Why Spirit Airlines’s Stock Is Spiraling Down 60% | WSJ What Went Wrong

[@gerardoarenasss]

Funny how the DOJ by trying to prevent Spirit from going out of business made it go out of business 😂

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

When the cure is actually poison in disguise. Sad.

[@DroneStrike1776]

I don't feel bad for this woke DEI airline. They rather higher diversity pilots and not the best pilots for the job. Same goes for their maintenance crew.

[@gerardoarenasss]

@@DroneStrike1776 that makes absolutely no sense

[@luvanujj]

@@DroneStrike1776Learn how to spell “hire”, and then come back and continue your whining.

[@AskMiko]

@@DroneStrike1776literally has the least number of BIPOC pilots in their company. You just wanted a way to call out 50-year-old DEI agendas in any post to highlight how you don’t want the buddy system and boys club hiring practices replaced with making leaders understand everyone should have a far shot

[@posthocprior]

If Spirit Airlines goes out of business, then the reasoning used to block the merger with JetBlue is flawed. Assuming that the reasoning is that prices will rise after the merger, and there are no other super cheap airlines, then blocking a merger would insure the current price of Spirit’s tickets. By blocking the merger, however, the reasoning of the DOJ didn’t take into account that Spirit’s business plan is, in the long-term, unsustainable and it can only exist as an entity of a larger airline.

[@quietus13]

Exactly. A frontier/spirit merger might be the best chance for a ULCC

[@nazor1]

Yea that got me - like it’s stock tanked after the justice department blocked it, so now they are at risk of dissolving. Catch 22

[@na195097]

Jet Blue just wants the planes. Buying Spirit is the fastest way to increase their fleet. The low fare model will be gone, but Spirit is a gamble to use for travel.

[@jaysmith1408]

@@na195097the route structure could be advantageous for Jetblue as well, unserved fields, free slots, various routing options.

[@ImionsaeXwb77]

@@na195097 NO they want Spirit Gates/Slots at the aiport, example JB has 2 gates at Las Vegas, Spirit has about 8 or more gates, by taking over spirit they can fly more routes, JB can not expand if they don't have slots to fly into airport, If i fly from LA to Atlanta i'll have to fly from LA to NY to Atlanta, how stupid is that..? now if JB had those Spirit gates in Vegas they can use Vegas as a hub, etc.

[@maximilian9295]

From boston to orlando is 18.00. I flew Seattle to San Diego for 15.00. I absolutely do not care if I don't get peanuts and only get to take a personal item.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Cheaper than Greyhound!

[@maximilian9295]

@Patrick-yh5yd for real. The uber to the airport costs more.

[@eduardodiaz9354]

How?? All flights I check are in the 200-300 range

[@davidparra7635]

How do you Find cheap deals like that

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

@@davidparra7635 They did not say when they flew. Most likely 1965.

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

Nice job DOJ, just ignore huge monopolies like Amazon while slapping down mergers between two tiny airlines. I swear this is malicious and had nothing to do with protecting consumers.

[@erb6411]

Please DOJ please ignore Microsoft Activision Blizzard Zenimax

[@J-wm4ss]

spirit being tiny? lol

[@VegetaThoughts]

@@J-wm4ssA company worth billions is "tiny" lol

[@zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

@@J-wm4ss Market cap is like nothing.

[@anthonyjaurrieta]

Should we short Spirit? Believe in it's future?

[@TinLeadHammer]

"Why would one still choose Spirit?" - because they don't have Boeing 737 of any generation including the MAX in their fleet. This is why I choose them. I arrive early to the airport with nothing but a backpack, have a meal, buy a large bottle of water, and off I go.

[@Blank00]

To be fair, 737s of other generations like the NG are safe

[@TinLeadHammer]

@@Blank00 Watch "On a wing and a prayer".

[@JonasBluntson]

I buy lunch before I get to the airport an carry a backpack an drink can soda

[@n9go]

737’s are incredibly safe. You are paranoid.

[@viccenzotaborda7856]

!! Short squeeze coming soon…maybe.

