Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business

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quesomaster9000•about 1 hour ago

One of the best flights I've ever taken was Spirit and had 8 passengers on it, 5 of which were transferring staff/pilots. The second worst flight I've ever had the pleasure of enduring was also Spirit - the worst was Easyjet (simply because their seat dimensions are somehow smaller than the average human and generally incompatible with human physiology), and third worst was Ryanair because a mass of orange colored Brits are with near a unlimited supply of duty free gin is... amusing enough to move it up a few notches.

addaon•17 minutes ago

> a mass of orange colored Brits are with near a unlimited supply of duty free gin

I fly direct from London to Vegas occasionally. The upside is that going through immigration is trivial -- of 270 people on a flight, 265 go to the "foreign passports" line. The downside is the 15 minute wait after getting to the gate for the police to come and arrest the people who were fist fighting in the aisle.

nonameiguess•24 minutes ago

I've flown on Spirit exactly once, thanks to an ex-wife who fit the "needlessly frugal" type talked about yesterday to a tee. Grew up in foster care and couldn't acknowledge we weren't poor. We flew into Miami during some bad weather and it's the only time ever in decades of flying I've seen the flight attendants visibly scared. If you've ever gotten speed wobbles on a skateboard, it was just like that. I'm still amazed the plane didn't fall apart in the air. They also charged for water.

cozzyd•about 2 hours ago

For $9 I'll shed a tear.

ohnei•about 2 hours ago

Better check the baggage fees before you make an offer like that.

tracerbulletx•41 minutes ago

They subsidized cheap prices with market segmentation. This is not the dunk everyone thinks it is. Some who needed it could fly for dirt cheap prices, subsidized by people who needed the add ons and were less price sensitive. Now they just, what? Have no option that's that cheap. Hooray I guess?

renticulous•18 minutes ago

We need functioning poverty where people can still get by even if they fall below a certain threshold, they have a recourse to getup and live without being treated like animals.

Around The World with Louis C.K. | Jim Norton Can't Save You EP 68

https://youtu.be/z0cypFadE3k?t=2394

In a podcast, Louis C.K. has remarked on his observations of "functioning poverty" during his travels in India, contrasting it with the homelessness and societal dysfunction he sees in New York City.

brianwawok•about 2 hours ago

Spirit was a once and never again situation for me personally. But I’d like to think it helped drive prices in some of the competing routes.

nastrofa•about 3 hours ago

Good news for Frontier it seems

Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business

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