peldow

I think that no one should ever fly spirit or use their point program.
I made a mistake last year and acquired apprx 40000 Spirit point for both my wife and myselve. I recentlty used most of the points for a "free" trip. I booked 4 months in advance. With fees for telephone booking, I had to for us to fly together, reserved seats in the back of the plane, and luggage fees, 2 carryons and 1 checked bag, I paid over $700.00 for my "free" flight.
Never again Spirit!!!
Stay away from Spirit!!

kokonutz

Welcome to FT! ^

(see, I TOLD you that having a forum to b1tch about Spirit would drive new posters to FT! )

lin821

Well, koko, if I were you, I wouldn't call a fellow FTer who signed up back in April 2009 as "new." YMMV.

3millandmore

I would vote for it if I could figure out how to vote. I clicked on the link and only get general pages. Anyway, down here in South Florida, Spirit is a really big deal plus or minus. To dismiss it, is kind of to dismiss the Caribbean and Central America.

kipper

General members are not able to vote on this sort of thing. Only TalkBoard members are able to vote on motions like this.

General members elect TalkBoard members each year.

lin821

FWIW, this is how TB works and who vote on TB motions.

Spend a few moments to learn about TB and TB Topics Forum so you know how and when to participate and voice your opinions in the future.

Tranquility

I didn't read all the posts concerning pro's and con's and I personally don't care for the airline because of a bad experience, but I believe information on airlines would be easier to locate if divided by name. Just my opinion.

anbrugo

Please note, this is my first entry into any flyertalk forum. The subject of Spirit Airlines caught my attention. I would vote NO for a separate forum. Of the airlines in the US, Spirit is at the bottom of my list. Any need to talk about them would be well suited to a general forum. Perhaps, someday, they will do something really worthwhile and we can "elevate" them. I flew them once, and that was enough - you know, the close seats, the carry-on bag charge, etc. So, I vote NO.

Spence1097

Did you ever think if there was a readily available Spirit forum with most other US airlines you may have found out how "bottom of your list" they would be and then maybe never even flown them and had that bad experience in the first place. The info about the close seats, carry on bag charges and everything else bad about them would have easily been available to you. This is why I continue to believe certain TB members have an agenda against airlines like NK, (see my earlier post for more details) that they will never fly.

I don't like NK much either, but they serve a purpose in the US air travel industry and have a niche. Their niche has a lot of problems in it and this is all information that should be easily available here on a community called FT and it's not unless you really know where to look.

Why having more information, whether good or bad about an airline such as Spirit, easily available to find is beyond me, but apparently not to some. Hopefully one day soon that will change.

kokonutz

Got him or her to de-lurk, though!

aubreyfromwheaton

Spirit should definitely have its own forum.

Their policies and fees are so wacky and dynamic it would be nice to have a forum to discuss

AA_EXP09

Welcome to FT!

SkiAdcock

On February 22, 2012, Talkboard failed to pass 6-3:

Create a Spirit Airlines forum.

Voting yes: kokonutz, nsx, RichMSN
Voting no: bhatnasx, Cholula, goalie, jackal, SkiAdcock, Spiff

gkbiiii

A sad day, for The Little Airline that Could. In my boyhood many thought America West would go down the tubes; however it would defy then and become a major, with it's own 747s to Asia. Who knows little Spirit; what will the future be, the growth and determination to be "Arguably the Best Airline in the America's", to the days of it's founding, as the Spirit of Spirit Air.

cblaisd

I'm really not sure what you're trying to say; maybe remove some of the surfeit of commas? Are you asking a question? Making a prediction? I just can't tell.