Nobody in the media likes Spirit. It's the airline everyone loves to hate. The USA today article for example distorts the truth to make it more interesting/ scandalous/ cruel... Mean ol' Spirit. The $100 dollar fee is only for those that will try to cheat by sneaking their bag on at the gate. And $200, as the article says, who in the heck would try that twice? Nice going USA Today.
SAVE is still doing well though.