Originally Posted by
Avroman
You should take a poll of people getting off Spirit Airbus flights and then take a poll of those getting on the following outbound. I'd be there's more repeat business there than you'd expect. And it's because they are a bunch of cheap azzez that look on Orbitz and find Spirit's base ticket $10 cheaper than a Delta Economy Plus... never mind that by the time they've been nickeled and dimed to the destination, they've paid more and had about 5 less inches legroom.
Apples and Oranges. Delta passengers and Spirit passengers are on two opposite ends of the spectrum. Delta caters to the business traveler. Spirit caters to those who are more likely to buy a Greyhound bus ticket but splurged and got a Spirit seat.
So yes, you are correct. A typical Spirit customer would almost always go back and buy another ticket on Spirit because money is everything. If you threw in a Delta medallion member on a Spirit flight they probably rather poke their eyeballs out rather than get on another Spirit flight ever again.