Originally Posted by
FlyerJosh
I'm guessing that Spirit, like many other carriers has some sort of inter-airline agreement to carry passengers that are displaced due to mechanical failure, overbooking, etc. Airline A (Spirit) cancels the flight and redirects reservations to Airline B (Air Tran). Airline A ends up losing the revenue (or at least part of it) and pays airline B to carry their passengers.
The nature of the agreement means that this wouldn't be struck work since Spirit has no financial gain during the process. Air Tran would be the whole beneficiary.
this is taken from spirits contract of carriage under section 7 regarding delayed and cancled flights
7.2. Rebooking
When a customer holding a confirmed reservation on a flight will be delayed because of a schedule
irregularity (including but not limited to, a missed connection, flight cancellation, omission of a
scheduled stop, substitution of equipment, a different class of service or schedule change), Spirit will
rebook the customer on Spirit's first available flight on which seats are available to the customer's
destination without additional charge.
Spirit will not reimburse customers for flights that they take on other carriers.
I dont think they are offering any sort of help to their passengers.