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If you travel lite with clothes in a book bag(wash clothes if extended stay)… I don't see why anyone would fly United, Southwest, American Airlines, etc VS.the

If you travel lite with clothes in a book bag(wash clothes if extended stay)… I don't see why anyone would fly United, Southwest, American Airlines, etc VS.the budget Airlines like Spirit. Maybe if you have points with those airlines… Otherwise, save hundreds of dollars using budget airlines which the planes are newer in my experience, and never had a bad experience versus my recent bad experiences with Delta and the others in which I paid a lot more for. Almost all airlines I've had to pay for Internet access, including Spirit so for me, I don't understand why I would fly all the more expensive airlines versus using Spirit. There's a lot of negative marketing out there about Spirit… After my 10 positive flights experiences in the last six months with them I don't believe the hype.

technothrasher 3y ago
Sometimes the budget airlines don't fly to where I'm going, or do so by long multi connecting routes. I'm currently sitting on an AA flight because it was the cheapest option with a reasonable travel time. Honestly, it kind of sucks for all the usual reasons, but I've at least got free wifi on my phone through some deal with T-Mobile.
dboreham 3y ago
> I don't see why anyone would fly United, Southwest, American Airlines, etc VS.the budget Airlines like Spirit. I'm on a spoke (not a hub) and just don't have the service available to use budget airlines even if I wanted to. We have JetBlue -- they fly to Boston and that's it. We have Allegiant and they fly to Phoenix (not really Phoenix -- Mesa), and we have Avelo they they fly to LA (not really LA: Burbank). All these airlines fly one flight per day, and often not every day of the week. When I'm traveling somewhere that works for the budget airlines, I'm still leery because if their plane breaks down or there is "weather in Cincinnati", I'm screwed. They don't have a second plane available. otoh we have United, Delta, American, Alaska, Southwest with flights to several hubs each, multiple flights per day, through international ticketing, first class sometimes open... Plus I don't pay for luggage on the major carriers due to credit card membership/status.
itslennysfault 3y ago
You must have buns of steel. I flew Spirit exactly once (well, twice, it was round-trip), and it was such a miserable experience I swore to never do it again. Their seats are made of concrete as far as I can tell. For domestic flights I pretty much always sit in the window and never get up during the flight. On spirit I had to get up and walk around after about 3 hours 'cause my ass was sore. Never again.
- paul7986 3y ago
  Did you have a negative view of Spirit before flying with them? Not sure about my backside.. don't do squats lol ... 5'10 170
  - itslennysfault 3y ago
    Not terribly negative, but yeah I always assumed it was cheap for a reason. I think I'd probably do a 1-2 hour flight on spirit if it was a good deal. Past that I'll spend a little money for a more comfortable flight... Guess I could also just bring a cushion on board with me lol
cityofdelusion 3y ago
Just to clarify, Southwest is classified as a budget airline, especially compared to the "big 3". Spirit and airlines like them are in their own class called ULCC (ultra low cost carrier) to differentiate them from the existing budget airlines.
paul7986 3y ago
Sure for me I fly out of a major hub (Baltimore Washington International) and Spirit flies pretty much to every US city from there. One thing bad about spirit is their extremely horrible refund policy .. their seats are a bit smaller but not by much. Thus far in my ten recent experiences flying Spirit with clothes & travel necessities in my book bag has saved me lots of money and my flight experiences have been the same to even better compared to Dekta, United, Alaska or Southwest. Thus the first place I now go to book a flight is spirit due to my experiences and flying out of a major hub. I hope JetBlue doesn't get the chance to buy them out ... Spirit allows a lot of ppl who couldnt afford to fly enjoy a benefit all should be able too and for me i like saving money!

technothrasher 3y ago

Sometimes the budget airlines don't fly to where I'm going, or do so by long multi connecting routes. I'm currently sitting on an AA flight because it was the cheapest option with a reasonable travel time. Honestly, it kind of sucks for all the usual reasons, but I've at least got free wifi on my phone through some deal with T-Mobile.

dboreham 3y ago

> I don't see why anyone would fly United, Southwest, American Airlines, etc VS.the budget Airlines like Spirit. I'm on a spoke (not a hub) and just don't have the service available to use budget airlines even if I wanted to. We have JetBlue -- they fly to Boston and that's it. We have Allegiant and they fly to Phoenix (not really Phoenix -- Mesa), and we have Avelo they they fly to LA (not really LA: Burbank). All these airlines fly one flight per day, and often not every day of the week. When I'm traveling somewhere that works for the budget airlines, I'm still leery because if their plane breaks down or there is "weather in Cincinnati", I'm screwed. They don't have a second plane available. otoh we have United, Delta, American, Alaska, Southwest with flights to several hubs each, multiple flights per day, through international ticketing, first class sometimes open... Plus I don't pay for luggage on the major carriers due to credit card membership/status.

itslennysfault 3y ago

You must have buns of steel. I flew Spirit exactly once (well, twice, it was round-trip), and it was such a miserable experience I swore to never do it again. Their seats are made of concrete as far as I can tell. For domestic flights I pretty much always sit in the window and never get up during the flight. On spirit I had to get up and walk around after about 3 hours 'cause my ass was sore. Never again.

paul7986 3y ago
Did you have a negative view of Spirit before flying with them? Not sure about my backside.. don't do squats lol ... 5'10 170
- itslennysfault 3y ago
  Not terribly negative, but yeah I always assumed it was cheap for a reason. I think I'd probably do a 1-2 hour flight on spirit if it was a good deal. Past that I'll spend a little money for a more comfortable flight... Guess I could also just bring a cushion on board with me lol

cityofdelusion 3y ago

Just to clarify, Southwest is classified as a budget airline, especially compared to the "big 3". Spirit and airlines like them are in their own class called ULCC (ultra low cost carrier) to differentiate them from the existing budget airlines.

paul7986 3y ago

Sure for me I fly out of a major hub (Baltimore Washington International) and Spirit flies pretty much to every US city from there. One thing bad about spirit is their extremely horrible refund policy .. their seats are a bit smaller but not by much. Thus far in my ten recent experiences flying Spirit with clothes & travel necessities in my book bag has saved me lots of money and my flight experiences have been the same to even better compared to Dekta, United, Alaska or Southwest. Thus the first place I now go to book a flight is spirit due to my experiences and flying out of a major hub. I hope JetBlue doesn't get the chance to buy them out ... Spirit allows a lot of ppl who couldnt afford to fly enjoy a benefit all should be able too and for me i like saving money!