flight doesn't leave until 2:45 - we could easily get on that plane... He explained that they could put me on a 10:00 PM flight. I said no because we would miss our connecting flight. I asked if there was another airline he could put us on that left sooner than the 10 PM flight he was offering us, he said that they do not deal with other airlines and I would have to go to another ticket counter for help If wanted a different airline to get me to my destination on time.

    I went to the Delta counter and was able to buy 2 tickets at $550.00 each and fly out at 2:40 PM. 5 minutes before the Spirit flight was scheduled to leave! The Delta rep. hinted that I might have trouble with my return flight on Spirit and I should go to the Spirit counter and get it resolved before we left. I did not have time to wait in line to talk to the Spirit rep at this time and I decided to deal with this at a later date.

    15 hours before we were to get on our return flight, I again tried to check in with my cell phone and was unable to. I called Spirit customer service and after 40 minutes of waiting to speak with someone who could not speak English well enough for me to understand her. The customer service rep eventually said that my return flight ticket was not valid or I cancelled it because I was late getting to the airport and I did not use the ticket to fly out to my destination! I told her that I did not see her at the airport when I arrived so she could not tell me I was late getting to the airport when in fact I was there in plenty of time and was there waiting to check my bags.

    I was a little frustrated to lose the value for the 2 tickets flying out to my destination but was totally fuming with the fact that they would not let us get on the return flight that I paid for as well! No credit! No other flights they would put us on! No refund of either tickets! AND they still charged me the bag fee for the bag that did not even get put on their plane!!! Another loss of $680.00 from dealing with these UNHELPFUL, UNYIELDING, UNCOMPASSIONATE, SCAMMERS!

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    Reviewed March 28, 2015

    I would like to lodge a formal complaint against one of your employees. On a recent flight from Houston IAH to Chicago ORD, a flight attendant named ** proved to be the most unkind and deliberately hateful person I have ever encountered. She left such an impression that I am unable to get her out of my head and it is now two days later. The flight was Spirit flight 200 departing Houston on December 11th, 2012 at 7:05 a.m. and arriving in Chicago at 9:42 a.m. The flight attendants name was ** and she was a female of medium height, narrow build, likely in her 30's, and with her hair pulled back tightly in a bun. I would like to recount for you the way she treated my family.

    I was traveling with my mother and two twin daughters who are 19 months old. We paid the fee to sit in the big seats (row 1). As we were attempting to board the plane, my mother moved aside to allow me to pass with one of the infants. We had our hands full with two baby bags, two purses, and two toddlers. The flight attendant, **, was directly behind my mother holding a cup of coffee which she herself was enjoying. The flight attendant said, "right behind you" to warn my mother that she was standing directly behind her. My mother is hard of hearing, being that she is elderly, and my mother did not hear the flight attendant. My mother then moved backward slightly causing the flight attendant to spill her coffee, which I noticed to have cream in it (meaning, it likely was not hot). Also, from what I could see, less than a tablespoon of coffee was spilled.

    My mother immediately apologized to the flight attendant. The flight attendant's response was "That's why I said, right behind you." to which my mother responded, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you." The flight attendant then stated, "Yes, you did hear me." At this point I realized a gentleman was sitting in one of our assigned seats. I asked the flight attendant to help us figure out the problem, she refused. I then stated "we have our hands full, could you please help?" She refused again. My mother then took our tickets and put them in front of the flight attendant's face and said, "Help us find our seats." She finally complied but continued to harass my mother.

    Once seated, the flight attendant asked us to put our baby bags up in the overhead bins. There was no overhead bin space available so, we asked the flight attendant to assist us, she refused. When I asked her for her name she stated, "you can read my nametag, you know my name." My mother then approached the flight attendant saying "Let's start over, I'm sorry I backed into you but I did not hear you." The flight attendant refused her apology stating "Yes you did, you heard me and then you shoved your tickets in my face." At this point I asked my mother to sit down as this women was obviously unstable and I did not want the situation to escalate. For the remainder of the trip she elected to talk loudly about my mother and I to the other flight attendants in a manner which was incredibly juvenile and rude.

    As I recount the way this encounter unfolded, I myself find it unbelievable. But, I swear to you, this is exactly the way we were treated by your employee and exactly the way the events unfolded. I should also tell you that, up until we boarded the plane, we had excellent customer service from Spirit. However, I promise you, we will never fly Spirit again and our impression of Spirit will forever be tainted by this flight attendant. I don't know how a person who could act in such a way is still employed or allowed to interact with human beings. My only request from Spirit is that you respond to this complaint and please tell me what action will be taken against this flight attendant. This would give my mother and I peace of mind.

    At this point, I have not yet posted any negative reviews online. However, in absence of a response from Spirit, I will post as many reviews on as many websites as possible until this awful experience no longer makes me boil over with anger. And, I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Thank you for your time.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2015

    I book a flight for my son to come see me on spring break from Las Vegas to Portland Oregon. For some reason they have me as a passenger not my son. I am the billing person. So when he check in they wouldn't help us correct the problem. I try calling Spirit airlines and finally I got a hold of talking to a live person. He told my son to explain the situation at the ticket counter because he can see the problem by pulling up my account. Still no help at the airport. An hour go by, the flight left. I call back and see if I can get a credit, they say no because I no show no call. What kind of business is this when the whole hour I've been on the phone with their representative and my son at the ticket explaining the situation.. Basically I feel that spirit had just rob me. I never fly with them and will never fly with them.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2015

    The airline had us wait then cancelled a flight after two hours. Supposedly due to weather. The option to get back was wait four days for a flight that only had one seat. (There were two of us) We opted to get money back. They insisted I paid with an expired card on Mastercard (which I had not-it was Discover card) and then said they would call me about this issue, which they did not. And I called and was told again that I had used a mastercard which I had not. They said they will refund money to the card but I will keep track and make sure that happens in the next week. Never again will I book with their airlines. Also, their charge for baggage is too high. $40 for one way.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2015

    I chose Spirit Airlines because it came up as the "cheapest" flight. But there are so many hidden costs that I will never, ever fly them again. Not only are the costs not apparent upfront, they are complicated, they vary according to when and where you take care of check in and include: $45 for a carry on ($50 if you don't pay in advance online); $40 for a checked bag ($50 if you pay at the airport); $10 each for boarding passes if you have them printed at the airport; $10-$50 per seat if you want to select your seat and be guaranteed that you can sit with your traveling companion(s).

    Total extra fees for two, round trip, is $260 making travel on Spirit not a bargain. Additionally, website problems and the complications and implications of their fee structure caused me to have to spend a whole hour checking in. This is a bad business plan and I am done with Spirit Airlines for good. I've never written an online review before but I feel strongly that others should know that their slogan of "cheap flights" is extremely misleading. The only good that has come of the check in process was that the person I spoke with on the phone regarding the technical difficulties I encountered was professional and helpful.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2015

    On March 13th, my wife and I boarded a Spirit Air flight from Tampa to Dallas. We expected to pay for our large luggage piece. But, we never expected to pay for our carry-on bag...$40! Ok, we got over it. We paid and boarded our flight. We were glad to have the emergency seats as they provided for a bit more leg room. We settled in with the New York Times and waited for out flight to take off. Then, as the flight attendant went through the safety flight information we were approached by the attendant (a woman). She asked if we spoke English. We were so involved with our NYTimes that she startled us. My wife said to her, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you want". THIS IS WHEN IT GETS GOOD...

    The attendant immediately accused us of not understanding English! She told us that if the captain were to give instructions we wouldn't be able to understand! Hello!! We were reading the NYTimes and we were responding to her condescending and demeaning commentary IN ENGLISH!! To be perfectly fair, we are Hispanic...bilingual Hispanics! That ignorant and utterly rude attendant removed us from our seat and placed us in separate seats in the BACK of the plane! In our comfortable seats she placed two Caucasian 30-something women. We refuse to be exposed to this degree of DISCRIMINATION and HUMILIATION ever again! We, a pair of bilingual Hispanics, will NEVER, EVER board another Spirit flight again. (For the record, the flight attendant was a short, senior, Caucasian woman).

