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Reviewed June 22, 2015
I will NEVER fly Spirit again. Make a long story short there was a delay on the way to Atlanta. Spirit said that the flight attendant was en route. There was no apologies made. The night before we were to leave I fell sick. I try to get a earlier flight home, and was very willing to pay the $140. They said they had no flights earlier. So I am sitting in an airport right now doubled over with lots of pain.
To top it off on our way home the plane was suppose to leave at 3:55 PM and when we went through baggage they informed us of a four hour delay. There was never a email or text informing us of this four hour delay. We could've stayed where we were enjoying the beautiful sunshine. We ended up spending over 100 bucks at the airport. I will never never never fly Spirit ever ever again! Spirit should not be allowed to treat customers so rudely and SO unprofessional. I am going to request a full refund along with a refund on my 9 dollar club fair. To end a representative from the airport may have to drive me to a local hospital.
Reviewed June 22, 2015
Absolutely worst experience I have ever had to deal with!!! I booked a flight to Minnesota from Ca for an employee for training. Flight was on a Sunday morning & arrive in Min Sunday afternoon to get a good nights rest & be in class Monday morning. Well that didn't happen as planned. They get him to Colorado just to cancel his connecting flight to Min & tell him they can get him on the next flight Tuesday and have him there Tuesday afternoon... WTF. He has to be in class that cost me a ton of money Monday morning let alone the hotel room that's already paid for... REALLY????
So I have to pay 600$ for another flight on another airline which is a pain in the ass for something you need right now. Of course no one at Spirit really gives a rats' ass about what happened like they really don't care. Return flight home well same frikkking thing. Cancelled flight bla bla bla. Why and how are they still in business???? I'm out a ton of money, but I can tell you one thing I WILL NEVER FLY OR REFER SPIRIT......
Reviewed June 22, 2015
The flight status of flight #364 to New Orleans showed "delayed." Due to an online status update, I became confused to why it was showing "canceled" online, but not at the departing airport. I was placed on hold for AN HOUR when I called to check on the flight. After arriving at the airport, there were several FULL lines and no one communicating to those whose flight had been canceled. There were no links online to change or cancel my reservation for a refund. I'm utterly disgusted with the way we all were treated and the lack of communication between customers and Spirit employees. This is the last time I will be conducting any business with your company and many have chosen to follow suit.
Reviewed June 22, 2015
Unfortunately, I was forced to make a reservation with Spirit because it is the only airline that will take me to Atlantic City from Tampa FL. I made my reservation and I never received a confirmation or confirmation number. Nothing in spam either. And they did charge my CC. As I write this, I am on hold with the "CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPT". Please note that they have already told me that "because of high call volumes... your wait could be over 30 minutes... Well, I already waited 20 minutes and they disconnected me. So now I am on hold for another 30 minutes. I also belong to their club, cannot pull up anything under my name or reservation. There are no options to e-mail and get a response back since my reservation is a few months away! SPIRIT, PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ORDER TO CHARGE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE WHICH YOUR VOICEMAIL REPEATEDLY SAYS, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT!!!
Reviewed June 22, 2015
My first thoughts of the airline turned bad almost immediately after purchasing my ticket. I have been flying well over 25 years and I have never once been asked to pay for my seat. As I began to go through the pages, I also saw I had to pay for my luggage including a carry on! At that point I had summed up that this airline was one of the biggest offenders of nickel and diming a person to death. As I reviewed the baggage prices and proceeded to make my purchase, I was inundated with pop ups for their credit card as well as purchasing their $9 fare package, which was an additional 39.99. I opted out of both of course.
Once I began to read the fine print I discovered that not only did I have to pay luggage fees, but it could not be over 40 pounds. I also discovered that the baggage fees get higher the closer you get to checking in to the flight and increases $15 to $20 depending on when the ticket was purchased. Not only that, but the $100 they charge to check an item at the gate is crazy. My flight was delayed and there was never an announcement made. As we sat and waited, we went to the attendant at the gate and were told that they did not know when we would be leaving. As I've stated, not in all my years of flying have I ever encountered customer service at the level of awful. Once we did finally board the plane four passengers had the exact same seat assignment. How in the world does this happen?
My next issue is leg room. I'm only 5'5" and my knees were on the seat in front of me. I was thankful my flight wasn't any longer than it was because I'd already begun to have shooting pains in my legs. All in all my $200 "good deal" turned into a $343 nightmare! As I sat in the terminal, I talked and listened to some of the horror stories some of the other travelers experienced and mine was actually good in comparison. I made myself a promise that I will NEVER use or recommend this airline to anyone for any reason.
