"The Spirit effect": Legit or What?
07-23-2013 | 04:04 PM
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More power to SPIRIT. I wish them the best. To address your point, though, there IS a difference, at least in terms of seat comfort. Spirit has the hardest, most uncomfortable seat I've ever sat in on any full size jet, and (unbelievably) even in most RJ's. The leg room is pretty awful too, and I'm only 5'10" tall. With that said, Spirit DOES provide ultra low fare service, and provides it with friendlier service than that provided by the Legacies and their RJ feeders.
The SWA flight I flew back on a commute had old, hard-vinyl type seats and lackluster service. It's the only time I've been disappointed in flying with SWA.
07-23-2013 | 04:34 PM
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That's weird, the Spirit flight I flew down and back from my interview had comfortable seats, adjustable headrests and plenty of leg room.
The SWA flight I flew back on a commute had old, hard-vinyl type seats and lackluster service. It's the only time I've been disappointed in flying with SWA.
The SWA flight I flew back on a commute had old, hard-vinyl type seats and lackluster service. It's the only time I've been disappointed in flying with SWA.
Big front seat?
Or are you really short?
07-23-2013 | 04:40 PM
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If anything the growth is directly related to a weak AMERICA! And our permanent under class/ disappearance of the strong middle class.
07-23-2013 | 04:50 PM
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More power to SPIRIT. I wish them the best. To address your point, though, there IS a difference, at least in terms of seat comfort. Spirit has the hardest, most uncomfortable seat I've ever sat in on any full size jet, and (unbelievably) even in most RJ's. The leg room is pretty awful too, and I'm only 5'10" tall. With that said, Spirit DOES provide ultra low fare service, and provides it with friendlier service than that provided by the Legacies and their RJ feeders.
07-23-2013 | 05:39 PM
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The post with the numbers for DFW-ORD was surprising. I wouldn't have thought that was the way it would break down. I hope I am wrong and there's enough room for both Spirit and AA.
07-23-2013 | 06:00 PM
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The seats feel fine for relatively short flights, but man...the 4 1/2 hours spent in those seats on that run highlight the lack of padding on the bottom.
07-23-2013 | 06:07 PM
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Naw, I was in an aisle seat. Since Spirit doesn't fly to my home airport, I've only flown Spirit twice. I understand there's two different types of seats as the a/c I flew had reclining seats and nice headrests.
It was still pretty cramped, but you don't know cramped if you haven't ridden on a Panamanian Chicken Bus!
It was still pretty cramped, but you don't know cramped if you haven't ridden on a Panamanian Chicken Bus!
07-23-2013 | 06:20 PM
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Agreed, I'm not sure Blue can make money on the routes by matching fares, but it will be interesting.
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