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    Reviewed March 26, 2015

    After a two and a half hour drive, I arrived at the airport 30 minutes before my flight. There was nobody to let me check in and they wouldn't let me board. I waited for two hours just to talk to someone and then they wouldn't give me a later flight without charging 60 dollars.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2015

    First and foremost, it is very difficult to get their customer service with call routing. Made the online booking and checked in. While looking at the boarding pass came to know that they charge for the carry on baggage, joined the $9 fare club membership and they recovered $59.95. Realizing that there is no much benefit as a fare club and I was given assurance by that I get my $59.95 refund, I paid $50 for my carry on baggage. However, they did not get the fare club refund $59.95 and ending up paying $109.95 in total for a small hand baggage.

    Moving forward they might even charge if the passenger uses their toilets on board and even to the extent of charging number of flush outs if one uses the toilet. There are no words to talk about such a ** stupid airlines. Never ever travel in Spirit.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2015

    This is my first time flying Spirit. I have had nothing but negative feedback from people but I thought why don't I give it a try. I flew from Detroit to Myrtle beach. I paid for a checked bag which was $45. My carry on was fine from Detroit to Myrtle beach but the agent had an issue with my carry on, been too tall and charge me $50. Spirit airline is a rip off airline, I'll rather fly Delta. Spirit airline agents are not trained to know what a carry on bag is versus a small bag. I called their customer service. They are not knowledgeable about how to handle customer issues. Worst airline ever! Will never fly Spirit again even if your ticket cost $1 to fly.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2015

    Took flight 630 from Denver to Chicago Monday 3-23-15. In fairness flight was delayed due to a snow storm in Chicago. Was suppose to leave Denver at 1:40. We left at 5:05. Pilot bragged that with 85mph tail wind we would be in Chicago in 1 hour and 55 minutes. Landed at 8:50 Chicago time. We then sat on the plane waiting for a gate until 10:45. Heard every excuse all airlines were backed up waiting for gates, we couldn't proceed because a plane was landing with a bad tail, a plane had a bad radio. The finale was when the young stewardess announced after we had been waiting for an hour and a half that we better hurry up and buckle our seat belts or it would be our fault we wouldn't get to an open gate.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2015

    Spirit Airlines is the worst. First they will refuse to let you on your flight because you arrived 44 minutes before the flight instead of 45. They'll then attempt to charge you $340 to take a new flight the next morning and they won't even put you on standby for an earlier flight until you've paid that fee. Will they at least pretend to care that you were in town for a funeral and have to get home to your son? Will they pretend care that you don't have the money for the change fee let alone a hotel? Not one bit. They won't even let you on standby unless you pay the fee. They're not worth the little tiny savings, don't be fooled.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2015

    Worst airline I have ever traveled with and I travel a lot. Bad service and rude flight attendants. Rip off with luggage. 100 USD for my laptop bag at gate. And I checked my carry on. Presentations rude and not professional. This is by far the worst airline I have traveled with and I am a frequent international flyer US and Europe.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2015

    On March 2, 2015 I took a direct flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston, MA. First issue - Checking in I was told I could not purchase more than one carry on. I had tons of valuables with me such as jewelry and they did not care. I could only bring on the diaper bag and my purse. When I got to Boston I was out at the carousel before the bags came out and there until there were none left. My bag never showed up. I then filed a claim with the office and they told me my luggage would be on the next flight and I would have it by midnight.

    That never happened. I called the number I was provided for two days straight and never got a callback. I tried to call the luggage resolution line and their mailbox was full. I finally called the customer service line and spoke with someone who gave me a claim number to check the status of my bag. They also put a complaint in and finally someone called me back.

    When I got a call it was a man from Boston airport just saying they have not located my bag. He told me that if it was not here within 5 days they no longer handle the case and that it goes to the headquarters. I began to email them and did not get much of a response besides them telling me to fill out a property claim form and send it in.

    Today March 22, I received a call from a delivery service saying that my bag was found and is being delivered to my home. I was beyond excited to have all of our belongings back. When I opened the bag, my heart dropped. All of my jewelry was gone. My bathing suit was wet, the clothes that had no been stolen stretched out and worn smelling like pot. My sons brand new clothes (that were still there) were ruined. Stains all over them from God only knows what. My luggage upon leaving Florida was very neatly put together as I had everything cleaned and pressed the night before leaving. His toys were on top of the clothes and a baby blanket wrapping everything to keep it neat.

    I am beyond mortified. I feel so violated by this airline, words cannot even explain. Below I have posted some of the images of what some of the items looked like. Do not fly this airline. They do not provide you with safety, respect or loyalty. They will make you feel violated and ripped off. Just imagine how you would feel getting clothes returned to your home in the condition mine have been. STAY AWAY.

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    Reviewed March 21, 2015

    On 3/20/15, I flew on flight NK 403 from Atlanta, Georgia to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Upon arrival, the flight attendant instructed the passengers that in order to not be detained in the plane, we needed to exit the plane within 4 minutes or risk having to wait upon an 800 passenger plane to unload. The passengers, including an 8 week old newborn, elderly couple, and 2 disabled passengers began to unload and were subsequently detained in the 80 degree jetway for approximately 20 minutes with no communication from the crew while the exit to the terminal was blocked. The jetway was extremely hot, unstable, and overcrowded with passengers while the crew made no attempt to provide an explanation or assistance. This appeared to be a safety hazard and was void of an appropriate response from the crew members.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2015

    I cancelled a reservation a few months ago (Confirmation Code: **) and I got a Credit back, but I could not use it because I was not able to reach a representative, their phone lines don’t work and can’t solve any problems. When I called for the cancellation on June 24, 2014, the representative did not tell me the 60 days rule. I did not receive an email stating that the expiration date of the credit was August 31, 2014. They just wait until the credit is expired. Spirit Airlines did not contact me with an alert or reminder about the expiration date. They do that on purpose and that’s a horrible way to treat customers. Spirit Airlines has an awful support center. I just can’t contact a real person, I tried in the past but no one answered, not even now because the lines are down. I lost USD 1,500.00.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2015

    I bought a round trip ticket from LGA to San Juan airport with spirit airline. Everything was ok in LGA airport. But, when I went back from San Juan airport, the staffs in San Juan airport charged me $100 for my bag. It is the same bag that I used in LGA airport. When I complained, they even threatened me that they were going to close the gate and I'll miss the plane if I did not pay. The staffs were so rude there. I even tried to complain at Fort Lauderdale airport which was my transit airport. Shockingly, the staffs here are literally rude same as the ones from San Juan. Obviously, I would never ever fly with them again.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2015

    Bought a ticket, got very sick and couldn't fly. Called airline to see about using ticket another time or get some money back in ticket form to use again. Well that Spirit Airline doesn't care so the customer loses all!!

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    Reviewed March 19, 2015

    Not our first time with Spirit but last time was 7+ years ago and boy, have they changed. We booked a Las Vegas trip over 3 months prior from PHL to Las Vegas for a 2-day getaway. According to Spirit staff (whom gave maybe 2 updates during), there was a "mechanical problem" with the plane and it was swapped out after waiting over 3 hours. Once we did land in Vegas, we sat on the tarmac for 15 min. or so... Staff was quick to blame the airport for that delay even though we know we shouldn't have been that late to begin with. We arrived so late/early morning so we slept in and almost missed our booked Vegas show, and since we only had a day and half, we attempted to call Spirit and change our return flight with only a rude rep wanting $300+ in costs for the next day flight.

