Spirit Airlines has announced that on Nov. 1, it will begin charging $5 to have a boarding pass printed by a gate agent. Online check-in and airport kiosk check-in will be free until the middle of 2012 when even airport kiosk check-in will incur a dollar charge.
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This weekend we look at a new tax on tourists being levied by Venice. Perhaps, it may be justified (I never thought I would write anything like that). Volcano ash from Chile is wreaking havoc in Argentina and Uraguay. Finally, one of the most tasteless promotions from an airline.
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If you are a procrastinator, don’t fly Spirit. If you don’t want to pay for the permission of carrying your rollaboard on a Spirit flight, don’t book the flight. If you want a rock-bottom airfare, maybe Spirit is the airline for you. But, make sure to figure in all of the extra fees.
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What happens when you arrive at the airport but the airline staffing is so low that you end up missing your flight, or TSA’s security faces a meltdown with the same result of missing a flight? Christopher Elliott takes a look at a recent case that focuses on just that.
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Spirit airlines provided some clarifications about the offer turned down by ALPA for its pilots. According to the airline, pilots would have earned an additional 47% in compensation over five years and further bonuses and extras paying many pilots over $200,000 annually.
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Heathrow’s third runway rejected, man says Delta lost his dog, Spirit pilots may strike next month
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Spirit installs pre-reclined seats, Vegas strip casino winnings increase in March, BA flight attendants plan strikes for 20 days
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Here is the defense of Spirit Air’s new carry-on bag policy right from the CEO. He already did an interview with us and appeared on Chris Elliott’s radio show. How does this sit with you? According to the CEO this means faster boarder, more room in the cabin and lower prices. What’s there not to like about that?
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Earlier this week, Spirit Airlines announced it would begin charging for carry-on luggage. That drew criticism from the Secretary of Transportation, who I interviewed on Wednesday. I wanted to give Ben Baldanza, Spirit’s chief executive, an opportunity to respond — and to explain the rationale behind charging for carry-on bags. Here’s our interview.
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Yesterday had two headlines that I was certain were jokes — stories that someone perhaps picked up by mistake from The Onion, a satirical newspaper based in our nation’s capital. But I was wrong. Here are the headlines: “Spirit Air to charge for carry-ons,” “Women arrested for smuggling corpse” and “Today’s Running of the Peeps trades horns for marshmallow.”
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