[@GodofGHz]

I had purchased two tickets to Orlando for me and my wife right after our wedding. Not a honeymoon, but more a spur-of-the-moment, "let's go to Disney!" They tickets were somewhat cheaper (when adding price of carry-ons) and we weren't on a tight schedule. I figured it's ok if the plane is delayed a little, so long as we get there. 1 week before, they moved our flight from 12pm noon to 9pm at night so we missed an entire day of our vacation, they also changed our flight from direct to a 2hr layover. So instead of 12pm-3pm landing in orlando, now we were doing 9pm-3am. And for what? To save $80 across 2 tickets? I bought Delta tickets on the spot. Spirit lost a customer for life before I even got on the plane, and god knows what other BS they would pull. THIS is why Spirit is failing. Their ruthless cost cutting cuts (heh) into their ability to reliably travel at all. Their offers are extremely poor value for money and make the flying experience more stressful and way worse than it has to be.

[@kevinvaz4320]

This issue is not limited to Spirit. I had a Southwest flight to SFO and onward an International flight. Southwest kept delaying my flight and my original buffer of 5 hours kept cutting short. Eventually, Southwest cancelled my flight which meant I couldn't make my international flight. I lost money for that flight and had to book an on the spot one way international flight which was more than the return ticket.

[@shawnreed7876]

I have flown with spirit 50 times and they have been an hour late twice. Rest of the flights I have taken with them have been fantastic.

[@ytcensorhack1876]

Spirit airlines, the cargo hold is our first class

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

Spirit airlines is like signing up for torture, I tried it for the first and last time to DC cherry blossom festival. I was charged $100 for my Carry on twice for each segment, which ends up costing more than my return ticket. The agents seemed to enjoy watching passengers being blackmail. How could anyone take pride working there

[@ytcensorhack1876]

@@___beyondhorizon4664 spirit airlines, we r like Abu Ghraib, @ 30,000 ft

[@tabbycat8511]

“We are not going to get anywhere if you win, the merger isn’t approved, and Spirit goes belly-up,” the judge said to a Justice Department lawyer during closing arguments in December. Weeks later he blocked the merger, possibly bringing about the very situation he had described as getting us nowhere. Brilliant.

[@patmat.]

5:14 PRATT & WHITNEY engine. AIRBUS doesn't make engines.

[@kurtKking]

Recently bought some recommended stocks and now they are just penny stocks. There seems to be more negative portfolios in the last 3rd half of 2023 with markets tumbling, soaring inflation, and banks going out of business. My concern is how can the rapid interest-rate hike be of favor to a value investor, or is it better avoiding stocks for a while?

[@donovantobs]

Just ''buy the dip'' man. In the long term it will payoff. High interest rates usually mean lower stock prices, however investors should be cautious of the bull run, its best you connect with a well-qualified adviser to meet your growth goals and avoid blunder.

[@THEUSMCMOTA]

Flying with Spirit while in the military is the ultimate cheat code

[@NicksDynasty]

I wish them luck. Folks need super cheap flying options

[@GnomaPhobic]

And that judge's reasoning was self-defeating. The merger was the only way for Spirit to continue to exist, and by blocking the merger Spirit won't be able to serve lower-income passengers in the future if they go bankrupt.

[@houchi69]

​@GnomaPhobic Frontier, JetBlue are still cheap. Southwest is still cheap as well.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Folks need to stay home to help reducing emissions.

[@NicksDynasty]

@@TinLeadHammer we need high speed trains

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

Southwest is cheap if you book in advance, 2 free check baggage

[@jeenyus720]

Ryan air does just fine with $12 international flights across Europe. Why is it such a problem in America?

[@jeremypearson6852]

Having worked for four now defunct airlines in the 70’s and 80’s, I have experienced the good and bad in the industry. People’s Express tried the low cost thing in the 80’s and it didn’t work. The DOJ should have let the Spirit deal go through, now they’ll probably go under.

[@newagain9964]

Also. It’s hard to get the economics of low fares, especially flight, right. Spirit problem was non transparent fees and bad service.

[@stevenschwartz7760]

No mention was made about what is actually wrong with the airline. This is because nothing is. The share price plummeted after the court blocked the JetBlue deal because the market had to re-orient itself to adapt to the fact that the JetBlue deal wasn't happening. Spirit will be fine, I'm more concerned about JetBlue.

[@Sidicas]

That would be a shame. The big front seats on a spirit flight are always a great deal.

[@mawelsh]

Upgraded my wife to their Barcalounger LAX-CMH for $20 couple years ago, such a deal

[@statmonster]

I think DOJ has been woefully absent at antitrust enforcement (and would like to see a lot more of it in tech and other oligopolies), but I fail to see how driving Spirit into bankruptcy will help competition or consumers.

[@aidanderson53X]

I dont get how the government can basically force a company to go bankrupt cuz they dont want to lose access to below market prices. At that point just implement a price celing.