    So I proceeded back to the airport and begged/pleaded with a ticket person until I got to speak to a supervisor, then begged and pleaded more and he finally just swapped our flight to the next day at no charge. They made me feel like a homeless person begging for food - absolutely ridiculous. Ironically, our hotel and rental car was extremely easy to adjust our reservations and accommodate us. Spirit is mean and money hungry. They use low ticket prices to lure you in (bait and switch tactics), they nickel & dime passengers every step of the way, and are very deceptive and just plain rude. I will not step foot on their planes ever again.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2015

    My wife and I have purchased tickets through CheapAir.com to go to New Orleans, LA next month (April 2015). Yesterday we went to airlines website (Spirit Airlines) to select our seats. There is a charge for every leg of the flight which happens to be four flights. We ended up paying an additional $58.00 and these were the cheapest seats. We were not told when making the reservation that there would be additional cost for seating assignments.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2015

    I missed my flight while they were giving me super hard time and I had to pay extra money. Cost me more than 2 ways flight to book another one way flight with other flight company to go back to NY from Dallas. Worst airlines ever!!! You think they have cheap price but no - they steals your money with different ways! My hand bag was less than 1 inch taller than their size and they gave me hard time. They want to charge me extra $100 for that plus they makes them sizes bag way smaller than the average size comparing to the other airlines so they can take poor people money, plus they don't offer nothing free on the flight - not even water!! Small seats. Worst customers service ever. They always give hard time... so after all that happened you figure out they are the most expensive airlines for the worst service.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2015

    I planned a family vacation cruise during my spring break. All arrangements were finalized including air travel to Fort Lauderdale which had to be arranged separately. I arranged this leg and return flight on Spirit Airline. Four tickets were purchased along with flight insurance and paid from my debit card. I am a teacher and due to too many snow days this winter, days were taken from my spring break vacation and I consequently had to cancel the flight and the cruise. I informed Spirit Airline that I would not be able to travel at the time booked (March 30, 2015 to Fort Lauderdale and return on April 4, 2015). This was done well in advance of the flight date.

    Today is March 16, 2015. I paid a total of $1324.72. I called the airline to cancel the reservation. I was told that it would cost $150 per person per flight to make the cancellation. That would be $600 for four and another $60 for luggage that would not be used. I was told that it would be cheaper to do it online sine it would cost $50 per person per flight. I completed the cancellation on line and was charged a total of $624.72. With flight insurance, which cost me $66.24, I feel that I should not have been charged anything and should have gotten a full refund.

    To make matters worst, they offered the refund only as a credit towards a future flight that would valid for only 60 days. This means that if I did not book a trip by May 15, 2015 I would also lose the $700. I don't see how this could be legal. I believe that I am entitled to a full refund of my money since I bought the flight insurance, and that that refund should be cash back to my debit card, not a credit towards some future flight that it would be impossible for me to make anyway since it's not during my vacation.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2015

    I initially bought a ticket for a friend to fly out, and used my VISA. I bought online, and filled out her information. She checked today to print her boarding pass and it would not let her because they had MY names as the passenger! YET they sent HER the confirmation! I tried calling them SEVEN TIMES today, and each time was on hold for over 40 minutes!

    When I finally got through to a barely-English-speaking person, I was told that the name could not be changed, and all I could do was cancel the ticket, and buy another one for more than $100.00! She then took my information, and I had to spell each and every word, and she STILL got the email wrong! The entire time she sounded like she was reading right off of a script.

    I asked to speak to a supervisor, was put on HOLD again, and she came back and started saying the SAME thing about the cancellation, totally ignoring my request to speak to a supervisor. FORGET about trying to get on the website, it has been down all day! I am filing a complaint with the BBB, and posting my experience on Facebook where I have over 1000 contacts. NEVER FLY SPIRIT AIR! IN MY OPINION THE ONLY SPIRIT THERE IS THE DEVIL!

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    Reviewed March 16, 2015

    I checked my credit card the other day and found a $69.95 charge for a renewal of the $9 club fare. This was not a renewal for me but someone else. I have tried on 7 occasions to contact Spirit with no reply. I am sure they want me to give up so they can keep my money. I absolutely hate this airline. They are nothing but scam artists. NO customer service and I don't understand why they keep getting away with this. Feels like I got robbed at gun point. Do not fly Spirit!!!

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    Reviewed March 16, 2015

    I have never seen a company that is so organized and unprofessional as Spirit Airlines. My friend and I booked a trip to New Orleans for my birthday and our luggage was misplaced. They told us we would have it in 24 hours. When the next flight came in and this was false not only did we not receive our luggage till the last day of our trip, we had to constantly call over and over to try and find where our luggage was. The majority of the employees had no idea what was going on and would continually say they would call us back with no such luck.

    The worst part is they are still charging us over $100 for bag fees when we did not even have our luggage. So I am paying for a service they did not even provide. The refund for the purchases we had to make will take 2 to 3 months for me to receive. Overall I would spend the extra money for a company who values there customers. Very unsatisfied with my experience and will make sure I or no one I know travel with Spirit Airlines.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2015

    I purchased a round trip ticket from Spirit Airlines. I cancelled my reservations 2 days later and they refuse to give me my full refund. They said that I was only entitled to $20.00 back. I had up to 7 days prior to flying to get a full refund. I cancelled within 3 days. On March 3, 2014 they had already deducted the money from my account. This is the first and last time I will ever deal with them. I called, they were rude and unprofessional.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2015

    My son went to college to Minnesota and I bought a round trip ticket for me and one one way ticket for my son from Spirit through a travel agency. When we arrived to LAX I went ahead and checked in at the counter, and my son tried to check in on the machine, but had trouble so he also went to the counter check in and the attendant told him that his ticket could not be honored, that it had been cancelled. It was a shock to me, I couldn't believe my ears, I thought it was a mistake, but the lady reassured us that it had been cancelled.

    So I immediately called my travel agent and she called Spirit right away and was told the same thing, that it had been cancelled and since there was no time to waste trying to fight it, she bought me another ticket, and asked me to call my credit card when I got back and explain to them about my cancelled ticket, and I did and they credit my account for that while they dispute the charge. It took about 5 months and at the end Spirit said that the flight was available and that someone had cancelled so they did not reimburse me nor offer a new ticket or anything. Bottom line; I got charge for a ticket that Spirit did not honor.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2015

    I have spent two fricking hours going through telephone wasteland and two inept representatives who are unable to even pull up a flight number to tell me that my child landed safely! What is wrong with these people???

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    Reviewed March 12, 2015

    I have never flown with Spirit, since this is last minute flight I chose to book with them as I found them online. I booked 2 round trip flights to Las Vegas on 3/9 and the trip is for 4/30-5/5 for a total fee of $599.36. It debited my account on 3/11. I just had something come up which is not going to allow me to fly with them. So tried to cancel this flight online, but they are only refunding $287 out of $599.36. Really, I guess I'm supposed to just eat the remaining $312 as since I guess I have money to waste. This is ludicrous. Then I tried to modify the trip to a one-way for 2 people, guess what IT EVEN ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT, then you have to speak to customer service and they want to charge you to do that when there is no option online. I asked for supervisor only to hold and for them to keep telling me they cannot refund more. I understand a cancel fee, but damn, $312 when I paid $599, THAT'S NOT RIGHT -- THEY ARE CROOKS.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2015

    I pre-booked 3 round trip flights this winter to check on my mother in Florida. I figured I'd save by joining Spirit's low fare club. I'd leave my summer clothes in Florida and travel without luggage. I was traveling alone so I would let them assign me a free non-reserved seat. Sounds great. BUT, they should have signs (like the ones when boarding rollercoasters) that warn you.

    If you are taller than 6 feet you will not fit. No other airline has so little leg room. None of my six flights were less than 30 minutes late. All 6 times I waited for a delayed flight to arrive so we could use that dirty plane to depart. Seats do not recline. There is no complementary beverage. No entertainment, unless you enjoy the loud info commercial the poor pilot is forced to recite. Yes, they try to sell you membership to a ridiculous credit card scheme involving the worst frequent flyer deal I've ever seen. The bathrooms are too few and the smallest physically possible. Stewarts don't even have a galley, so that $50 front seat that I have to pay for is the galley, bathroom entrance and my legroom! Customer service is outsourced to India. That's the worst part.

    Three of my six flights were canceled due to Boston's snow. One of them was because of a major blizzard was hitting Boston. I called India and asked for a flight back to Boston that day. I have a 16 year old home alone. I was told no earlier flights were available, so I changed my flight to the first flight after the storm. After the call, I went online and saw they did indeed still have flights that day. When I called back to explain the urgency, they replied. "I'm sorry sir, but you're only allowed one cancellation change and you already used it." No manager or even English speaking person available to help. I later learned that they were getting top dollar for those pre-storm flights.

