re: Anyone ever used Spirit Airlines?

Used it before on a few occasions. The actual flight experience was okay. Took off early, landed early.

However, you will spend about as much as you would on another airline, and feel angry about how much you are paying. They absolutely ream you on bags. Something like $50.00 to check a bag that is under 30lbs. And gosh forbid you are over 30lbs. Prepare thy anus. They also charge you between $50-$60 for carryons. If you and the person you are traveling with both plan on checking one or two bags, and taking one or two carryons, you are looking at about an additional $400.00 roundtrip. You really need to plan ahead, including weighing your bags.

They charge for drinks on the flight. Not too big of a deal, but annoying.

They charge you to board priority. Don't get suckered into that. They also charge you to pick a seat. You may be tempted to do that, to the extent that you want to sit beside the person you are traveling with. However, if you bought two tickets, they will put those two tickets beside one another without regard to whether you purchased your seat. That can be an additional $40.00 each way, so just watch out.

Get your boarding pass printed before hand. They charge for that as well.

In short, you need to plan ahead. Spirit can be inexpensive, and a lot of the flight times are solid. I have found, on several occasions, that they offered the best non-stop flight.