[@inspiraPaz]

Price ceilings/price controls are just a faster way to bankrupt an industry.

[@elli6220]

Spirit doesn't sell tickets at below market price, lol.

[@aidanderson53X]

@@elli6220 base ticket costs for spirit are below market price. Average total flight cost for the end user probably isn't though.

[@aidanderson53X]

@@inspiraPaz you say that but rent is still obscenely high for no reason cuz of slumlords.

[@inspiraPaz]

@@aidanderson53X - The main reason rents are super high is because when 45 had the eviction moratorium, landlords were still required to pay their lenders for the property even though their renters weren't paying the landlords. So now, if they didn't sell their properties to Blackrock or the banks to get out of that debt they are charging current tenets to make up what some people got for free but they had to pay for.

[@maxgold5750]

Living out of the Fort Lauderdale area, Spirit is the best! They do a lot for the community and they are cheap/easy to fly. In fact, I have had more problems on the other major airlines out of the FLL airport than spirit

[@NoName-g6p4t]

Sprint Cellular had similar issues. Spirit Airlines had similar issues. Both Black and Yellow colors.

[@Fuff63]

I personally won’t fly any longer than maybe a 1-hour short trip on these bargain airlines. It’s not cuz of peanuts and sodas…it’s simply that it’s too painful to sit in their tiny seats. Also I have experienced too many delays. Cheers.

[@lewisshock615]

Honestly I had found air travel to have become actively unpleasant before COVID; now post-COVID when most airlines that canceled hundreds of flights from their regular schedule and have not replaced those flights, it has gotten worse. Delays, canceled flights, getting stranded in a connection city, etc. etc. has become the norm and I've experienced it on so-called "higher end" airlines like United and American as well as lower-cost like Southwest. I travel mainly for business so my company is usually paying for the flight but even without having to pay the cost of the ticket, air travel has become a misery. All the airlines keep shrinking the number of cubic inches of space for each seat to the point where now I find myself feeling cramped and I am a pretty small guy 5'6" with short legs. I truly pity folks with long legs as I don't know how they don't have blood clots by the time they land. All that to say that, since flying has become so unpleasant I am not going to do anything to make it even more unpleasant such as pick the absolute lowest cost airline when doing so is going to likely exacerbate all of the issues listed here.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I flew Turkish airlines from LAX to Cairo with layover in Istanbul on September 1st 2021, the trip was just like pre pandemic service. My flight from TJ to Mexico City was surprisingly pleasant. Free snacks, drinks, no Carry on bag fee, free movie and free one time used ear plugs. Si, free movie 😁 maybe September tickets are cheaper

[@datekaname2246]

Spirit and low budget airlines are only for when you need to get somewhere fast within 2 or so hours for the cheap. If you're gonna bring a luggage, then book another airline.

[@justplanes295]

You don’t fly southwest very much. All planes I have been on have had plenty of ample legroom. The legroom has actually increased on Southwest. Spirit on the other hand, it feels like the seat is getting tinier and tinier every flight. Also not a fan of American.

[@SAAN27]

I flew to Ft Myers for $41 RT on Spirit while it was over $300 RT ound trip on Delta and Southwest. Cant beat a Spirit batefare!!! The issue is folks want Spirit prices with Delta benefits and this is where the complaints arise.

[@justplanes295]

Actually, yes, you can beat that. Southwest from Dallas to Houston was only $49, exactly when I need them to be for my medical appointments. Spirit was 174.

[@gildisc9759]

I often fly Spirit and highly recommend them for the frequent NYC- Fort Lauderdale/ Miami routes. I've very very rarely had any problems and I'm certain those who take the La Guardia/ Newark to Fort Lauderdale/ Miami routes would agree. Now that's the tri state to Florida flights but i don't know about the rest of the country with Spirit..

[@CaraMarie13]

I flew spirit once. I had a flat a** after i got up (lol) from the plastic seats but they got me there and they did it on time so it was all good with me. I do prefer to fly delta but if spirit offered me a better deal, I'll fly with them again.

[@tilkanash]

Agree with your comment on the plastic seats. Its a killer especically on the longer cross country flights.

[@blackspiderman1887]

My experience with spitit has been pleasant so far. Just have to make sure your carry own has everything you need. It also helped me realize i dont really need to pack many things i thought was important. Theu try to make up low prices by making youbpay for checked luggage. Im not falling for that

[@henryc1000]

Tickets always seem cheaper on Spirit and Frontier. But after adding up all of the peripheral costs I’d rather just pay for a higher priced ticket with the competition and have a better all around experience. I avoid flying on Spirit at all costs!