Reviewed June 22, 2015
On the second leg of flight #245 on 6/21/15 from Las Vegas, NV to San Diego, CA my fiancé, **, and I were denied boarding. Agent ** demanded an immediate $200 payment for our bags, despite our personal items being smaller than the mandated 16 x 14 x 12 size set forth by the Spirit Airlines Contract of Carriage clause 6.1.4. Moreover, both items successfully fit into the luggage sizing bin in front of several gait-based agents including the one listed above. Nonetheless, agent ** quickly became rude, dismissive and immediately removed our seats from the flight itinerary and told us that the plane is leaving and we would be rebooked tomorrow. To avoid missing the flight, we paid the fee at the gate counter. Our carry-on luggage consisted of the following two bags: 1. Montecito Micro-Light 16" Spinner Suitcase: 15.75" x 12.5" x 7". 2. Travelon Black 14-Inch Wheeled Carry-On Tote Bag 14.5" x 12.75" x 9".
Upon boarding, our seats (previously together in row 16) were no longer available and we were forced to sit an opposite ends of the airplane. I am requesting an immediate $200 refund as the airlines actions violate clause 6.1.4 of the Spirit Airlines Contract of Carriage. The fee represents a wanton disregard for their own personal items policy and was only paid under duress after agent ** threatened to remove us from the flight.
Reviewed June 21, 2015
RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF LOW PRICE. 7:15 AM flight was delayed to 9:30 AM. Then it was delayed to 11 am. Then it was delayed to 1:15 pm. Gate agent told us the crew was en route from the hotel in Las Vegas to the plane and would be in the air shortly, and check back in about hour and everything should be on track. Got back in line hour later and waited almost an hour to speak to the gate agent again. In the meantime the flight was delayed again until 3:30 pm and the guy behind us said he was going to get on the flight that was going to Las Vegas with a connecting flight to San Diego.
When we got to the ticket counter we asked the agent if we could get on the Las Vegas flight too. He said yes but we should wait because he was sure our bag would beat us to San Diego because flight 1105 was going to happen. We were also sitting with some other passengers that had been there until midnight the night before and Spirit Airlines cancelled their flight from the afternoon before.
We arrived in Las Vegas and the connecting flight was delayed about 3 hours. So we decided we couldn't trust Spirit Airlines and we rented a car for $200 and drove to San Diego in 5 hours. On the 5 hour drive we used 2 cell phones to try and contact customer service at Spirit Airlines with no luck. Waited on hold and then disconnected over and over -- very frustrating.
We found out along the way that Spirit Airlines cancelled flight 1105 on 6/16/2015. So we didn't get our bags until the afternoon of 6/17/2015. The 7:15 am flight on 6/17 was also delayed. Tried to talk to numerous Spirit Airlines people about what could be done about the fact we missed our vacation and none of them could help us. We waited at the San Diego Airport for about 20 minutes for a supervisor to come talk to us but he never came out of the back room and the agent at the counter said he would have him call us but we still haven't gotten a call.
Reviewed June 21, 2015
I had a 0830 flight booked out of LAX to attend a wedding in Chicago on 6/19. I had 5 flight changes and 3 gate changes before we actually left at 1230 which then put me in in the midst of Chicago rush hour traffic. This resulted in not only a hefty cab fare but also caused me to miss the pre wedding get together. First they blamed the weather although no other carriers were getting out late. Then they said they didn't have a crew. Then the crew came and they didn't have a plane. I wrote on my post flight survey from Spirit that flying with them has given me a glimpse of hell. I have my return flight tomorrow and am terrified about getting home on time. Do yourself a favor---STAY AWAY FROM THIS AIRLINE!!! Also, agents at airport could have cared less. Almost forgot--multiple suitcases on conveyor belt from the trip were ripped open and clothes strewn about on the belt as they came off the plane.
Reviewed June 21, 2015
After a 2 months planning stage for our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic flying into Punta Cana my plan to surprise my wife was deemed to fail. Spirit Airlines pulled it off again to cancel flight NK783 scheduled to depart from Fort Lauderdale FLL to PUJ at 10:25. We were all waiting after our check in and security at the gate to board until 10:45, the gate counter people had miraculously disappeared, finally returned and without publicly announcing get over PDA about the flight status. The news was spread verbally in groups to recollect your luggage at luggage terminal and return to terminal 4 airline check-in counters where we were supposed to receive further details. The only excuse provide was the staffing problems.
