Florida John wrote:
I have flown Spirit from FLL (Ft. Lauderdale) to San Jose, and also Medellin many times. I'm a fat bastard with long legs (no I'm not so fat that I need a seat belt extender...jajajajajaja), and the big front seat is worth the extra money for me because of the leg room. The cost with Spirit for the big front seat is hundred of dollars less, if not a thousand dollars at times compared to business class or first class than the other airlines.
I have racked up in the past three years plus years 20 or more round trip flights or more with Spirit. They haven't crashed yet, so I would say they are safe. Now the rest of the problems. If you are connecting to another flight and not going direct, I highly recommend you use another airline. If you need to take more than one checked bag I suggest you take another airline. If you sign-up for the rewards program be prepared to never to be able to use them around a holiday. Not just the big holidays (Xmas or Thanksgiving), I'm talking about Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, President Day, etc..
For the reduce costs of the ticket be prepared to be treated with less than quality customer service. The Spirit flight attendants are often in a bad mood. If you have a problem, don't expect Spirit to work with you to resolve it. If you accept these limitations prior to using their airline, then you will not disappointed.
As I said, you guys who are close enough to FLL have got a great option to CR and MDE. Me, I pretty much have to fly from Chicago to get the best fares, even though ORD is a 90-minute drive from I live. I'll never use Spirit no matter how much cheaper their fares appear to be. I usually use Delta, they've been good for me, e.g. one time the flight to ATL was delayed, missed the early ATL-SJO flight, no problem, was automatically rebooked on the later flight, I didn't have to do anything.
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