I like giving my bag to someone and having them carry it. I am on vacation....and it costs less to do it my way, but you get in the cab 10 minutes before me.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

The constant advertising of their credit card at the gate and on the flight
Seats don't recline / leg room (I'm 5'11" and 5'8" of that is legs)
Bag fees
No phone app for check-in / gate info
Aisle / window seats cost more (minimal, but still dumb)

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Well, I'm usually gone for like 10-15 days at a time, so I just fill a 40-pound bag. I always do the fast bag drop and generally haven't had to worry about lines being too long. When I flew out last month, though, I had a flight out at like 5:15 in the morning. I got there at 3:30. There were probably 500 people awake in the city of Chicago, and 300 of them were in line to check in for Spirit.

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My bags are free on United. So are Rachel's. And once a year we get to get super shitty at the United Club. If I wanted crapy service, I'd pay for that...but I don't. When our flight to Paris was cancelled due to the weather, they totally took care of us. Put us up at the Continental in Rosemont, flew us first class to Dulles the next day...with a meal on a 1.5 hour flight gave me another 15,000 miles and Rachel got a $300 voucher. Basically amounts to a "one-and-a-half-way" flight for getting to Paris a day late. We "lost" $80 b/c we paid for a night, but they more than took care of us.

I won't fly any other airline unless United doesn't go where I want to.

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Why go Vegas when you can go the Industrial Strip in Hammond?

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4 of us flew Spirit to Vegas 2 years ago.

Oversold on the way out, not a biggie, a few airlines do this, but they were REALLY oversold. The bribing/re-secheduling process delayed our flight.
On the way back - they canceled our flight in the middle of the night (morning scheduled departure).
The 4 of us ended up taking 3 different flights back - 2 separate ones into Chicago, 1 into Des Moines. They wanted to charge us $$ for not taking the flight they re-scheduled us to (the following day). We eventually got out of that, but the 2 that flew into Des Moines and then had to drive were not reimbursed for the car/travel.

Have heard many stories like this about Spirit.


Never again.

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^Spirit would blame you the customer for choosing them. Now, if you'd like to sit in the gate waiting for the flight tomorrow morning that'll be $25. Thank you!

The constant advertising of their credit card at the gate and on the flight---Who cares, dont sign up
Seats don't recline / leg room (I'm 5'11" and 5'8" of that is legs) - Get the good seats
Bag fees - Yup
No phone app for check-in / gate info - Not an issue
Aisle / window seats cost more (minimal, but still dumb) - Look at the clouds...wow

Never once had a problem and I have flown probably 20 times.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I must be 5'6" then

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I just get random seats and take my chances on getting aisle seats so I can swing my legs out a little bit. Usually I have pretty good luck with this, but get stuck toward the back.

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I didn't know they could stack shit that high

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I was starting to get concerned that spanky left for another board.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

He was quoting IMU.

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Not many guys lieing about being shorter!


That was IMU's comments I responded to and I am not sure IMU is 5'11"

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I would go back to both

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

United sucks.

Hey Lady...where you been?

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Why would anyone fly when you can simply drive a minivan with a big family everywhere.

I have yet to be offered trucker sex in an airplane bathroom.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Its not that they suck, but it's like the least expesnive fare I find on United is still more than a Spirit flight.

dated a girl who worked in the Uninted credit union, she had these buddy passes and we got to go anywhere every weekend. Do they still have that stuff?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

What may not be an issue for you could be an issue for others. I don't mind paying more for nicer things - this is evident and consistent with my pathetic humblebrag posting habits. I don't mind paying more for not having to 'deal' with things I don't want to deal with.

I have an American Airlines card...and with it comes nice perks on a nicer airline. I also fly United on many company trips - also a decent airline.

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Been up, down, over, and out. Both kids are in school full time, so I've been doing my own thing. I've read about your wedding planning, that was not fun by the end.

There is nothing worse than a car trip. I'd rather fly united.



United is always one of the most expensive. They do have nice perks, don't know about buddy passes. The cancel flights a lot and shift schedules around. Drives me freaking crazy.

All airlines are bad, anecdotally Spirit is one of the worst. That said, my one time with them (to and from Vegas a few years ago) was great.

*Researched and used the correct size carry on to avoid surcharge
*Bought the bigger seats (well worth the $20 or whatever it was). Flight was perfectly comfortable.
*Had no issue paying what I thought was reasonable prices for beers en route.

Maybe it helped that there were no flight delays, broken equipment or bad weather.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

IF YOU FLY YOU DIE.

i basically fly frontier and southwest only. i fly frontier because now they fly directly into DE, so when i visit family and friends there, it's super cheap and very convenient. it's also a really short flight...but it's definitely not a very comfortable airline. you have to pay for everything on a frontier flight.

i still prefer southwest to everything else. everyone seems to know what they're doing, and even the ones who don't seem to be amused with the idea of flying so much that they're not bothered by anything. i haven't even seen a lot of the overzealous "comedienne" flight attendants in recent years of flying with them.

i would never fly spirit airlines. any airline that sounds close to what happens after you die does not appeal to me.

why would you care about food service on an airplane these days. The airports have pretty good food and you can carry on

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

No one does.

Though, on my flight to Europe, American served a restaurant quality meal in coach. I was shocked at how good it was.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

5' 3.5" of which is skull.

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The fuck?

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I mean, its better than gas station food. Where else can you pay $30 a person for a sammich, fries/side, and a drink at such fine establishments as Ruby Tuesdays, Chili's, and Jack Daniels Grill?

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I've cattle car on SWA for so long. Post divorce I was living Up In Air for a while. Mainly SWA. I just stopped caring. Is Spirit a good option over that mess? I only care about getting there on time and not losing luggage. United lost my bags in Maui and I was pissed.