ZED agreements
 

I am curious which airlines Spirit has agreements with. I travel to Europe fairly regularly to visit family so I’m curious about which airlines I’d be able to use.

No Delta/American/United. We do have Lufthansa which will get you to Europe.

I’ve used Air France, Austrian, virgin atlantic, Alitalia, Swiss. And had no problems. Europe is pretty easy. Many people have used Lufthansa thru Frankfurt as well. I’ve jump seated twice on American, and didn’t have too many issues. Some agents for American struggle to figure out the listing but it’s certainly not bad

Are those airlines part of a ZED agreement? Do the benefits extend to family? Does spirit have an agreement with British airways?


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Thank you for the good info. How about KLM or SAS?

Frequent
 

We travel frequently via/to Europe.

LH (Lufthansa) - very good for families. They go beyond to seat family together. Last month we did Singapore to FRA on a 95% full flight, and all 4 of us sat in 4 center seats.
SAS - gate agent goes beyond, if talk to
KLM - easy and many destinations, but agents not that flexible
AF - great experince
AC (Air Canada) - one of best in my opinion. Select your seats 24h prior. We did Asia in March from DCA-YYZ-HND. Last year Beijing from YVR-PEK. Always able to select seats yourself.
EK (Emirates) - great airline, great movies. Seat families together. Could check-in 24h prior at kiosk. Looking at smiley faces more than 72h ahead of dep is no indication, since thats when even their own employees can check loads.
Finnair - will upgrade to Business.
AZ - (Alitalia) - good experience on flight from JNB-FMC
OS (Austrian) - Great experience
Iceland Air - things can get hectik in KEF on busy/delayed day (due to bad weather. But gate agents are workable.
VS (Virgin Atlantic) - best phone support for checking loads prior. Btw, BA was the worst phone experience (when we used to have them, not anymore)
LX (Swiss) = Swiss quality

We haven't flown on LOT, Iberia, AirItaly yet.

LATAM is great for South America.
SAA great for South Africa (have to email pass bureau 2 weeks in advance.
Kenya Airways great for Africa
Etihad good back-up out of UAE should EK plans not work out. Can rent Hertz in Dubai to get to AbuDhabi without getting charged one-way fee.
There are at least 40 more (some obscure) airlines on our ZED.

Remember: beyond US border they call it Staff Travel, not Non-Rev.

Planing to do Quantas in Feb 2020. Anyone with non-rev experience?

Travel while you can. Life is shorter than you think.

I’ve heard you get some kind of discount on buying tickets on Spirit? Do these tickets include luggage?

Yes. One carry on and one checked bag. I’ve never tried an oversized to see what they might do.

I’m glad someone is taking advantage. How tall are you? I told my wife when I started at Spirit that we were mostly done flying over oceans bc I just cannot sit in coach for those kinds of distances. I’m not an animal.

6'

Traveling on long flights is all perception. Depending on your objective, it becomes an opportunity rather than a hurdle. Nothing wrong with staying home and watching TV (maybe watch the Travel Channel while you are at it . . . ).

Its a choice.