By now we shouldn't be shocked by any of the marketing Spirit Airlines puts out.
But the latest hype from the LCC isn't crude; it's just terribly hard to belive. Spirit says if you sign up for its new credit card, you'll get a free flight.
There probably will be, like, eight people who snag the free tickets. Us? We'd rather not read through pages of conditions to save $17.
Spirit Airlines may be trying to whittle away its customer service department by removing important email address of Spirit execs and closing down their call center. But they can't get by Chris Elliott who received tips from Spirit insiders of the names, phone numbers and emails of Spirit execs who can help you.
Now that these execs have been "outed," we're not so sure how long those extensions and addresses will stay valid. All of these "hiding from the customer" shenanigans by Spirit can't mean anything good. As Elliott points out, the same thing happened at Skybus right before it shut down.
Then again maybe Ben Baldanza is taking his "Reply All" lesson to the extreme.
Tacky advertiser and low cost carrier Spirit Airlines may be laying off about half its in-flight staff. The airline notified union leaders this weekend, saying cuts are planned for August 1, though a final decision hasn't yet been made. Any accompanying route cuts haven't been announced either, but you've got to expect them.
Seems you either have to be a Maxim devotee or an Urban Dictionary savant to keep up with Spirit Airlines' ad campaigns. The latest--which is running on Jaunted at the moment--features "Big Spirit Deals."
And just in case you didn't catch the double meaning of BSD, the "$19 each way" part of the ad actually swings back and forth. More tacky than Spirit's "MILF" sale? We didn't think it was possible!
Oh, Spirit, your tackiness knows no bounds. Why have just one MILF sale when you can bring it back for the second time in five months?
As usual, the advertised $1 fares are only on short hops--but they do exist. We found a flight between the Bahamas and Fort Lauderdale for a buck, though the taxes and fees add quite a bit more. Still, Spirit currently has the best deal on the route according to Kayak.
Other cities are up for grabs, too, as this is the, ahem, "Many Islands, Low Fares" sale. All fares must be booked by midnight tonight, so don't putz around.
An anonymous concerned Spirit Airlines customer (or is that ex-customer?) has written in to Jaunted to share his (her?) grievances after a recent booking gone horribly awry:
In pure frustration, I thought I would pass this info to you......I made a reservation for me and my family (a total of 7)......everything was fine, until I had to choose our seat assignment on the day I was told (90 days prior)....that went well.....Then I received an e mail from Spirit saying that the itinerary had changed, and to re-confirm the seat assignment, which I did.............then received another e mail a week later saying the itinerary had changed once again, and to re-confirm the seats.........THATS WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.....
The worldwide leader in scandalously-named fare sales, Spirit Airlines, just locked down an interesting new route. The LCC will now get to operate seven flights a week between Ft. Lauderdale and Bogotá, Colombia, which is rapidly becoming 2008's It destination.
Spirit had to get Department of Transportation approval for the routes because they're regulated by a bilateral treaty. When the US and Colombia decided to up the number of flights between the two countries last year, a heap of airlines clamored to get in on the action. Delta, JetBlue and Continental will join Spirit in the newly-open skies.
American Airlines--which had a near monopoly on the route--still offers the most frequencies of any carrier. But when the low cost players start flying in April, it's almost a sure-thing that fares will fall. The only thing in doubt is what kind of off-color marketing campaign Spirit will use to hype the new flights.
When United announced it would start charging $25 to check two bags instead of one, we didn't really see the big deal. Seriously, why are you checking two bags? Carry-on only, people, unless you're schlepping skis or a surfboard.
But we can't give Spirit a pass on its new announcement that fees for checked baggage are going up, simply because of the ridiculous way the airline's spinning it. Here's what the chief marketing officer had to say:
Instead of raising every fare across our entire network in response to ever increasing fuel prices ... [this] gives our passengers the opportunity to control their cost of travel by packing lighter. We are all about giving our passengers options.
Um... thanks? Given that this is Spirit, we're waiting for the "We Ain't Got No Baggage" fare sale, which should be announced directly.
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