[@nathanjw940]

You can avoid them I regularly book $20 ✈️ that's a dinner out these days

[@FJBandFkMAGA]

Spirit, frontier and other ULCC, I would only fly them as a last resort and if I only have backpack. I find that saving 50-100 bucks is not worth it since every time I fly with ULCC, I am delayed for several hours.

[@shawnreed7876]

I fly ULCC twice a month. Did four flights on spirit last week. Am almost never delayed. Spirit actually is one of the most punctual airlines

[@kikoman780311]

I’ve been on hold with Spirit customer service since June of last year. Any chance they forgot about me?

[@patrisio3]

Each person has different experiences. I have flown Spirit 7 times across the country (Vegas several times, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit), and they work pretty well for me. Now the caveat is that I only fly them for 2-3 weekend trips and only need a backpack of clothes that I put under the seat at no charge. And I always have snacks with me already...not just on Spirit but any airline. So I have never paid for anything but the airfare. And of the 20 flight legs, only one was more than 35 minutes late. I guess I have been lucky.

[@shogrenstudios]

Spirit airline's low quality seat designs are preferred for tall people like me, their non bulky design allows for more legroom

[@blackspiderman1887]

Spirit need to just forget about their shares and focus on juat making profits as a company. The low cost of tickets will still work because american airlines is outrageous with their prices

[@goesinevent]

Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant, god bless them (you need it).

[@Charlemagne2602]

I flew Spirit once, roundtrip Oakland to NYC. Never again. Delays on top of delays on top of delays lasting hours to the next day... If you need to get to your destination on time, avoid Spirit like the plague. I do like the airline's sense of humor though, I give em that.

[@Prodigious1One]

I hope that Spirit survives. I would switch to Frontier if Spirit went out of business.

[@jeffbergstrom]

I have flown on Spirit. I know they are low fare, charge for everything. But their extra charges are so outrageously priced that I made it a point to not give them one cent more than the price for that lousy seat (and it really was an awful seat but, to be fair, that's their gig and I knew it). I get there is a premium to be paid for this or that but it's too much on Spirit.

[@Chris-qg2un]

Bought a RT from Tampa to Miami a couple weeks back for $67. You know what you get for under $100 and come with low expectations. I'm fine with a trimmed down amenities on short flights and prefer spirit for that.

[@somone1437]

some people just need to go from point a to point b. You dont see someone taking the subway saying"but... this train didnt give us enough seats!!!"

[@Guitarmon8]

I flew spirit once and swore to never fly it again, even for free. The flight attendants were so unnecessarily rude.

[@ld4974]

I have never flown Spirit but I avoided it because of all the customer complaints.

[@CJ-fh5xq]

Did a round trip from Ric or Orl for $55. I don't care about meals and I only bring a backback. Always a good experience.

[@bombaybeach208]

They quote you one price, then charge you for everything else. Checked bag AND carry on. My $58 round trip to and from Vegas ended up being $250. And no, I can't travel with just a backpack. It's sort of deceptive how they advertise the price.

[@heyyourebeautiful3867]

As much as I don't like Spirit, I fo understand that it's necessary in the industry. I wouldn't want to see it go.

[@ChintanCG]

Hope they survive so it maintains pressure on the other airlines

[@joeyd8294]

SAVE stock is tempting to buy. Its so cheap

[@blackspiderman1887]

Seriously. They can just come in and block a purchase? Something fishy is going on

[@lawrencey0y]

It wouldn't be a win for consumers and the planes goes to the big 4 in liquidation. At least JetBlue has better amenities than what Spirit currently offers.

[@nathanjw940]

And way higher prices

[@comments.cuestionsandconcerns]

I looooove flying spirit. I have never had any issues on the dozens of flights I have taken with them. godspeed spirit airlines.

[@MohamedAhmed-i1t1n]

Companies shouldnt put themselves on the stock market They have no reason to besides the money "lost" is just potential money they could have had but didn't so they don't "lose"out anything

[@quietus13]

Huh? I don't think you understand how it works.

[@jumbomuffin1316]

Debt is better than equity for growth… its finance 101

[@ralphlauren879]

“Engine Troubles” shows brake fire smh

[@jasonporter2967]

if you've ever flown spirit, you know why they're failing

[@prasadrao2895]

The US based airlines are so badly run and so many hurdles for passengers that soon most customers will stop flying US based airlines.