    It doesn't end there though. I spent an hour on the runway, only to return to the gate because the pilots timed out. They needed to be replaced because of work hour constraints. When a flight is late the tower holds them for the next available space. All six flights were at least 30 minutes late. You cannot use your phone to call the person picking you up because your phone is in flight mode before the pilot says your expected arrival time. Tell your driver to be prepared to wait in the cell phone lot for hours. I pre-booked all my remaining flights on JetBlue. Sorry JetBlue, I don't know what I was thinking.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2015

    While speaking with your Spirit Representative, I had my Mother on conference and provided details about my Mother’s EMERGENCY situation. I expressed the need for Wheelchair assistance due to my Mother’s immobility. During the Flight/Ticket booking phase, your Spirit Rep informed me the charge was $268, I was also on the Spirit Website with a confirmed ticket price of $253. The Spirit Rep advised me the price is the price for $268 including a baggage check fee. I explained to the Rep the fee of $253 which included the baggage check fee. The Spirit Rep placed me on hold and then came back to advise there will be a One-time courtesy adjustment.

    Due to nature of my call, reason for changing flight information and after dealing with your Rep; it got me thinking. Your Airlines doesn’t seem to take into consideration EMERGENCY situations where ones health is a factor for changing a flight. I called your Airlines for assistance but after speaking to your Rep and had I known, I would have never wasted my time calling Spirit to reschedule and just done it online without the hassle. This simply goes to show that your Airlines don’t have any consideration about a person’s extenuating circumstances and seems more Money hungry. I will never book a flight with Spirit Airlines ever again and tell all of my Friends, Family and business associates never to consider using your Airlines for their travelling purposes either.

    I am extremely disgusted with the way your company handled this situation. Granted your Spirit Rep started to consider my Mother’s needs after we expressed the urgency for Flight change and accommodations needed. If I would have never mentioned the price from the internet your Airlines we would have been overcharged for the flight. Seems to me that your Airlines does this to many customers when flight changes are needed but until a person like myself references the price your Airlines provide via Spirit Airlines vs. Spirit Rep things change. I shake my head at your company with disgust, I will be contacting the Rip-off Report and will definitely blog about this experience on social media. I hate it when a company overcharges for services, especially for people that don’t know any better.

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    Reviewed March 11, 2015

    We booked our flight with Spirit Air to go to Las Vegas for a quick 3 day getaway. We printed out our boarding passes at home (I guess that is too much trouble for them to do). We paid an extra 50.00 for the big seats so we weren't smashed in like sardines. That's 50.00 each. So we had fun in Las Vegas went to the desk to print out our boarding passes for the way home and found out our flight home was canceled. Call customer service and told there was nothing they could do, so we had to stay another day, spend extra for food and room, and miss a day of work only to find out that the flight did leave on time.

    We were not notified of this. I had my phone and tablet. They should have sent us an e-mail to let us know that the flight wasn't canceled. When I called customer service I agree with everyone else. They do nothing. They know nothing. I will not be flying with them ever again. Oh and ask to speak to supervisor. None available. They will have them call us back. Well that's a joke. She said call this number so we did and that number said hold on to leave a message then hung up on us. Everyone of the customer service people should be let go.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2015

    Today is very bad in the morning, because I bought this family a spirit air ticket. I can't believe, any company are allowed to take the plane small bags and spirit air charge for $100, is more crazy they see women handbag as a baggage. I want to say is, you think you got the interest is? But I want to say you lost because since my family and friends, even I can tell them all about flying people not to ride in spirit air. Even these are not enough, I would be very impolitely spirit air comments to you on the Internet more and more. Hope your business is getting better and better.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2015

    I made it to the airport with time to spare but before I left I tried to check in and print out a boarding pass online. It was having issues checking me in so I went to the airport because it takes a full day to get someone by calling them. I tried again at the self help Kiosk and it printed me out a ticket that says to see a rep. at the desk. I wait in line for 30 min. with one other individual as Spirit airline reps walk around aimlessly not helping anyone.

    Finally we get through and I'm told that I can not board the flight because boarding was happening right now and I would not make it through the security check point (by the way, no line currently at the check point. Maybe 6 minutes to get through). Then I was told that they have no other flights that I could fly standby as they already have 3 people on standby and that they are pretty much booked for the week. But if I would like to purchase another ticket for a later flight, that I could at my cost.

    I ended up purchasing that later ticket asking specifically if they will include all the fees into the cost of that ticket so I don't have to try and use the online services again to check my bag. I found out later that my bags were not checked and now I have to use the online service again. By the time the service worked it had raised the price of the check in to $45 from $35. I hate this company and so should you. The only company worse than Spirit is probably Canadian and that’s debatable.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2015

    I just encountered the worst customer service I have ever experienced with an airline (SPIRIT) Friday, March 6, 2015. We were scheduled to depart Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on a flight to Detroit Metro Airport at 7:55 p.m. On the evening of the 6th and due to an unforeseen family emergency, I was running a little behind. However, I managed to arrive at DFW airport at exactly 6:28 p.m. (I can provide documentation from the airport parking lot service I used which proves my arrival time) and because I was running behind and knew I/we would miss our flight if we attempted to go straight through security to our gate, we instead decided to try and get ahead of our problem by going directly to the Spirit Airlines ticket counter (prior to our flight taking off) so we could arrange to get on a later flight.

    After going to the counter four different times speaking to four different ticketing agents, we did not receive any help to rectify the situation. We were told there were no other available flights from Dallas to Detroit until March 12th and none of your agents were willing to offer any other possible solution or alternative for us to be able to still fly out that evening, such as making a potential connecting flight through another city, even though we were more than willing to pay extra as necessary. They told us we had 60 days to book a new flight and pay the change fee of $150, therefore, we had no other choice but to find a nearby hotel for the night and try to think of way we could still get to Detroit and not have to cancel our entire trip.

    Then, the next morning per the advice of several Spirit Airlines ticket agents over the phone, we decided to return to the Spirit counter at the airport to pay the change fee and see if we could book another flight or at least get on standby on one of the many daily flights to either Cleveland or Chicago since both cities are within driving distance of our final destination of Detroit and we figured we could drive from that point forward. After waiting in yet another long line, the agent told us they had marked us as a "no show" for our flight from the night before which is completely false and does not make any sense because we were physically at the Spirit Airlines ticket counter talking to an agent about our situation prior to our flights departure (not to mention we were checked in for our flight with boarding passes in hand). It is not our fault that your ticket agent failed to document this important fact.

    But no matter how hard we tried to convince them otherwise, your agents kept insisting we were a "no show," causing us to lose our entire reservation (including our return ticket). I was out $572.30 including baggage fees. No refund, no way to pay the exchange fee or rebook our flight. Needless to say, our entire trip was ruined, we missed an important family event, and the time we took off work was wasted not to mention our precious time and money. We weren't even able to attempt to get this issue resolved until after the weekend due to Spirits business hours so I called the morning of Monday, March 9, 2015 and left an urgent message. Several hours later, I tried calling again because no one had returned my call and there was a notification the mailbox was full.

    We will absolutely be filing a grievance with the Federal Aviation Administration (especially in light of the recent press which informs customers that all airlines are required by law to provide the service that was paid for). We will be spreading the word on Facebook, and other social media and service review websites. I travel frequently on business using other airlines. I wanted to try to Spirit because they were less expensive -- NEVER AGAIN WITH SPIRIT.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2015

    Spirit has cancelled my flight without my authorization and also without notified me. I was realized about that when I tried to check-in my next day flight. No one was able to resolve the problem and the only option that they gave me was to book a new flight and pay a very very high price for the new reservation. I'm saying 140 more the previous one.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2015

    When I received a notice of my earned miles from Spirit, I told them, "You can keep your points." Flying Spirit was the worst experience of my flying life. Not only was I charged for every little thing, including my "free" seat, carry-on luggage as well as checked luggage, I had to buy water. The leg room was worse than any plane I have ever been on and the service was not with a smile. So, they can keep the miles. I will never fly Spirit again.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2015

    My wife just returned from an escape week to Florida where we used Spirit for the return trip to Boston. This was my first and absolute last Spirit Airlines experience. We booked our tickets through Travelocity, choosing Spirit due to the convenience of time and non-stop travel during this time of the year. Through the Travelocity website, we paid for our first class Delta tickets for the trip down and Spirit for the return trip only to receive an email from Spirit a day or so later that we now needed to pay extra fees that in the end exceeded the price of our first class tickets! NEVER FLY SPIRIT! There is not a single positive thing to say about this most deceptive airline. The sad thing is that I spent some time this morning reading other complaints and it is obvious that Consumer Affairs will do nothing... no more than our totally ineffective governmental agencies. Hopefully this like other complaints will convince others to stay away from this pitiful airline.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2015

    4 flights, ALL DELAYED!! 18 hours for a 8 hour flight because the pilot had too many hours, causing us to lose our rental car, our connecting flights. They don't care! It's just "sorry, not our problem"! DO NOT FLY SPIRIT!!! Ever!!! No room in seats, you have to pay for your seat on top of your ticket and everything else so you end up paying more than you would on a regular flight!!! BY FAR MY WORST FLIGHTS EVER!!!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2015

    January 13th 2015 I booked a non-stop round trip flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. My flight there through United Airlines had no issues. However, when I arrived 2 hrs prior to my flight returning with Spirit Airlines... they did not have me on the flight! I spent well over an hr arguing with the counter reps showing them my Expedia email booking that I even had already paid for the flight. They were unresponsive and mainly their stance was that I need to take up my issue with Expedia as they were the ones that booked my flight.