After returning to the check-in terminal the real disaster started. We were informed that the flight was cancelled and they would accommodate us individually. Our boarding pass was re-obtained and we were asked to wait on the side line since we were honeymooners without refund noted. 1 hr went quickly to 2 and 3 without being further addressed. We were hungry, foot tired and sat down on the floor. We noticed people yelling screaming, crying of facts that included missed weddings, missed family members, 40th anniversaries, people who even were to meet their loved ones at their destinations, who took time out of US air force. It was dreadful to hear and see the losses we and others had to experience because of Spirit Airlines, unable to reposition and successful rescheduling the most urgent and needed customer affairs, not considering people's lives.
I'm at a loss of words and believe to find out about several passenger's results, what Spirit Airlines tried to offer as a resolution to their own created problem. In our case we were offered take the next fight scheduled to leave Miami on Friday 19th at 9:40 pm… Lol. When I was scheduled to return from PUJ on Sunday, June 21st in the afternoon or get a refund. Really, I get 1.5 days of my honeymoon. Long story short, it is not worth to risk on other flight with Spirit 2 days later after experiencing this. SPIRIT AIRLINES is dead to me and many others. We took the refund and hope it shows up on my credit card. I hope this airline does not prevail an other business day. June 18th we saw the news report broadcasted for Thursday a mess in Miami. Poor people.
Reviewed June 21, 2015
Spirit Airlines couldn't get us to and from Minneapolis to Chicago without a magnitude of problems. Flight to Chicago was delayed, delayed, delayed and then cancelled after almost four hours. No explanation, no apology. We were offered a refund or another flight. The best they could do is a flight with Delta more than 8 hours after a scheduled flight. Coming into O'Hare late at night is not a treat. The flight back to Minneapolis 3 days later was cancelled 8 hours prior to the flight. The reason given… "no crew available!!!"
We tried to rebook on their later flight with the online flight changer, but it wanted to charge us a fee for doing so. We went to the airport to change the flight and there were no longer any seats left on it. They offered us a refund or seats on the flight the next morning at 9:28 am, expecting us to wait at O'Hare for the next 21 hours without a place to sleep. This was not due to an act of nature or some other uncontrollable circumstances this was because they could not find a crew for our flight. We even showed them the available flights on other airlines, but they would not purchase tickets for us. We ended up taking the refund, rented a car and drove home. Their customer service is non-existent. DO NOT FLY WITH SPIRIT AIRLINES. After all the fees they tack on when you go to confirm your flight, it's not a deal.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
Flew from Las Vegas to Cancun and back. Every flight was delayed and checked bags are only 40 pounds.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
Omg if you want torture then take this unforgettable airline otherwise never get tickets through them. They convince you that they are the cheapest but when you start adding carry ons then you are paying way more than other airlines. I went to visit my son in Houston and our trip coming home was a nightmare. They delayed my flight two times then ended up cancelling and said the next flight wouldn't go out until that Friday which was three days after I was supposed to return home. So my husband found another way to get me home from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale then jump on another flight from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa. I rented a car from Houston to get to Dallas, behold they delayed that flight so once again I was stuck. I waited for awhile in line and they told me to sit and wait until they could help others get on their flights because my was delayed, four hours later I was able to get in line to check in my bags.
Once the plane got there we waited about an hour to get on. Finally I reached Fort Lauderdale only for that flight to be cancelled. I had to rent another car to return home. Twenty four hours of being up I finally reached home. I overheard the airline stewards stating that Los Angeles would not allow them to use their runways because of all the cancellation. I also heard on the plane that a woman and 4 children to take 5 different flights to reach their destination. There was people stuck standing, sitting and lying on the nasty floors waiting to get home. There was another lady that had no money to eat and her flight was cancelled. Don't say I didn't warn you from this hell if you still decide to use Spirit.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
I had 2 trips booked with spirit. The return flight from Atlantic city was 4 hrs delayed. Then 3 days later we were flying to myrtle beach. They said flight was on time. We drove an hr to the airport and 20 minutes before we were to board they cancelled the flight. They said there wasn't enough crew. Both incidents was because of crew members not arriving. I think they are having labor disputes, but won't admit it, now have been on hold for an hour to complain. Spirit is AWFUL.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
What type of 3rd rate or 3rd world company is this Spirit Airlines Corp? Are you pocketing all your profits and not reinvesting into the company's infrastructure so that it can operate safely and effectively? I get the executive decision to reduce even more cost associated with running a company. But with all the other issues associated with Spirit Airlines, to remove customer service domestically which apparently has been the case for sometime now and use a call service based out of the Philippines that your customer must wait on the line for more than 60min based on my last 2 interactions just to reach a unengaged representative attempting just to get through the call as they seem to be as frustrated receiving the constant calls due to the lack of service.
