Tim's favorite airline is at it again.

"Tim" said:
According to their website, Spirit Airlines will begin charging you to PRINT YOUR BOARDING PASSES!

Charge for Airport Agents printing Boarding Passes (Fee starts 24 January 2012) ; ; $5.00 per boarding pass printed
Charge for printing Boarding Passes at Kiosk (Fee starts 30 June 2012) ; ; $2.00 per boarding pass printed
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Nickel and Dime!!! ; It is just stupid! ; This (and other reasons) is why I prefer to drive from NJ rather than fly whenever possible. ;
 
I wonder if the next move is going to be to charge you to see their rates for a flight - even if you don't buy tickets. ; If you want to know how much Spirit charges to fly to Orlando from Newark, enter your credit card number here and you will be charged $5 to find out if our rates are competitive.
 
Ahhh, Spirit, how we love thee...

They have doubled their passenger usage fee ("fee for booking online") to 16.99 per person, each way -- EVEN THOUGH THEY TELL YOU TO BOOK EVERYTHING ONLINE TO SAVE MONEY
They have added an "Unintended Consequenses of DOT Regulation Fee" of $2.00 per person, each way ; (to counteract the new federal regulation that allows you to cancel without penalty in 24 hours)
They are going to charge for any method of printing boarding passes except for do-it-yourself.
They have or will be raising the checked bag prices.
They cut the weight limit on baggage to 40 pounds instead of the industry-standard 50 pounds.
They will be raising the "carry-on bag fee" to up to $100 (per person, each way)

I recently got 4 seats on USAirways from Philly to Los Angeles for $399 per person, round-trip, non-stop both ways (final cost of $1,720 including fees and baggage).

The comparable flights on Spirit would have cost $2,508.72 for a difference of $728. ;

"Ultra-Low Cost"? ; Kiss my....shoe. ; And did I mention that both Spirit flights would have had layovers?
 
"Tim" said:
I recently got 4 seats on USAirways from Philly to Los Angeles
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I really hope that US American Airways Airlines follows USAir rather than AA when it happens. ; I didn't mind USAir. ; AA has made me want to drive hundreds of miles rather than fly*.
 
Next thing they're going to be introducing pre-paid dining plans for flights, with 11-month advance reservation requirements! ; ;)
 
"Roger" said:
AA has made me want to drive hundreds of miles rather than fly*.
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I will drive to Orlando if I can over flying any day. ; I can save more that way. ; We even drove from NJ 3 times in 2009. ; Of course, those long weekend trips during the school year make flying a must.
 
We would always try and fly JetBlue because the first bag flies free. ; I will NEVER fly Spirit again, I can promise you that. ; The problem is, other folks just suck it up and pay these ridiculous fees.
 
"PolynesianMedic" said:
We would always try and fly JetBlue
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I try JetBlue first wherever I need to fly. ; It's nice being at a JetBlue 'hub' even though they only offer one flight a day (in both directions) to MCO.
 
Well we are driving to WDW this go around. The last time I drove there was our first ever trip for our Honeymoon in 1987. We have flown every time since but this time we just chose to drive. We are going to turn a 9 day stay @ WDW into ab 11 day trip.
 
Although flying US Air from Philly to Los Angeles last week was much more comfortable (and non-stop!), I did some checking on You-Know-Who Airlines and found the following for our trip 7/27-8/9...

Website Price - $550 TOTAL (not each) for 4 round trip tix from Atlantic City to Orlando
Airport Counter Price - $398. ; SCORE!

Most of the savings was the $16.99 per ticket, each way, Passenger Usage Fee that they charge for booking online. ; They do no charge this fee if you book in person. ; Being that I live 10 minutes from ACY, I took a little drive over there and parked in the short term lot (1st hour fee). ; And the kicker, the woman at the counter was actually pleasant to speak with.

Pride is swallowed for the time being.
 
"Tim" said:
Although flying US Air from Philly to Los Angeles last week was much more comfortable (and non-stop!), I did some checking on You-Know-Who Airlines and found the following for our trip 7/27-8/9...

Website Price - $550 TOTAL (not each) for 4 round trip tix from Atlantic City to Orlando
Airport Counter Price - $398. ; SCORE!

Most of the savings was the $16.99 per ticket, each way, Passenger Usage Fee that they charge for booking online. ; They do no charge this fee if you book in person. ; Being that I live 10 minutes from ACY, I took a little drive over there and parked in the short term lot (1st hour fee). ; And the kicker, the woman at the counter was actually pleasant to speak with.

Pride is swallowed for the time being.
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Wow! ; $400 for four round trip? ; I know that I always drive when I can to save that money but I know that we spend more than that for all our travel expenses when driving.
 
interestingly enough i feel many folk calculate wrong when they compare air to driving, i use the irs rate as the minimum per mile, and since that is a year or two behind, that's estimating too cheap, then figure in tolls, easily found on the web, plus at hotel nights and the extra meals. and that's miles not put on the car, many do not take wear and tear into consideration, they just figure straight up gas costs for comparison and forget the extras, plus i consider my time valuable, any time i can reach somewhere in 2 hours in a plane vs 4 days driving, show me where the airport is.
 
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