    After I got home I contacted Spirit Airlines to explain the situation. A customer service rep contacted me. I returned her call several times to not get her until weeks later. The rep mainly stated the same thing. I fly all of the time and I have never dealt with such a horrible flying experience. This airline should be banned from flights.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2015

    I would love to be able to review this airline regarding a flight I took, but I didn't even get to that point. I had read the reviews so I knew that I shouldn't expect much from the actual flight experience. I knew there would be little leg room, no amenities and a strong possibility of flight delays, but I went ahead and booked two round trip tickets for my husband and myself for a little anniversary getaway. We factored in all the costs of hotel, activities and the low cost of our flight and decided to splurge and do it. So in January we booked our flight for the end of May from KC to Chicago. I booked the hotel, bought tickets for a Cubs game and Second City comedy club. THEN I get an email in March that said: One or more of your fights have been cancelled due to a schedule adjustment.

    I called to find out that not only that my flight was cancelled but there were NO flights to Chicago on those dates or any dates close to those dates. So now I have to find an additional $250 dollars to make up the difference in the airfare, which Spirit seems to be totally uncaring about. In a interview Spirit's CEO, Ben Baldanza, responded to the report of the Spirit's high complaint rate he said, "We care about every one of our customers and work hard to deliver what they value most: safe, reliable transportation to where they want to go at a lower cost than other airlines. That’s because we know that the #1 thing that makes our customers happy is getting where they want to go for less." I don't know how you intend to accomplish this goal with a business process that includes cancelling already scheduled and paid for flights. He also suggested that some customers may have too high of expectations for the Spirit business plan.

    All I expected was to get a flight to Chicago that I paid for. I don't consider that too unreasonable. Mr. Baldanza, in the words of Jerry Seinfeld "You know how to take the reservation, but you don't know hold the reservation. And that's really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anyone can just take them." Sure wish we could have done business together, but I will never give this airline another chance to screw with me.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2015

    I fly Spirit all the time because it is pretty much the only airline that flies directly to Myrtle Beach from Atlantic City. Myself, my husband, and 3 of my daughters, are all $9 Fare Club members, as we all make several trips each year to Myrtle Beach to visit my elderly mom. Once, several years ago, I had to pay the $100 fee at the gate because my duffel bag was too wide to fit into the box that they use to measure bags that count as a personal item. I bought a thin back pack like bag that wheels on that trip to use on the way home. We happened to get the same lady that had to charge us going, on the trip home and she told me that this new bag fits into the slot and I could use it as a personal item. I have since used this bag 2 more times on flights without any issue. On March 2, I was stopped by a very nasty boarding attendant who told me that I needed to place my bag in the slot. I did knowing it fits. However she said that it did not fit.

    People in line were also questioning it because it clearly fit into the slot both ways, wheels up and wheels down. I asked how in any way did it not fit, and she basically was speaking so nasty to me telling me that what was I thinking that it fit. I explained that I had been told by a Spirit attendant that this bag passed as a personal item and that I had used it without issue those 3x already and that I travel pretty much every month. She goes and pulls up my file and rudely says "I don't see any flights from you last month". I explained that multiple members of my family are $9 Fare Club so depending on who was flying, the tickets could be booked under their name. She did see two flights I had in my name in Jan and Dec, and said that I paid for this bag as a carry on in Jan. I explained to her that I brought this bag as a personal item and had paid for a carry-on for a larger bag that I had purchased to bring my dad's stamp collection home with me.

    She looked at me and made a face like I was lying and told me I would have to either pay $100 by credit card only or run downstairs and pay there and then go through security again etc. but "they won't hold the plane". To just not have to deal with her talking to me like I was a piece of garbage, I kindly told her that I can understand that she is just in a bad mood and wants to take it out on someone, but that I don't want to argue and that she could just charge me and I would take it up with customer service when I landed. I put my bag in the slot and took several photos to show it fit. As she saw me doing this, she came around front and took my bag and stretched it out and measured it. Since the bag wasn't filled to capacity, it wasn't as large as it could be if it was stretched out. She kept us there until they were calling for the very last call holding my credit card while she claimed to be documenting.

    Honestly I believe this was to make sure that my 9 year old daughter and I wouldn't have a spot in the overhead bins for our bags. I had to tell her that if she didn't give me back the card that we would miss the flight. As I went to my seat, people on board were all saying that my bag fit in the slot and that I should not have been charged. When I landed in Myrtle Beach, I went to the Spirit counter and of course they sided with the grouchy attendant.... no surprise there. I honestly don't mind paying the fee for a carry on, as I did when I brought the stamps. But if I am going to pay it, then I want to bring a real carry-on. This was literally a back pack with wheels.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2015

    I wouldn't even give them one-star, but 0 is not an option. I am completely DISGUSTED with Spirit Airlines. I've known plenty of people to have their issues and vow never to fly Spirit again. Not until now have I had a personal issue with them. Customer Services Spirit is completely ** and non-accommodating. If you want to be talked to and treated like garbage, go ahead call them. More so, purchase tickets in advance to send your kids to their dad's for spring break, learn you have a very aggressive CANCER and start chemotherapy immediately, and call Spirit to change the flight plan and THEN be talked to like garbage from Spirit's famous Customer Service Team. We have medical documentation from the oncologist to excuse the flight plans, that are commonly used without any issue.

    The only accommodation that Spirit could muster up was to change the flight for the additional cost of 130 per ticket. THERE'S 4 of them, like just moving the date is going to help. Um, I think you missed the point, Spirit! So, in light of totally unexpected events, trying to call Spirit and expect a rational and reasonable solution to the issue at hand, the only option they extend is a solution to the tune of $500+ more than you've already paid. OR there's the suck it up option that they like to say they frown upon.

    But here I am, the day of the flight I tried to change (by change I mean simply put ONE round trip ticket in another adult's name so that someone I trust could take my child to her regularly scheduled daddy visitations) - 6 inches of snow freshly fallen in TEXAS where the snow idiots live; I have had no sleep; up and down off the toilet from both ends with the side effects of my chemotherapy treatments; going out into the snow, which makes my skin feel like its on fire, to go to an AIRPORT (my low platelets, hoping this doesn't SEND ME INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR WEEKS FROM CATCHING EVERYONE'S GERMS), to take care of my business that Spirit so graciously refused - to simply let me put my sisters or mother's name on the tickets because for legitimate health reasons and am NOT by oncologist orders to fly. It is obvious what their spirit is all about.

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    Reviewed March 5, 2015

    I wouldn't even give them one star but 0 is not an option. I am completely DISGUSTED with Spirit Airlines. I've known plenty of people to have their issues and vow never to fly Spirit again. Not until now have I had a personal issue with them. Customer Services spirit is completely ** and non-accommodating. If you want to be talked to and treated like garbage, go ahead call them. More so, purchase tickets in advance to send your kids to their dads for spring break, learn you have a very aggressive CANCER and start chemotherapy immediately, and call Spirit to change the flight plan and THEN be talked to like garbage from Spirit's famous Customer Service Team. We have medical documentation from the Oncologist to excuse the flight plans, that are commonly used without any issue.