[@KeyBorg1]

I've been saying this for years. There is no sustainable market for this type of so-called discount airline, because when you throw in what they charge to do things like put a bag in the overhead bin, arrive at a major airport, or breathe air in the plane, it's not a bargain at all. This was always destined to fail. Southwest is the only airline who has the low-cost market figured out.

[@chaunceyliu9291]

It is really cheap and a wonderful choice if you don't have any unexpected problems with your trip to take Spirite Airlines. (Last time I changed my shcedule, and Spirite charged me $140 fees for a ticket that coast $200.)

[@thebillygarcia]

Those prices not worth the headache that inevitably comes with them.

[@quietus13]

The best chance for the ULCC model is for frontier to come back and offer another buyout. Otherwise i think both will be circling the drain and once they are gone prices will rise on many of their most popular routes. That being said, i will never fly on either, I'll happily pay a little more for the added reliability and more comfortable experience of mainline carriers.

[@25jacobross]

Have you flown the mainlines recently? When their doors aren’t popping off their seats are just as slim and tightly packed. Delta charges you $100 to pick a seat with basic economy. I got extra leg room on Frontier for … $15.

[@quietus13]

@@25jacobross yes I fly mainline all the time and I vastly prefer it because, as I said, I think it's more comfortable and I know it's much more reliable. I also find the other passengers to be more friendly but I've only been on one ULCC flight so maybe it was just a bad experience. If you prefer saving a few bucks for ULCC then good for you, it's a free country and we can all make free choices, enjoy your preference 👍

[@screes620]

For the last half dozen or so flights i've taken across the country, i intentionally spent at least $100-$200 more for a flight on any other companies planes. Mostly because the seats on Spirit airlines feels like sitting on a rock. It is by far the most uncomfortable experience in a plane i've ever had. I'll pay a couple hundred more to be comfortable on a plane.

[@mikegardens]

So the judge blocked the merger because people need low price airlines, thus ensuring that Spirit will go bankrupt and out of business...

[@dwilliams854]

$4 per water now. 😊 Also, basic economy tickets on the majors still don't compare to Spirit prices.

[@seebaasn]

Not sure why Americans don't like Spirit. Is like Ryanair or Wizzair in Europe - super cheap tickets to many destinations as long as you travel with a small cabin bag. If you want your peanuts pay $100 more and fly with Delta or KLM

[@chrisprimavera7607]

It's not the airline - it's your fellow passengers.

[@machupikachu1085]

@@chrisprimavera7607 so much this.

[@freesoul8312]

Spirit’s services and integrity is so much worse than Ryanair and other budget airlines in Europe. Spirit has frequent delays and cancellations and terrible customer service. I never had a problem with Ryanair but Spirit cancels or delay my flights by a day or two the few times I booked them.

[@ian3580]

I think the 'small cabin bag' is the issue. We travel with larger bags. Why? Leaving the northeast in January the temp is 20*F, and you're flying to Florida. So you're wearing a coat and boots or shoes, then your bag not only has your warm weather clothes but also at least 1 pair of shoes which take up a lot of space. Or the reverse and your traveling to a colder place, and winter clothes take up A LOT of room.

[@jandivine1009]

I flew Spirit once, and only once. It was $65.00 for a carry-on. By the time I paid for all of the "extras", like luggage, it was no cheaper than any other airline. I wanted to take a shower when I got off the plane.

[@essel23fly]

Who can buy spirit? Unless they raise ticket prices or shrink, there's not much they can do to survive.

[@hatersbhating]

No your connecting flights cant have a 18+ lay over. Defeats the purpose of such cheap tix if i gotta shell out money for a hotel

[@chgsf03]

So when is spirit going to start focusing on customer service?! I heard it's a new "push" just curious when that's gonna start lol

[@CHMichael]

Competition is great . Shouldn't have switched leadership.

[@Aarzak]

I've only used Spirit once in my life and that was enough. Never again.

[@vectorfox4782]

Investors need to fire the board, the CEO, CFO, and COO.

[@akmalhafiz8763]

I guess those stock that crashed goes to the Spirit World.

[@bret9741]

It is a horrible airline. So is Frontier. I’ll pay extra for Delta any day! I’ll fly Southwest if Delta isn’t available

[@essel23fly]

delta seats are terrible though

[@Blank00]

5:14 these issues are the fault of PW. I’ve said the same thing when Boeing 777s were grounded, and I’ll say it again.

