Spirit Airlines Review

Overall 2.27 of 5 view all 30 reviews

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mnasmom3
Eastpointe, MI

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You get what you pay for with this lackluster airline

love to travel

Pros

Easy to book online, Very affordable

Cons

no complimentary in flight service

FEB

2008

I've flown Spirit several times. Each time is a different experience. The price is always great. More times than not, their fare beats all others leaving from Detroit Metro airport. They are a good choice if you're not set on specific travel dates and times. While they gave lower fares, the flight choice is more limited than other airlines. Booking is easy online. Nothing confusing about the web site. They do charge for checked baggage now. You can do that prepaid or at the airport, prepaid is cheaper. I prepaid when I booked. Even with that charge, it was still cheaper to use Spirit. Check in was easy. Many airports have kiosks to speed up check in. Those are very fast and easy to use even for the tech challenged. My flight times have been changed in the past, but it's usually only by minutes up to an hour or so. I do't worry so much about it. If you're prepared for changes and don't book so close to an important event, you have nothing to worry about. We never had any baggage issues. The service is lacking during the flight itself. No more free anything except a cup of water. The snack boxes they have for sale are mediocre and pricey. We purchased snacks near the gate and took them on. The plane itself...not impressed. Part of keeping fares low is not having the plane cleaned between flights. There were crumbs on the seats on one of our flights. We had to brush them off to sit down. There was some trash scattered about. Didn't look like anyone put any time into spiffing up these jets in some time. All in all though.....for the price, I'd use Spirit again and go in knowing you get what you pay for.