    The only accommodation that Spirit could muster up was to change the flight for the additional cost of 130 per ticket, THERE'S 4 of them, like just moving the date is going to help, um, I think you missed the point, Spirit! So, in light of totally unexpected events, trying to call Spirit and expect a rational and reasonable solution to the issue and hand, the only options they extend is a solution to the tune of $500+ more than you've already paid. OR there's the suck it up option that they like to say they frown upon.

    But here I am, the day of the flight I tried to change, by change I mean simply put ONE round trip ticket in another adult's name so that someone I trust could take my child to her regularly scheduled daddy visitations. 6 inches of snow freshly fallen in TEXAS where the snow idiots live. I have had no sleep, up and down off the toilet from both ends with the side effects of my chemotherapy treatments. Going out into the snow, which makes my skin feel like it's on fire, to go to an AIRPORT. My low platelets, hoping this doesn't SEND ME INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR WEEKS FROM CATCHING EVERYONE'S GERMS, to take care of my business that Spirit so graciously refused to simply let me put my sister's or mother's name on the tickets because for legitimate health reasons and am NOT by Oncologist orders to fly. It is obvious what their spirit is all about.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2015

    Last year, I purchased the Travel Club membership for $59.00, which I also received a Spirit Credit Card. I never ended up using the Travel Club and subsequently canceled the credit card in October of 2014. I mistakenly thought that would also cancel the club membership, which it did not. I was surprised to see my credit card charged $69.00 for the renewal of the club membership in February 2015. Today I called Spirit Travel Club and spoke to supervisor Jose, who did not help. I realize the terms and conditions state it is non-refundable. However, I believe this is deceptive since I thought canceling the credit card would also cancel the membership.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    Spirit airlines delayed a normal flight (which I had two confirmed reservations on) by less than 30 minutes. Called it a cancellation and will not allow my confirmed tickets. NOTE: They do not have a normal flight at the new time. By bumping me they made me miss a conference. Horrible airline! First and last experience booking with them.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    Spirit cancelled flight to LA 3/1/2015. No pilot. We went against what we knew about their reputation. A friend said it went good with him. Our whole vacation is ruined. Fortunately I got my money back. Hotel and rental car. But I was so upset, I just want nothing to do with them. They offered 30 people a next day flight (on Spirit) then a flight for 2 days from now. So I just get my money back and they offer others a next morning flight with Southwest. Too late. By this time it's late evening. I just want to go home. They severely pissed off 200 people, ruined my family plans as I have limited time. I am being too kind. Give them a minus 10 rating. The worst.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    Poor customer service representatives not knowledgeable on pending flight, disrespectful to consumer needs, no accommodation given for canceled flight, been at airport since 3 pm to be told at 9 pm it was canceled. Needs weren't met. Representative stated I'm unable to get refund to possibly book another flight with another company. Very dissatisfied. Not worth the few pennies you save or the hassle. Waste of time literally. Spirit Airlines days are numbered.

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    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    Spirit Airlines scrapes the bottom of the barrel for airlines. With regards to ratings, they are less than zero. Rude customer services, cancelled fights, delayed flights and above all the FAA should shut them down.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2015

    Spirit Airlines supervisor Andrew in Philadelphia USA was so incredibly rude. Arrived at the counter of course bags overweight by 12 pounds. Going to charge me an extra $50. I don't want to pay $50 so I decide to carry some of my stuff in my bag and who lets me unpack half my suitcase in front of a large crowd, hands me a paper sack to put it in, then turns around and says, "By the way when you get that sack upstairs you'll have to pay $25 to carry that on." So when I asked him, "So no matter what I do you're going to charge me an additional 25 to 50 dollars even though I had already prepaid for a bag?" He smiled and laughed and said "You are not getting out of here without paying more money."

    The best part was when ahead and pay the $25 took part of my luggage and stuffed into my bag that I had to stuff my person too so that I only had one bag to carry on. When the time came to board the plane Andrew made a special effort to come all the way up to the gate to look for a specifically to make sure that I had not taken my purse out of the carry-on bag and that all of my stuff was neatly inside so that it was not hanging out because he was going to assure that I paid an additional $25. So be warned. If you fly with Spirit Air when you get to the airport you will indeed pay $50 more no matter what you do. I will never fly that airline again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015

    It's the 2nd time I am missing the baggage with the same airlines. In spite of letting them know that we have missed the baggage before with you guys and we don't want this to happen again. Every time we traveled with this airline there will be delays at least by an hour or two when other airlines are on time.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015

    My husband and I traveled from Las Vegas to Michigan. On the flight home as we were boarding the flight, the flight attendant told my husband he would have to pay for our carry-on luggage which was $100. I was confused because the luggage could fit in the luggage sizer and was approved when we checked-in. We checked a luggage when we checked-in and if I had known they would have charged me for a carry-on I would have paid when I checked-in.

    I tried to contact Spirit regarding this charge and was not successful. The airline should not be able to do this. I really upset because the attendant never put our luggage in the sizer. The luggage could fit under the seat as well as above the head. Also, we were traveling in a group and two other people in our group had the same size luggage and boarded before us and was allowed to board with no charge. So is the Airline picking and choosing who to charge the fee? I'm very disappointed with the service I have received.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015

    My wife was trying to pre-board with my children and the attendant would not let her, which is fine. She told her to get back. My wife was trying to move her stuff back, which as you can imagine when traveling by yourself with children is not easy, and she yelled at her again. This employee started bickering rudely with my wife which scared my children, making my 5 year old cry because she said "I'm not going to let you fly". Then when she finally decided she would let them get on the plane she decided to say that if we didn't shut our child up she would kick us off the plane.

    To top this crazy thing off she decided to yell that she would put a note in the computer so they wouldn't let her fly at her connector. As you can imagine it bothers me a little that my wife was disrespected but it deeply saddens me that she disrespected my terrified child. I feel so helpless. I would hope you have the time to look into this incident even if it is just to make sure that my wife gets home. I can't imagine how my child feels right now let alone my wife.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015

    A few days ago our hotel room was broken into and all our belongings were stolen in Guatemala. Our hotel room was locked and secured and although this was the case the thieves still managed to get in and take roughly $8000 worth of our stuff, including our passports. Naturally, being very close to our flight date, we had to cancel our flights to rebook at a later date as we have no passports to travel on. As you could imagine, this has been an extremely traumatizing experience for us.

    When we got in touch with Spirit Airlines, they said there was nothing they could do and that they still had to charge us a $240 US cancellation fee, which was around half the total value of the 2 flights. Now, we can understand that the conditions of the flight were that you had to make changes within a certain time frame and that Spirit Airlines operate under certain protocols. However, you would think given the drastic circumstances that took place, they could have been at least a little human and made an exception in this case. We had notified them as early as possible and no doubt they will resell the seats anyway. The worst thing is that we still need to take the exact same flight, so we were only asking for a credit in the mean time whilst we waited for our new passports to be produced.

    We feel this is absolutely absurd and would love to discuss the matter further with a senior person at Spirit. At this stage we will certainly be recommending that people avoid Spirit and choose an alternative carrier. The funny thing was that we also had an additional flight booked through STA Travel UK, which was a much higher value and they refunded the entire amount even though they had very similar conditions to Spirit.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015

    This morning we arrived at AC International at 545 (in line) for a 6:30 departure. Spirit had a line out the door and 4 agents working. At 6:55 a Spirit employee approached us and asked where we're flying, we told her Myrtle. She told us it was closed. It wasn't even 6 let alone 6:30. We were put in front to an agent at 6:55 and again she told us it was closed. I know there is airport security tapes so please check my times. She argued with me for 15 min telling me we missed our flight, a flight that was still on the ground. NEVER did she call up to the gate and ask them to hold the flight.

    After 15 min. of telling me we missed our flight she told us to go ahead and try. We arrived at the gate at 6:22 and the plane had taxied out. I had a job interview scheduled later today and tomorrow morning. I am now unable to interview for this position due to the horrible customer service displayed by your employees. We had a good half hour before the flight left and this woman would not allow us to make the flight. She stubbornly argued with us telling us we missed the flight.