[@hmm5131]

What went wrong with Spirit Airlines? Well, for one, its Spirit Airlines... there is no two.

[@stimulus3177]

How about we look at grocery store monopolies?

[@StealthFB22]

I don’t think the courts had a right to block the purchase of Spirit by JetBlue. I think that smells fishy and should be looked into by a higher commission.

[@Rod.Machado]

Thats the thing about stock market...its heavily controlled by market sentiment.

[@RedPilledDan]

If Spirits goes out of business I can’t afford to travel anywhere lol

[@TriRabbi]

Anti-trust law is as mushy as mashed potatoes. The judge's blocking of the JetBlue/Spirit merger was arbitrary and capricious.

[@alekxu]

Sale lease back is not exactly deleveraging…

[@stphinkle]

Spirit Airlines sucks. I hear their seats are tight and when you add up their bag fees and all their other fees, you almost pay the same that you would pay on Southwest.

[@GheyR]

What about safety??..I don't trust this airline, and Im not feel safe flying with

[@jnfe]

Basically, Spirit & Frontier is like the movie "Soul Plane."

[@ATL0893]

6:09 wow, going into 1.1 billion dollars in debt does suck.. but on the bright side.. I guess there is no bright side to see here..

[@Perich29]

Their stock should be going up since Spirit is one of the smartest airlines out there since they only operate Airbus planes not Boeing, every one should steer away from Southwest, Alaska, and United airlines to avoid the Boeings aircraft especially the 737 max.

[@patmat.]

05:50 (16-6)/16 = 62%, not 47%

[@_helmi]

I feel like Spirit Airlines is the reincarnation of AirAsia based in Kuala Lumpur, an all Airbus ultra low cost airline. Highly regarded airline, with hubs all over SE Asia, electronic ticketing and boarding passes, they even do facial recognition as boarding passes.

[@quakesource2902]

Facial recognition? Who likes that idea, must be a commies.

[@machupikachu1085]

That wouldn't be Spirit then. Worst customer satisfaction of the US airlines. They are literally a meme.

[@Vmgs94]

I fly w them from ATL to LAX and had absolutely no problems there and back. 🤷‍♂️

[@puregsr]

Basically, nobody ever flies Spirit again like me, just like budget car rentals. I don't get fooled twice.

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Pure-gsr, *Spirit Airlines is the Walmart of the heavens.*

[@JAW242]

On the flip side, it should get safer

[@danedefense2046]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the DOJ bought puts or shorted the stock prior to the judgement 😂

[@louisstennes3]

I often wonder who runs the country? Elected officials, business people, etc. or JUDGES?

[@Ilham-wi1bk]

In my country, airlines give nothing more than just free 5 to 20kg luggage.

[@mellem4653]

Spirit seems to have been doing well during and just after the Great Recession when people were really trying to save and cut costs. Folks are a bit better off now and don't mind spending a little more for reliable service.

[@hotmess9640]

What? People are worse off financially now than ever

[@kelvinl.3816]

The Judge's block made no sense. This is too political driven instead of focusing of actual consumer benefits. We want more competition against the big four not two smaller airlines going to a slow death.

[@LebronCCP]

Flying spirit airlines reminds me of shopping at Walmart

[@Tony-m4b]

Who would have thought the Greyhound of Airlines wouldn't work.

[@Fuck_Snowflakes]

Cheaper flights, zero comforts, nickel and diming customers , what could go wrong?

[@jerryostrowski9806]

It’s just plain nasty to fly Spirit or Frontier

[@jonnytang9949]

The seats on spirit suck, you sit on it and develop back pain.. nickel and dime on anything… water, air, carry-on. Etc… 😂😂😂

[@lovinglifelikemaryjane4240]

Spirit is Goated for quick flights and 2-3 day trips

[@laalchimista23]

I don't understand how it doesn't work here but works in Europe where there are so many low cost airlines

[@shawn2108]

USA biiiig Europe small

[@laalchimista23]

@@shawn2108 that's not totally it though because costs vary wildly with similar distances. It's the monopolie.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@shawn2108 Dear Shawn 2108: You need an *ATLAS.*

[@sookie_the_fairy]

Greed.. is what went wrong..

[@biorum]

Spirit and Frontier is the way to merge.

[@eddyvideostar]

*Spirit Airlines is the Walmart of the heavens.*