Last Sunday - June 14th, the first leg of our son's trip from MSP to CHI Spirit flight 612 was cancelled due to "rain" weather in CHI << Are you kidding even the most conservative' of interpretations here? All other major air carriers: Delta, United, American, Frontier, Alaskan, Southwest, all were quite able to fly and as well able to fly without any additional "risk" to their passengers due to the "rain"?
Subsequently our son had to then switch air carriers so as to get him and his traveling companion to a graduation event that of course caused them to miss the entire event and that also cost me 38,000 sky miles from my Delta account which were slated for future San Diego trips as our son is headed to the Marines << which now brings us to today!
Now this morning - Saturday June 20th we received notice of yet another flight cancellation by Spirit flight 773 - our son's return flight into MSP and yet again your company is adversely affecting the lives of your customer base! Our son has 48 hrs before he ships out and has graduation events to attend back here in Minneapolis prior to his departure. Due to this cancellation this morning which has been provided to us as a "mechanical" event, our son will risk missing his scheduled grad events not to leave out that this cancellation has just cost our family AGAIN, to the tune of $300.00 for a last minute United Airlines flight.
This brings us full circle right back to the question: what is Spirit Airlines doing? What is Spirit Airlines providing to its customer base? Possibly Mr. Baldanza should spend less time with his online gaming aspirations and possibly dedicate more time and resources to engage in running his air carrier service which on the surface seems like a decent pathway. But just under that surface is looming the very real issue of a poorly run business/airlines, almost as if at the top the profits are simply being sponged out of the business. By the looks of the continuous read of all the very recent poor customer response blogs and or consumer submissions it would suggest that Spirit Airlines is on the way to the disposable trash bin. I indeed look forward to a response.
Reviewed June 20, 2015
Flight was delayed by 3 hours on my way to Vegas and delayed almost 2 hours in way back. Wasted so much time of my precious vacation time and they charge for everything. Seats weren't comfortable, never again will I fly Spirit or recommend it to anyone. It is not cheap, they don't have free luggage and they charge $$ there and back for luggage. Disappointed.
Reviewed June 19, 2015
Horrible! I need for Spirit CEO to contact me regarding a flight Friday June 19, 2015 leaving 2:40 pm but leaving at 9:01 pm.. I daughter had to meet up with her advisor and my hotel will be cancel and I still have to PAY!!!! Very upset of this horrible service.... I want a refund and to be compensated for time wasted at airport (7 hrs wait). Someone needs to call me.
Reviewed June 19, 2015
I'm doing a friend a favor by meeting her child off a flight and accompanying him to the gate of his next Spirit flight. I was skeptical of the arrangement since I have no patience with low fare airlines - would rather not travel at all than fly with companies who think a bit of trendy marketing can make up for treating customers like lemmings. So here I am trapped in the airport with a minor - Spirit are short of staff therefore must wait for incoming staff. 3 hour delay for now.. we'll see. It's clearly not an isolated problem since all their flights from this airport delayed. They have trained ground staff to give bland poker faced replies which do a shocking job of hiding their 'I really don't care' attitudes. Please consider NEVER using this wretched profitable but dehumanizing company!!
Reviewed June 18, 2015
Booked a roundtrip from ATL-LIMA which had a connection on Fort Lauderdale to continue to LIMA. ATL to LIMA on 06/17/15 got cancelled for no reason, and I was notified only a few hours before. I managed to get a ticket from Delta to fly to Fort Lauderdale so I would not miss my 5:00 pm connection to LIMA since I had a domestic flight already purchased from LIMA - AREQUIPA (through a different airline). Spirit said the 5:00 pm connection to LIMA was not cancelled, so I flew with Delta only to get to Fort Lauderdale and the 5:00 pm flight was cancelled. Spirit refused to get me in any other flight and I had to wait until the following day to fly which is today 06/18/15. I am still waiting, because Spirit keeps delaying and canceling their flights. I lost my connecting flight from LIMA - AREQUIPA and I already paid 180.00 which I can't get any refund back. And now I have to purchase another domestic flight to get to Arequipa which now costs about 251.00.
