Spirit says "Lower fares generally available at the airport."
Jun 27, 2012, 10:29 pm
#47
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1
Wow, I have wondered about this as well. I have a question though. I'm about 20 min from DTW. I'm trying to book a flight back home to LAX , leaving sun (7/1) or mon (7/2). Would it be possible to get these savings when buying a ticket a few days in advance or must i simply show up the day I wish to leave and purchase the ticket then? i was about to book online when i noticed that "lower fares at airport" bit. Please advise.
Jun 29, 2012, 11:07 am
#48
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: BOS
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Wow, I have wondered about this as well. I have a question though. I'm about 20 min from DTW. I'm trying to book a flight back home to LAX , leaving sun (7/1) or mon (7/2). Would it be possible to get these savings when buying a ticket a few days in advance or must i simply show up the day I wish to leave and purchase the ticket then? i was about to book online when i noticed that "lower fares at airport" bit. Please advise.
Jun 30, 2012, 6:09 pm
#49
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: San Diego
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Wow, I have wondered about this as well. I have a question though. I'm about 20 min from DTW. I'm trying to book a flight back home to LAX , leaving sun (7/1) or mon (7/2). Would it be possible to get these savings when buying a ticket a few days in advance or must i simply show up the day I wish to leave and purchase the ticket then? i was about to book online when i noticed that "lower fares at airport" bit. Please advise.
Online price 10 days in advance: $60
Airport price 10 days in advance: $23.60
both after tax. You can go and purchase them any time at the airport.
Jul 16, 2012, 12:49 pm
#50
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 3
Can you buy tickets for flights from different airports? For example, I would like to go to the Minneapolis airport to buy tickets to Orlando; half of the tickets I want to buy are for Minneapolis to Orlando, the other half would only be from Chicago to Orlando...is this possible or can I only buy tickets out of Minneapolis at the Minneapolis airport?
Jul 16, 2012, 7:22 pm
#51
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: San Diego
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Can you buy tickets for flights from different airports? For example, I would like to go to the Minneapolis airport to buy tickets to Orlando; half of the tickets I want to buy are for Minneapolis to Orlando, the other half would only be from Chicago to Orlando...is this possible or can I only buy tickets out of Minneapolis at the Minneapolis airport?
Aug 7, 2012, 7:55 am
#53
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Milwaukee, Wi. USA
Posts: 675
Cheaper at Airport
I have been watching the Chicago to Orlando Spirit fares for December for an early December weekend in the sun. On line price has been around $186 with no coupon eligibility and no $9 fare club discount.
Had three hours to kill at Laguardia so I went to the Spirit counter. Purchased for $143.
Significant savings.
Had three hours to kill at Laguardia so I went to the Spirit counter. Purchased for $143.
Significant savings.
Aug 25, 2012, 4:07 pm
#54
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Portland, ME
Posts: 344
Planning a trip into the Philly area in Oct out of BOS. Was near Logan today so I swung by and purchased my tickets. Online, they were $101.58 RT - at the counter I paid $67.60 - a savings of $33.98 over booking online. I will always purchase at the airport from now on...
Mar 24, 2014, 1:02 pm
#55
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 2
Booking at DFW airport March 2014. I was curious about this topic until found this forum. So happy I did. I now have my friends visiting me for such low rates. I think saving $34 per booking is common.
Purchase 1:Roundtrip. MSP-DFW-MSP. Online Price: 137.98. At the counter: $104
Purchase 2: Roundtrip. PHX-DFW-PHX.
Online: $157.98. At counter: $124.
For Spirit DFW bookers. Go to Terminal E. Around gates E22 check in. Wait for the Spirit ticket counter that is all-purpose. You may have to stand to the side and wait extra for someone to help you with this. It took me about 25minutes from in the airport door to out.
Be sure to have all the information readily available, clearly written First and Last name, birth date, departure and arrival dates and times, and credit card. I'd also recommend bringing the billing address written out and an e-mail address. (My CC was linked to all this info). Having the online quoted price written out helps the agent realize that you aren't just annoyingly adding one more thing to do for them, you're actually saving money.
Purchase 1:Roundtrip. MSP-DFW-MSP. Online Price: 137.98. At the counter: $104
Purchase 2: Roundtrip. PHX-DFW-PHX.
Online: $157.98. At counter: $124.
For Spirit DFW bookers. Go to Terminal E. Around gates E22 check in. Wait for the Spirit ticket counter that is all-purpose. You may have to stand to the side and wait extra for someone to help you with this. It took me about 25minutes from in the airport door to out.
Be sure to have all the information readily available, clearly written First and Last name, birth date, departure and arrival dates and times, and credit card. I'd also recommend bringing the billing address written out and an e-mail address. (My CC was linked to all this info). Having the online quoted price written out helps the agent realize that you aren't just annoyingly adding one more thing to do for them, you're actually saving money.
Mar 24, 2014, 6:01 pm
#56
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Booking at DFW airport March 2014. I was curious about this topic until found this forum. So happy I did. I now have my friends visiting me for such low rates. I think saving $34 per booking is common.
Purchase 1:Roundtrip. MSP-DFW-MSP. Online Price: 137.98. At the counter: $104
Purchase 2: Roundtrip. PHX-DFW-PHX.
Online: $157.98. At counter: $124.
For Spirit DFW bookers. Go to Terminal E. Around gates E22 check in. Wait for the Spirit ticket counter that is all-purpose. You may have to stand to the side and wait extra for someone to help you with this. It took me about 25minutes from in the airport door to out.
Be sure to have all the information readily available, clearly written First and Last name, birth date, departure and arrival dates and times, and credit card. I'd also recommend bringing the billing address written out and an e-mail address. (My CC was linked to all this info). Having the online quoted price written out helps the agent realize that you aren't just annoyingly adding one more thing to do for them, you're actually saving money.
Purchase 1:Roundtrip. MSP-DFW-MSP. Online Price: 137.98. At the counter: $104
Purchase 2: Roundtrip. PHX-DFW-PHX.
Online: $157.98. At counter: $124.
For Spirit DFW bookers. Go to Terminal E. Around gates E22 check in. Wait for the Spirit ticket counter that is all-purpose. You may have to stand to the side and wait extra for someone to help you with this. It took me about 25minutes from in the airport door to out.
Be sure to have all the information readily available, clearly written First and Last name, birth date, departure and arrival dates and times, and credit card. I'd also recommend bringing the billing address written out and an e-mail address. (My CC was linked to all this info). Having the online quoted price written out helps the agent realize that you aren't just annoyingly adding one more thing to do for them, you're actually saving money.
(most GDS systems only require a credit card # and expiry dates for TAs to issue tickets, though then again NK isn't exactly sellable on a GDS...)
Even buying on AC.com I did not require AAVS information.
Mar 27, 2014, 12:10 pm
#57
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 2
@AA_EXP09: No, the Spirit Ticket counter did not need the information. However I have purchased with Spirit online in the past and thus I figured they maybe already had it associated.
Apr 1, 2014, 1:13 pm
#59
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dallas, TX USA
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Posts: 1,245
AT least they have a sense of humor
http://ir.spirit.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=836933
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