    Where is the customer service? Where is a call to the boarding gate saying "I have 2 passengers now checking in?" WHAT THE HELL IS CUSTOMER SERVICE! I lost a chance for a job due to the agent arguing with me instead of doing the right thing and taking care of a customer. So now I lose my airfare, my job interview, and my hotel due to Spirit's inability to take care of a customer. They truly are POS company.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015

    The flight was perfect but the boarding crew were HORRIBLE. I took a carry-on to California and on the way back the ticket guy told me it was too big and I had to go back and pay for which is back at ticket, and I wouldn't have had enough time to do. I would of missed my flight and so for me to take it I had to pay right there which of course NOW is gonna cost me 100.00 to take it! WHAT A JOKE, but I had my sister with me who was in a wheelchair and they had already put her on the plane and it was her bag, even the flight attend couldn't understand what the problem was and that I should let them know when I got back to Texas, and I did and they where just as HORRIBLE as California. SO DO ME A FAVOR DON'T SENT ME ANYMORE EMAILS. I WILL NEVER FLY WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015

    I booked a flight from Chicago to San Juan back in July 2014. On our return flight back from San Juan, we stumble across many obstacles. We arrived 2 hrs prior to departure ONLY to find out our itinerary (Dep 12/17 from Chicago to 1/3/2015 San Juan) had been completely cancel with no notification via Email/Phone (which they had both). I spoke with Spirit INEPT representative who stated, "Sorry we can't Help You"!!! (x8 times), refused to book us another flight, "against policy and procedure. All flights are booked till 1/9/2015."

    Never heard of a airlines rescheduling your flight to another day without your knowledge. Furthermore, our flight was paid in full back in July 2014. We had to book our departing flight with another carrier last min. Costing us an additional $3000.00 dollars. Total cost of our entire flight $6000.23 to fly to San Juan, not to mention non first Class!!!

    I VOWED TO NEVER FLY SPIRIT AGAIN!!! Total SCAM and they're getting away with it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015

    We arrived at the ticket counter 30 minutes before the flight. Sign posted stating the ticket counter closed, had to cancel flight because of no staff and would be considered a "no show". Sign stating the counter had closed and was only open from 2:05 to 4:30 even though security didn't open until 4:30 and we couldn't get through the checkpoint. We called Spirit multiple times trying to make the flight and was transferred to a baggage line which had a voicemail. We were told the next flight was the following day; we couldn't wait a day to fly and had to drive to Myrtle Beach. Spirit wouldn't even allow us to change our destination for the same day to go to Florida! I was told I would have to cancel. I was told I would have a credit of over $300 to my account.

    Days went by, and no credit. They charged me $130 per person for a total of $260, okay. But in addition to charging me a cancellation fee, they won't credit the difference. When I called Spirit and spoke with a supervisor, I told him I had a photo of the closed sign, I was called a liar. He stated Spirit showed us being served at the ticket counter!?! Apparently their service department requires an online complaint form, that you will never hear a response from.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015

    I booked a flight on Sunday 2/22 from Chicago to Phoenix. According to their website, if I pay for my bag(s) in advance, I save money. I have trying for three days to contact them, manage my travel - tried calling, on hold for 1 1/2 hrs first time. I finally hung up. Tried requesting a call back via the computer - says my number is blocked. I tried calling via the computer (Zynga?) - on hold, at the exact same time I was hold on my cell - that call was initiated 5 minutes prior to the internet call. EXACT SAME HOLD MESSAGE AT THE EXACT SAME TIME ON BOTH DEVICES. I have requested resetting my password, thinking that would clear things up. Nope. One of my attempts says I don't even have a reservation with them, even though they have authorization to deduct the money from my account.

    I found this complaint forum in my attempt to get somewhere!!! It is clear that some sort of scam is going on. IF I CAN'T PREPAY MY LUGGAGE, I PAY $100 PER BAG AT THE AIRPORT!!! I do not know what to do. I have HOURS into trying to get this resolved. I am going to try and file a complaint with my bank card. Obviously, I am not going to fly with these people.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    I am a very angry with spirits airlines. The communication between them and the customer is VERY poor. My flight was canceled. No one never called to say anything. Had I not go online to pay for baggage I would never known. It cause me to miss my cruise and my daughter missed her sweet sixteen party. I would NEVER recommend Spirits Airlines to anyone. And they don't seems to care.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    From what I understand, it is normal for people to complain about Spirit Airlines. I took this into consideration when choosing to use this airline. I allowed extra time at the airport because of the stories I read on the internet and heard from other people that have used Spirit Airline. We booked a family vacation through Spirit Airline. Four adults and two kids going from FLL to Denver. We took our dogs to the kennel. We pre-printed our boarding passes. We took our car to the park and go. We arrived 1 hour and 45 minutes before our plane was scheduled to leave. I asked where the Fast Drop Bag line was and was directed to a line that stretched out the terminal door. We waited in this line for about 40 minutes and we were about 6th in line to check our bags when one of their agents called out DENVER and moved us into another line that was longer and took more time than the line we were in. We just did as we were told.

    After waiting again and finally checking our bags, we were instructed to go to the next terminal over to gate F7. The gate wasn't even in the same terminal. We rushed to the next terminal and proceeded to wait in line for security and rushed to the gate. The door was closed. The plane was still there. Their incompetent staff that caused us to miss this plane by moving us from the Fast Bag Drop to another longer line and then not alerting the plane crew that there were others coming to hold the plane for 5 minutes said, "Oh sorry about that." There were others who were in the same boat as us that also missed the plane. How is it possible that the plane leaves a busy airport with 11 passengers missing that they know have checked in?

    I am 56 years old and have never missed a plane. I have flown all over the world. I fly quite frequently for business. Our luggage is in Denver, Colorado. We have lost money for parking, boarding our dogs, losing 2 rooms reserved at a hotel. I booked this family trip Feb 7th. In searching for other ways to get there with other carriers with such short notice is through the roof. Four of the travelers that were going are from Argentina and have to be back so rescheduling is limited and we have work issues. And all the people at Spirit can say is "sorry about that." Say your sorry to two kids that had tears running down their face. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    My wife and I booked a trip through Expedia that included airfare on Spirit Airlines from Las Vegas, Nevada to Oakland, California. It was our first and last experience on this incompetent carrier. The Spirit flight was delayed 2 hours going to Oakland. On the return flight the next day, the Spirit flight was delayed three times before the flight was cancelled.

    No one at the Spirit customer service desk provided any straight answers on the delays. When the flight was cancelled, we had no option but to take a last minute alternate carrier at four times the price. When I contacted Spirit Air (after much searching for a telephone number and waiting for a real person to answer) I was bluntly told that "Spirit Air does not provide refunds or compensation for additional expenses because their flight was cancelled. If you want such security, you should have purchased flight insurance."

    We are fortunate that we can afford to absorb the cost of this fiasco. Many people who were on the same flight missed connecting flights and/or could not afford to make alternate last minute flight changes. There is a reason that Spirit Air is the most complained about airlines in the United States. They deserve all the bad publicity they get. Anyone who thinks that because they have a reservation on a Spirit Air flight, they will get to their destination in a timely manner, should read the online comments about this abysmal air carrier. Look at the callous and cavalier attitude displayed by the CEO of this airline. Spirit Air should be punished in the free market by competent consumers avoiding this airlines until they modify their business practices or go out of business.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    If I could give less than 1-star I would. Spirit is the worse airlines in the world!!! It takes an hour to get a live person on the phone and when you do, they can't speak a word of English. Their website flight schedule is never updated. My flight from California to DFW was canceled due to weather on Sunday. My wife called Monday morning while I was sleeping to see when we would be able to leave, they told her Wednesday was the earliest flight for us. When I woke up and she told me I called them back, I own my own business and needed to get back ASAP. After 3 hours of being transferred to every Spirit employee in India, they finally told me I could fly out Tuesday morning but I would need to pay the $260 reschedule fee for my wife and I. Wow...really??!! I WOULD NOT FLY SPIRIT AGAIN EVEN IF IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015

    We had the most awful service with Spirit Airlines trying to get back from Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando. The first delay was only the start of it. Our original flight time was at 8:02 pm and we boarded the plane as expected. Almost immediately upon boarding everyone on the plane, a customer service agent got on the horn and said that they had been "looking for pilots for our plane" and that they had been looking since before we boarded the plane.