Spirit is the worst company to ever exist. I cannot explain the stress that it has caused me. All of their employees are so used to it. They don't care about any of their customer's problems. I will continue to leave complaints about them everywhere I can. Please do not book any trip with Spirit.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
This was our first ever experience with Spirit airlines. Just after we booked our tickets, I wanted to check the reviews and all of them were negative. Me and my husband still went ahead with it. We booked a flight on June 18th to Miami for 10.00am. We got a mail at 06.00am saying flight has been canceled. This is the worst way of informing your customers just before they are about to board your flight. We had to cancel all our bookings in Miami to overcome this and not to say the vacation was ruined. Am not really sure why am I even writing this review. It doesn't make any difference since I see there are 1000s of bad reviews and nothing is being done to shut down this scam airline, leave any expectations to improve it. I wanted to give 0 STARS!!! Shut it down! I will never ever go again with it.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
I will NEVER FLY WITH THIS DISGRACE OF AN AIRLINE AGAIN. IT SHOULD BE CALLED SPIRIT CRUSHER. No customer service. Was only refunded half of our fare for our flight that was cancelled from San Diego to Denver due to "weather", but I smell a rat. I highly doubt this to be true, seeing as no other airlines cancelled any of their flights from San Diego this day. When I asked about this issue with a woman on the customer service line, she danced around my question and would not answer it. The next flight available was 3 days later with this stupid airline.
We should have been comped a hotel room or flight with a better airline (Southwest is what we ended up doing, a RELIABLE airline) due to the inconvenience and extra money we had to dish out of our savings account (as if their unreasonable fees for baggage and seats were not enough). Consider this airline blacklisted. I will never fly with them again and will do everything I can to ensure that everyone I know never flies with them either. I will be going to lengths to make this as public as possible. Thanks for nothing, Spirit Airlines.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
Flight at 1:36pm was delayed twice until 6:30pm. Then that flight was canceled. Waited at Spirit check in for another flight only to be told I may be able to board the following day at 1:30pm. No further accommodations such as hotel, available. They told me to sleep on the concrete floor in front of checking until my flight at 1:30pm the next day because I had check on bags. I WILL NEVER FLY spirit AGAIN!!! I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW NOT TO FLY Spirit!!! EVER!!!
Reviewed June 18, 2015
I was going on vacation with my whole family on Spirit Airline from Houston to Baltimore and then from there to Cooperstown for my son baseball game. Everything was plan - hotel, rent a car, airline tickets - all was paid advance. In Houston we got boarding passes - three bags was booked. Half our family got into the plane. When my turn came the lady at the Spirit counter told me that "Your boarding pass has security check mark." She call TSA and found that TSA has miss my security checking in process so I has to go back for clearance. It was not that far. I run back, got it clear, came back - airplane was still there. Door was close.
My family was outside. Guy name ** refuse to let us in and told us it's TSA fault - nothing he can do. I ask him about bags. He said he cannot do fishing on bags and he is busy handling other aircrafts and left. Now we start dealing with other woman. She was supervisor on that shift. We ask her reroute us, or send us through other airline or give us refund. She refuse everything saying it's TSA fault. We went back to TSA. They told us "Spirit should work with you." Since then Spirit airline don't response to me. I have to arrange by myself to pick up my luggage from Baltimore.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
Flight booked on May 1, 2015 and on the day I was supposed to leave (3.5 hours before) I got an email notification that my flight was canceled due to weather. Waited on hold for 1.5 hours (long distance) and finally got someone who ended up sending me back to the phone loop since I was asking pointed questions about getting my money back. Waited on hold for another hour and ended up hanging up. Now I have to rent a car from MSP to Texas for my family vacation since my money is tied up on the tickets I purchased and I lost 2 days from having to drive. Grrrrrr... big ** for this company airline!!
Reviewed June 18, 2015
4 of us left Boston on June 13th 2015 to fly to Las Vegas for my grandson's wedding. The flight was diverted to Ontario, CA due to what the pilot said was a storm over Vegas. Those who were in Vegas said it was a 5 minute rain storm. We sat on the tarmac in Ontario for about 3 hours while the pilot filled out paper work etc. We got to Vegas too late to pick up the car we had paid for so had to take a taxi to the hotel and arrived there at 3:30 am. Coming back from Vegas we got to the airport at 8pm to get the 11:10 flight to Boston. This flight was delayed for 4 hours with no explanation so we sat in the airport for 7 hours before we took off.
Several of their other flights were also delayed for hours so that the crowds of people were massive. Not nearly enough seats for all these people to sit for hours so many had to sit or lie on the dirty floors. No help at all from the airline - not even bottles of water and the only shop at that terminal had closed because of the late hour. It was made worse in our case due to the fact that the bridegroom's mother (my daughter) was in a wheelchair since she had just had surgery and only went because she did not want to miss her son's wedding. I would not fly with Spirit Airline again if they gave me a ticket for free and offered to pay my hotel bill as well. We are warning everyone we know about this.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
I wish I had good things to say... but flying with Spirit Air has always been very bad experience. I've seen them treat people very disrespectfully (especially the elderly) and on numerous occasions I have written them to document it. We also had a daughter that we bought the flight insurance for because we thought her plans might change - it was completely worthless. When we tried to change the return ticket they wanted to charge us $100+ dollars, it didn't matter that we had the insurance.
