Originally Posted by sdsearch

Is the government really requiring Spirit to "hide" its fees?

I know the government requires you to post an all-in fee, but does it require you to only post that? Ie, if Spririt wanted to, couldn''t they say "Fly XXX to YYY for just $NN which includes $MM of government fees and $ZZ of our own fees"?

But of course Spirit doesn't want to do that. They do want to hide the fees, just not inside the published cost of the flight!

Is Spirit's whole business model perhaps predicated on infrequent flyers who buy their "super low" fares because they don't realize they're not quite as super low as they think until "too late"? And if so, could upfront truth about total flight cost lead to a sinking of Spirit?