    We then had to get off of the plane because another flight was taking off out of that gate to Tampa. We waited about 35 minutes before they said that we could cancel the trip and get a refund if we wanted to, or try to wait until the next flight at 7am the next morning with limited availability for booking. We attempted to get a refund and just drive the 3 hours back to Orlando with the refunded money by getting a rented car, but upon talking to customer service, they wouldn't remove the bags from the plane because it posed a security risk, so we couldn't get a refund. We asked to speak to a supervisor about the situation, they also gave us the same answer and I couldn't get my baggage off the plane.

    All this time, flights were being re-boarded, delayed and transferred. Customers asked for some sort of compensation for the effort and got nothing. They said they could do nothing to help for the situation. After 9:30pm when the plane should have landed, they gave us the update that they will be attempting to get pilots for an 11:30pm departure. With no guarantee. During this time, all of their information on their signage said that the flight landed successfully and wasn't delayed. Almost as if they were hiding the fact that there were issues. Sometime after that, they decided to change gates to H10. When we got our tickets printed in Jamaica for travel, they said we were to board at gate H6.

    When we got to the airport, we find out later that the gate changed to H7, with no warning. Now, we are being moved to gate H10 with an 11:30 departure. There are a lot of angry customers, and it is getting close to 10:30. By this time all of the shops and food areas start closing down. All but one location closed down. Around this time, Spirit decides to give out a food voucher for $7 to each passenger. This barely covers the cost of a bottle of water in an airplane terminal. Still no other form of retribution for their difficulties. We continued waiting for the 11:30 boarding time and I soon went up to the gate to find the time and ensure we had pilots. The lady at the desk said that the flight had been delayed to 12:20 due to the pilots coming from Houston were just coming in at 11:45. But at least they have pilots. We waited for 12:20 to come around. Around 12:00am they said that our gate changed again to H9 instead of H10.

    We started boarding about 12:20. We got on the plane and sat down. The captain came on the PA to say that the first plane at H10 we were supposed to get on had maintenance issues. This new plane we are on has maintenance issues. It could take up to 2 hours to fix. So, we all get off the plane, again. The captain then comes back out and says it was a 10 minute fix and nothing to worry about. A light was out, we can board again. By this time, it is just after 1am. No Spirit attendant said anything about vouchers for a 5 1/2 hour delay that cost me $100 in cab fare to get home since my previous ride was unavailable. We finally took off about 1:20 and landed sometime around 2:00am.

    By far, the worst experience I've had flying so far. The entire time, all of the customer service people kept pretending like everything was alright and going to work. Instead of planning and keeping the people up to date with what was going on. The intercom systems were not working so we couldn't get updates for times or locations. It was simply mass confusion. I understand the storms and issues with pilots. But, for us to be rung around so much and not allow us options for fixing things is inexcusable.

    Even better of an experience: we met up with a nurse that saw a woman who couldn't speak English well at all. The woman was in a wheelchair and had a bag with her to get on the plane. The woman at the desk kept trying to tell her that if she takes the bag on the plane, she has to pay $100 because it is unexpected luggage. The woman was sweating, had a red face, and had scarring from shingles. The people at the desk brushed her off and wouldn't do anything to help the woman. The woman in the wheelchair misunderstood and thought her luggage was too heavy, so she threw all of her clothes in the garbage, came back and they gave her the same shtick.

    Once she finally got the luggage issue straightened out, she asked the person at the desk to get her when her flight was ready to go. Apparently, the flight left without the woman in the wheelchair. The next available flight for her was 3 days later. Spirit hostess said: "There's nothing I can do for you". This kind of negligence for human decency is uncalled for. I don't care about the flight and the missed time, but I do care about the $100 cab fare I had to take from MCO to my home in Clermont. All I ask is that this be refunded. I wouldn't have had to deal with this otherwise.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015

    First, trying to get to a human on their phone is nearly impossible. We flew from Atlantic City to Ft. Myers on Nov. 15, 2014 to Nov 20, 2014. Our return flight was supposed to be at 8:55 p.m. on Thursday the 20th. We sat and sat, then finally over the loud speaker they say "delayed". We didn't get on the plane until 11:30 p.m. They announced over the loud speaker, "we apologize for the delay, and each passenger will get a $50 credit on a future flight" - they did not give us a physical voucher. I just called the airline this morning, Feb. 23, 2015 to see where the credit was put, because I don't see it when I go into my Free Spirit account. He told me "we have it in our system but it expired". I said, "I just got it back in Nov." He told me it is only good for 60 days to book another flight!!!???

    They have deceitful practices...how many people would actually be ready to book another trip in 60 days when they just got back from vacation??? I'm sure the reason it is so difficult to get anyone on the phone, is because they get millions of calls complaining about the same issues, and this way they can get away with being beyond dishonest!!! This airline should be fined for doing this to customers. I will complain to my credit card company since I did not get any kind of paper issued, nor did the airline rep. tell us it was only for 60 days - the only mention was that we were getting a credit for $50.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015

    I departed Pgh to Fort Lauderdale with a compliant personal item under seat, no problem. On my return flight, 10 minutes before landing at Latrobe it became a problem with a new flight attendant, black girl, no pony tail on flight NK 724. She was rude, told me I was being difficult the entire trip. I requested her name, she would not provide, said it didn't matter that I was a problem. I inquired with the 2 passengers beside me they said No, I was not. When we boarded the plane instructions were given for emergency exits, the rows in front of us were empty, no one sitting there to assist in the event of an emergency, so the women on the other side was carrying on someone should be sitting there.

    So before taking off the same black girl said after we were in the air the gentleman beside me could change his seat. So we complied, the experienced supervisor came back said we could not I told her the flight attendant said it would be ok, no additional charge, she informed me the girl was new and was mistaken, then it was approved the gentleman beside me could change seats. It was a 3 hr. flight. I pulled out my bag from under the seat during the flight to get my credit card to pay for a beer and Pringles, when requested to put bag bag back it was tight but I managed, the black girl said "you break the seat you pay". I replied it was fine on my flight when I arrived at Fort Lauderdale why now is it a problem 10 minutes before landing at Latrobe? She ran back had another flight attendant talk to me I complied. I did not want to put it above because I could not reach and my wallet was in my bag.

    Is this acceptable behavior, discourteous, rude and insulting because of the low fare? I had garbage to remove; the obvious experienced flight attendant was rude as well. I did not argue, said please and thank you with a smile. I have never experienced such rudeness. They seemed annoyed they had to deal with garbage or just people in general. Now of course when and if they are approached regarding this situation they certainly will have a different of opinion on the facts of the event that took place.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015

    I arrived at airport within time frame they suggested on website, terminal 3 at FLL my flight to Vegas. I asked three different times but they assured me to wait in this line out the door. I kept trying to print boarding pass. It would not let me do it. I finally get up front with 30 minutes till flight leaves. After arriving with 2 hrs to spare they informed me my FLIGHT left already!! How come I didn't hear anyone announce the flight was boarding?? Oh that's right BECAUSE it wasn't boarding in a Spirit terminal. It was at the other side of airport! I missed first night of vacation plus one side of round trip ticket I purchased.

    I bought a one way from JetBlue (who is who I will fly with from this day forward) which left the next morning. After vacation was over I go to airport in Vegas and try getting boarding pass again. I went there 4 hrs early this time!!!!! The boarding passes wouldn't print again. I go to counter. The lady informs me I cancelled my FLIGHT home. ARE YOU ** kidding me. They charged me an additional 500$ to return so thanks to Spirit airlines I am out 3500 with hotel cost and other ticket fares for vacation. Not counting original round trip ticket I purchased.

    I cannot believe this company is allowed to operate like this. If you hire a contractor to do your house and pay for it he cannot charge you again to do same work you already paid for. This country is a puppet for these big corporations. I cannot believe my dad, brother and grandfather fought for these people to steal from unsuspecting AMERICANS. This company needs to be investigated immediately!!!! DO NOT FLY SPIRIT AIRLINES!!! BUYER BEWARE!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015

    In short, Spirit has directly robbed me of at least $200 (I can't even count how much money I've actually lost in their scams). The $9 fare club is a scam. Two years after I think I've cancelled the account, they still charge me $70 for this crap. All their promotions are scams too. Customer support is useless. They don't know anything, they can't do anything, they don't care about anything. Spirit is by far the company I hate the most. I've wasted countless hours dealing with this piece of crap company.

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    Spirit Air Company Information

    Company Name:
    Spirit Air
    Website:
    www.spiritrestructuring.com