Reviewed June 18, 2015
FIRST OF ALL YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. We had a 1 stop 1 hour layover from San Diego to Dallas. We weren't supposed to change planes it was just to pick up others. We had to exit plane and get luggage which we didn't understand and then when we walked out our flight was changed to a different plane and a 2 hour delay. When we get to new terminal the perfectly good plane we were on was taking off to Chicago now. And they was putting us on a broken down plane. 4 hour delay while they fixed this plane. We were never told why we was taken off a perfect plane and put on a broken one.
The whole reason we booked was no changing planes. And then our luggage was lost for 5 days because of this. My husband's cpap machine was inside this bag. We booked and paid for a direct flight with no transfers. We deserved a refund. We got $50 gift card for a future ticket purchase if made in 60 days. Haha. Never again. Would pay extra for another airline. Most ridiculous airline ever. And unfriendly stewardesses too.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
My flight was delayed for over 7 hours! Reason? They had no pilots available. And it wasn't just my flight delayed. As I sat waiting, other flights were delayed or altogether cancelled. The staff were very rude and so unprofessional. They didn't even want to issue a food voucher for the inconvenience (although they are required to if it's over a 4 hour delay).. I will never fly this airline again. Cheap isn't always the best way. Take it from me, I learned the hard way. Take your business elsewhere.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
Purchased a round trip to California. Once in California the flight was canceled without warning or notice to me. I find out once I get to the airport. I am not able to get a different flight until a week later. "I will take anything," I told them, "Re-route me to wherever and layover...I don't care. I just need to get home." I was told it just can't happen. I was told that I can get a refund and that would take a week to process. I paid $600 on the spot at the airport for a trip back on American Airlines and was out of California within the hour. Round trip on American to start with would have been $400. I paid $300 to Spirit and they refunded me back $100.
After that I have decided...NEVER again. And I tell everyone who will listen that it isn't worth it. They could care less what happens to their customers. You have a choice when you fly and I will not choose them EVER again. You get what you pay for. A (1) star rating is just too good for them but there is nothing lower for this site to post under. I just wish that I would have read some of these reports before I purchased a ticket with them. Maybe this message and others will show the consumer that you need to look elsewhere when making plans for air travel.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
The flight was cancelled due to lack of staff. We were not informed until 6 hours later. Some passengers received a food voucher and 50 dollars towards their next flight. We were told to go and collect our luggage and they would accommodated us on another flight. That did not happen. We were told the flight was cancelled due to climate which was a lie. This caused an out cry of yelling and cursing. One person was almost arrested, the only reason that person was because the incident was being recorded. This was the worst experience I've ever had. The airline needs to be closed. I am surprised with all the consumer complaints and lack of crew that they are still in business.
Reviewed June 17, 2015
My flight was suppose to leave at 3:34 pm. I got to the airlines 3 hrs early. I observed irate customers while seating. There was so much confusion. Most flights were delayed then canceled. Security was called several times. I had an important affair I could not risk the delay or cancellation which I was told right away from my boarding pass there would be a delay. But no one could tell me how long the delay would be or the next flight status after waiting 3 hrs. I inquired but could not get an answer on the plane status.
I explained to the Spirit rep. the above & ask "could I get a refund". The rep. was nice enough and processed a refund. Was issued for the one way fare plus luggage cost. I then booked with United who had a non stop to San Diego & arrived a few minutes early at 6:54pm w great service. Since then I found out Spirit departed ORD At 5:26pm arriving San 8:54 instead of original schedule 7:21pm. I made the right decision even though I spent more money to do so. It's true you pay for what you get. My recommendations - Spirit needs to be shut down with an overhaul til they get it right!
Reviewed June 17, 2015
THIS IS THE WORST (Yes I said WORST in all caps) AIRLINE COMPANY EVERRR!!! Today my flight got canceled to go back home to Houston IAH from Los Angeles LAX because of severe weather. So we had to wait in a line for about 2 hours!! Then when we got there they said "You have 2 options - take a flight tonight with a non direct flight (Which I have never booked EVER) which has a 5 hour layover" which we said no. Then they said "Or you can go tomorrow morning," which we had no problem with but they said "We can't give you an accommodation" which is $210 down the drain. OMG when will they learn!! Even worse the supervisor had no respect and was very and I mean very unhelpful due to her being rude and not having respect. She had at least 3 people before us scream at her. I would try to give no stars but that isn't allowed so whatever. Her name is ** - the supervisor at Spirit Airlines LAX.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Cancelled flight. Next flight 1 week out! Other last minute air fare 3000.00! Stop these thieves!
