www.CostaRicaTicas.com

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63540720100406 .

Looks like Spirit is going to be the first

pay toilets can not to far behind.

I thought they start with enforcing the size limits on bags before they started charging for carry on bags

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This getting phucking ridiculous. They need to put a stop to all this Nickle and Diming bull shit..

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Robert Nesta Marley

Actually Ryan Air (European) considered the toilet thing, before they were hit with such an uproar, that they thought better of it.

Unbelievable....
Crash & Burn Spirit... crash and burn!

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You ALWAYS have an option ....... "NEXT" !!!

Saw that earlier today...starts august 1st... they are out of their fucken minds... still ,with all the other airlines cutting back service and filling their planes even though ridership overall is down....Spirit is still the best value....used to be easy to go NYC - soFlorida for 150 - 200 $$ not anymore

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There are several scenarios where it will be cheaper or the same price to check a bag than to carry it on. I think they had something else buried in their press release about charging people extra to board first.

* Personal item: Free
* Carry-on bag, paid online; $9 fare club members: $20
* Carry-on bag, paid online, on the phone, or at check-in; non-$9 fare club members: $30
* Paid at the gate: $45

Spirit is concurrently lowering its checked bag fees for $9 Fare Club members:

* First bag: Old fees $19 online/$25 airport; new fee: $15 domestic, $20 international, $45 checked at gate (domestic or international)
* Second bag: Old fee: $25 online or airport; new fee: $15 domestic, $20 international
* Third through fifth bag: Old fee: $100; new fee: $75 domestic, $80 international

For non-members, some checked bag fees have actually gone up:

* First bag: Old fees $19 online/$25 airport; new fee: $25 domestic, $30 international, $45 checked at gate (domestic or international)
* Second bag: Old fee: $25 online or airport; new fee: $30 domestic or international
* Third through fifth bag: Old fee: $100; new fee: $85 domestic, $90 international

To hell with them. If Continental follows suit I'm going to raise holy hell.

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Man I'm living life like a great white shark swimming with minnows! It's all about panocha, great scotch, fine cigars, loud-ass rock music and speed, speed, speed - plus spending as much time as possible in paradise on earth, Costa Rica!

Seems like a starnge thing to bequest on an airline???? Regardless of thier polcies??? A bit harsh???:lol:

If this isn't a sign of the times then I don't know what is.....we're being nickeled and dimed in this country everywhere we turn right now, how's the common working man supposed to get ahead!!!!

On another note, I did in fact fly on Spirit Airlines on my trip down to Costa Rica in january, found it to be a very nice/comfortable airline....but because of these new developments I won't be flying them again any time soon, make sure you add $45 onto whatever cheap ticket price you're quoted when booking now.

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IT'S BOSS TIME!!!!!!

Spirit's bottom line is not looking very good. I give them another year before they're done. They have missed several payments on there planes and this info comes right from the mouth of a Pilot. I never flew with them, but with all the BS at the gates (FLL) I guess I haven't missed anything. American may be next. I eat lunch at the Airport several times a week so I tend to talk to alot with Pilots, it's also amazing how worried they are about air safety also. TSA is doing a VERY poor job.

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Brother Xman00--They're gonna do what they think benefits them the most. Which toothless regulator is gonna stop them? As far as listening to their customers--Oh please! I am gonna weigh about 20 Lbs. more and look considerably fatter if they do this thing--I just experimented and can wear 10 shirts, 4 pairs of pants and a couple of multi-pocket fishing vests before I have to buy 2 seats. Bring it on, you money-grubbing cork-soakers

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"Amen, brother"-ED

Who's running these airlines, the owner of New Fantasy ($10 here, $15 there)?

Dean

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my first wingman sent me this, how true

" most of the girls down here, lie as a self defense mechanism and to not have to face the truth, thinking most men couldn't accept them knowing the whole truth. Simpler, they may just want men to think they are as perfect as they want to appear to them, trying to hide what they consider to be the ugly truth about themselves. And I may be reading more into it than is there, but I do believe they consider the basis of the lies to be justified."

Ryanair is going to start pay toilets after all - http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ryanairs-83641-pay-as-you-go-toilet-fee-takes-off-2126277.html, they may have taken their business model from SouthWest but they are the the grand masters of nickel & dime charges, you can literally pick up free tickets on sale but then get soaked with additional fees, here's what they add on currently:

Pay using a Debit / Credit card - £10.00
Online check-in - £ 5.00
Seat Selection - £ 4.00
15kg checked bag - £70.00

So not so cheap after all, especially when they often fly into secondary airports. But then they can claim that they have the cheapest prices and so people think they are getting a bargain, and who doesn't shop for the cheapest fair they can find?

Trust those Micks to schtupp you in the booty after sweet-talk and Whiskey (which evidently they get you to pay for). There's a reason my ancestors left...

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

Could wind up with some ugliness in those barf bags if someone has no change.