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Spirit Airlines: a tribute to an American legend

Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:32 am
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
71813 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:32 am
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61847 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:35 am to
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Spirit Airlines: a tribute to an American legend
TYFYS
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
41059 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:38 am to
The old man in me is slightly bothered by the execution of that video that included a fight that happened on a different airline
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
18288 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:38 am to
Thankfully, my frequent flyer days are over and I never had to fly spirit airlines.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17816 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:43 am to
Murdered by Elizabeth Warren.
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In March 2024, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren celebrated the federal government’s successful lawsuit to kill a $3.8 billion merger between JetBlue and Spirit, calling the move a “Biden win for flyers.”

At the time, Warren and the Department of Justice argued that preventing the two airlines from combining would protect low-cost seats and prevent “runaway airline consolidation.”

However, following that court victory, Spirit’s path to survival vanished. The Florida-based carrier, which had lost nearly $2 billion since 2020, faced mounting debt and engine issues that it could not overcome without the JetBlue lifeline.
Posted by TigerReich
Member since Dec 2024
1217 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:48 am to
Right. Not a shitty customer base produced by its business model.
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
21922 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:57 am to
I was going to fly spirit a couple years ago until a coworker told me about them. After a couple videos I just paid the extra money and flew united
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
42092 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:58 am to
I hope Spirit's customer base (IYKWIM) remembers that it was a Democratic senator and administration that killed their airline.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
75026 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:00 am to
Pour one out to the 5x a week direct flight to Cancun from Nola. It was $200~ round trip. I used to on whim up and go to Isla mujeres because I could have a fun 2-3 day weekend and come back and go to work Monday. The other fights are less frequent and twice a much. If all you had was a backpack spirit was OK.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
22320 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:00 am to
What airline will fill the void and become the new flying Waffle House?
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
141777 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:00 am to
I hope their clientele move only to frontier
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78853 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:04 am to
This news has zero impact on me since I haven’t flown commercial in decades.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
3675 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:28 am to
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I hope Spirit's customer base (IYKWIM) remembers that it was a Democratic senator and administration that killed their airline.

It's her greatest achievement. Frontier and JetBlue can pick up the slack.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
128016 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:34 am to
Posted by Dirk Dawgler
Georgia
Member since Nov 2011
4562 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:37 am to
Very interesting! Thanks for letting us know.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
17323 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:43 am to
Years ago I flew them once from Houston to Vegas round trip for less than $100 on Spirit. Unlike a lazy idiot, I read the rules so packed a backpack and was good to go. Had zero issues.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45782 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 11:06 am to
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
26500 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:27 pm to
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Legend


???
Posted by NorthstarinLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
2738 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:36 pm to
That’s AWESOME! I am going miss the fights at the gate you got to watch while waiting on my AA flights at DFW.
Posted by CatsGoneWild
Pigeon forge, Tennessee
Member since Jan 2008
15270 posts
Posted on 5/2/26 at 1:29 pm to
Their old airplanes will be the next spirit Halloween stores
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