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Thanks for taking my money. I really appreciate it (Sarcasm sign). This has been the absolutely worst airline/company to do business with. It is no wonder you have the worst ratings. A 2 out of 10 is NOT something to be proud of. Holding a credit hostage is not an honest thing to do. Charging cancellation fees, fine, but only letting the credit be used, and putting an end date on the credit is a terrible business practice. It is a tremendous shame I cannot report this airline to someone that would do something about the unethical and horrendous business policies and practices.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
13 hour flight delay with very little updates. Gave us a food voucher ten minutes before we had to get on plane. I understand pilots need to sleep and thanks for that safety but how do they not have back up pilots.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Spirit Airline is a joke and should be a disgrace to the airline industry! The waiting time was ridiculous trying to check a bag in, because they did not have enough employees to handle the customers leaving from DFW. RIP OFF: $50 for a check-in bag, compared to other airlines. $3 for a bottled water! Card only, no cash. No complimentary water. Some seats don't recline! You have to pay extra for ones that do.
$100 for a carry-on that they pick and choose who pays. DFW to PDX - no charge for our carry-on, return flight PDX-DFW - $100 for the same carry-on! Spirit employees gave the option to pay $100 CASH ONLY, or take what we need out of the carry on and leave the suitcase at the trash can. So, we paid $200 for baggage! That is shameful! We did not save any money for using Spirit! As the old saying goes..."You get what you pay for". NEVER booking with this rip off airline again!!!
Reviewed June 16, 2015
THE WORST AIRLINE EVER! I don't usually fly with this piece of crap airline, but my cousin was a member so we got our tickets through this crap airline. I was stuck in New York an extra day because my flight was cancelled due to "The pilot was a no-show" which is complete BULL because ALL airlines have a back up pilot, and 2 other flights out (one to Chicago and one to Vegas) were cancelled also, (for the same reason, "Pilot didn't show up") - the customer service was awful. NO ONE apologized for the inconvenience and NO ONE showed any empathy towards about 15 other people and my frustration. If our flight was cancelled, they tossed us over to the side and continued to help others. HOURS went by, finally after 4-5 hours of waiting patiently with no verdict on what they were going to do with us, we decided to start asking questions and demanding some answers.
The workers were RUDE, INCOMPETENT and never once explained the situation to us. They took my and the 15 other's IDs and kept it in the back for 3 hours stating that they were trying their best to look for another flight out for all of us. When they returned our IDs, we had all thought they resolved the issue. After waiting another 2 hours with NO verdict they then asked us for our IDs AGAIN and made us write out our info out on a piece of paper, which made no sense because they held our ID for 3 hours before giving it back to us!
We each asked to speak to the supervisor or a manager but they wouldn't let us and they said there were no more flights out, our only option was to either A.) get reimbursed or B.) wait to fly out 2 days later. We didn't want to be reimbursed because that would mean we would have to pay double to book a flight with another airline to fly out the same day, when we booked our trip months in advance. All 15 of us found flights out with other airlines and we would tell them and they would say no. We even tried to make it easier and said we'd go to a different airport if we had to or take a connecting flight, but that we just NEEDED to fly out TODAY!
They would not work with us or compromise or show any kind of respect towards our needs. (Everyone had their own reason for needing to leave that day.) There was a woman who's dad was blind and he didn't speak any English and his flight was to Chicago at 6 AM, but by 4 PM he was still waiting there. Another Woman's mother (who was in a wheelchair) needed to go to Dallas because she had a heart condition and she needed to go to Dallas for her appointment. I arrived at 8:30 A.M. and WE WERE ALL stuck waiting at the airport until 7:00 P.M. Because they were so careless in handling the situation.
Being stuck in New York for another day, wasn't the problem for me, even though it was inconvenient and not ideal, it was something I would've been fine with and would've accepted, had they handled the situation better. We all wasted our ENTIRE day thinking we were being helped but came to realize that clearly they did not have a back up plan for us. Airlines know when their flight is cancelled, far in advance, they should've figured out a resolution for us immediately, instead of tossing us all aside. We did NOT get reimbursed. We did NOT get our luggage fee transferred over to the next flight, causing us to pay another fee to check our luggage in and we did NOT get reimbursed for paying for an extra day for our car at the airport. When I called to get some help, I was only offered $50.00 voucher for my next flight.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
The worst experience ever! Today June 15th was a bad weather day in Chicago O'Hare. The way Spirit handled it was just unacceptable!!!!! We were supposed to leave Myrtle beach, SC at 3:04pm, and with a 2-hour fly, be back home by 4:15pm (difference in time). Around 1 pm I received a notification, that our flight will be delayed 31min. Ok, there is no reason for me rushing to the airport knowing that the flight is delayed and be stuck there with my 6 y.o. son. We arrived for check-in at 2:40pm (remember, flight now should be leaving at 3:35pm). So the supervisor of the Spirit desk, tells us, that there is no way we will be on that plane now, because they closed registration and our boarding passes cannot be printed anymore.
I will skip next 40 min of explanations and tears... they gave us another flight, through Baltimore, that puts me back in O'Hare at 10pm. That is already insane! I understand, the system somehow shuts down, doesn't print the passes, but the plane is there, I paid for being on it, why can't they let me in??? So, with the new passes we get to the gate, and guess what... our plane is still there, and it actually stayed there till 5:30pm, but we still can't use our seats, since they are already given away to stand by. Does it still sound ok to you??? Cause I don't understand how is that I paid for those seats and I am not going to be on that flight, because stand by people will... But me, with my 6 y.o. son, we will be sent trough Baltimore...
So, our flight to Baltimore is DELAYED!!!! And instead of leaving at 5:10 it finally takes off at 7:20pm... When we get to Baltimore, our flight from there is DELAYED!!! Why? AA had their flight delayed too, but for 1 hour only, not 3 hours... of course, at this point we are too tired to even be mad, we just want to get home, and I understand that weather conditions are not under our control, but what happens next was under Spirit's control and still, they chose to not care about us.
We arrived to Chicago at 11:30pm, and there was no available spirit gate for us, so we had to WAIT for 2.5 hours!!! All the passengers were very patient, but when 2 hours passed by and we are still sitting on the plane waiting to finally get out and nothing is happening, I got really pissed, so I asked flight attendant, why are we still here, can't they use the service ramp, to get us out of there, the answer was pretty much "we have to wait", 30 min later they let us out via service ramp. Now tell me, could this be avoided, extra 2.5 hours of wait for people who suffered enough already for today...
They knew that there is only 3 Spirit gates available, but 6 planes waiting in the line after delays due to the weather, why to not use service ramp to begin with??? Because they don't care!!! When I got home, at 2am, I called Spirit Customer care, and after 1.5 hours on the phone, the only thing I got from them, that no money will be refunded, since the flight ended up happening. I asked for my money back not because of delay itself, weather is uncontrollable, but because my tickets to begin with were given to stand by and because they kept us on the plane for 2.5 hours after arriving and didn't use the service ramp ASAP. This is the worst answer ever, that "it's our policy, no refunds". Of course they can treat you like that, they got your money already...
Reviewed June 16, 2015
I made change to another date, within 5 minutes cost me $60. Fare is lower than the one you booked, they won't refund. Get away from these **.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
Ok so when I left Baltimore the agent told me to pre check my bag and save money. Ok I do that, get to the airport I still get charged an additional $25 claiming my bag was overweight. How is this possible. The same things I came with is what I was leaving with. Then my departure flight was 2 plus hrs delayed because they couldn't find the 1st officer, same thing when I flew out but only delayed by 15mins... This is ludicrous.
Reviewed June 16, 2015
I have flew on Spirit Air a few times and each time my flight has been delayed. This time it was canceled after making me wait for 5 hours. I had to be at work the next morning. They had zero flights till tomorrow at 9:30. Seriously? So now I miss work and wasted my night. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and flew this time, a huge mistake obviously. This is the last time I ever get a ticket through Spirit. You need to change your slogan to "less money more problems."
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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!
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.
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!
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 **.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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."
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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!!!
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.
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."
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.”
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.
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.
Reviewed May 7, 2015
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 $1000 re-scheduling of my international flight for the group as any other options weren't available until 2-3 days after.
Overall, the experience of flying (please read as "dealing" as we didn't even make it to the plane) with Spirit was nothing short of horrendous and deeply disturbing. I would never ever recommend it to anyone. It might be a few dollars cheaper but that cheapness comes at a much higher price.
Reviewed May 3, 2015
Spirit Air is probably the biggest crooks of any business today. They will try to get as much money as they can without you knowing about it. This 9$ 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Spirit Air Company Information
- Company Name:
- Spirit Air
- Website:
- www.spiritrestructuring.com
