Nov 25 class
 

Hey just curious if anyone else is in the 11/25 class. With our class covering all the holidays I’m curious how the schedule will work out. I was going to email crew training tomorrow to see if they had more details than the generic training schedule in the new hire packet. Also, I can’t remember what hotel we are using. I know I read it somewhere but can’t find it now. Anyone currently in another class hear about training schedules around the holidays?

If anyone else is in this class feel free to PM. Thanks all.

I go on the 18th. I got my training footprint on Friday and it has us off Nov 27-29, but having class on Saturday the 30th.

December shows me taking the oral on the 22nd, with some guys taking it the 23rd, and starting back on the 27th. From what I understand, the schedule is always subject to change.

Hotel is the Sheraton Suites.

Thanks for the intel! Good to know we will have a few days off around the holidays.

I’m trying to figure this out too. Report back if you hear anything. JSing a few days before Thanksgiving will be interesting.

Hopefully you’ll be processed into cass by then....

Typically don’t get badge until the middle of the second week of ground school

Since when? I was hired this summer and we had our badges first day. Most people were in CASS by the end of the first week.

We got our badges first day as well. Took up to three weeks for CASS approval.

My mistake, I meant CASS/KCM

I'm sure with it being Thanksgiving things will be a little different since everyone is trying to go home but when I went through, if you ran into one of the chiefs or HR people and they knew you needed to head home soon, they'd push you through CASS a little quicker

I doubt that. Some of us didn’t have CASS approval by our go home week. They’ll positive space you home if you live in a city Spirit serves. If you don’t, you’re SOL.

I’m sorry, but you have the see the juxtaposition of your chosen handle and your comment as particularly funny

Haha. I thought the same thing.

Also “never assume” that traveling home from training during the busiest travel time of the year is the best idea.

right, it takes a couple weeks and they just randomly clear people in your class through CASS over that time, theres no rhyme or reason to who or when gets approval first, however, if you see/reach out to one of the chiefs or HR, they'll put your stuff through more urgently. A couple people in my class did that and within a couple hours they got an email saying they were entered into CASS

We were calling/emailing several people every day. No dice. I got CASS approval in the middle of the go-home week.

Welcome to Spirit! Unfortunately this is the norm when you have special issues outside of day to day line flying.

Yeah... NO ONE in the office answers their phones... ever.

If you need something, your best bet is to send an email. They respond to emails faster than returning calls in response to voicemails. And over a holiday... Shirley you can't be serious.

They definitely will not be providing positive space travel over the holidays. I just received the email saying so.

I rarely have a problem when calling the yellow benefits line, which hooks you up to all the numbers you could possibly need and when that doesn't work, try your base chief.

Anyone know what hotel we will be in? I know a recent email said the Sheraton but I heard from a friend who just finished training that they are switching hotels.

I'm in an Oct class. Badge first day of training. KCM was during week 2. I got cass during my week at home for CBTs. There are a few in my class who don't have it. It's not under Spirit's control. If you have previous employment at numerous airlines, especially in other countries, they may take awhile to get back to Spirit. There is a minimum amount of time that needs to pass if they don't get a reply before they can continue in the CASS approval process. Almost every prior 121 guy has gotten CASS. New hires are staying at a few hotels. most are going to the Sheraton. Some are at the Homewood Suites by the training center. Some are also at the Hilton Garden Inn. I think there may be another hotel too that I'm not remembering. My class has the day before, day of, and day after off for all holidays. No positive space travel home for holidays. For the break for at-home CBTs, they will positive space you. They went as far as buying tickets on other airlines for those that weren't in a spirit-served city. Idk how common that is though. YMMV.

Good info. Thank you for that. I ended up buying a round trip for the holidays just in case. Worst case, I start driving!

Worst case is you miss your flight back to class and they remove you from class

That’s the worst case.

Don’t sweat it. I went home every weekend. Also home was half way across the country.

I probably wont go home every weekend but there are blocks of 4 days off in some places. Can we buy a reduced fare on Spirit flights once we have a badge? Or do we have to be in CASS/KCM and all that?

There is no such animal as a reduced fare at Spirit. If you decide to purchase a revenue ticket on spirit on the teamtravel spirit website, it’s the same rate that normal people can purchase at Spirit.com. The only discount you have is that you get one checked bag and one carry on bag included with the purchase of your ticket.

Talk to a gate agent a see if they can pull up the fares. Usually if you buy a ticket at the counter it’s cheaper than online.

It’s a trade off.

You save on a specific tax but you’re no longer eligible for the free bag.
So it’s a pick your own adventure...save on the tax or get the bags free

If I buy a ticket, I make sure my bag is on the ticket. I don’t want to put an agent in a position of me trying to bring a bag on, that isn’t paid for, on a revenue ticket. Not fair to them. So I always buy the ticket online and get the bags free; family too.

That helps tremendously, I appreciate the info!

We use to have "Pennies" Fares, on some routes and certain days. I don't know if we still have those. You basically pay for the taxes. It doesn't hurt to have the agent check the prices. As far as bags, at my home airport, Somehow i get bags added when the tickets is purchase without ever asking. ;) All of this info was given to me by an agent, and that's why i've always buy my tickets at the counter.

I bought a penny fare to CUN at the end of October, we still have them!


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Neat, are they advertised or is it just luck of the draw?

Not advertised, you have to look for them.
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I actually found it on spirit.com, you go through the check out process and you can see the fare details. We were going to spend over $70 in taxes if we just listed as non-rev, so I figured we might as well be confirmed. I bought the ticket in FLL and avoided online fees.

You can also ask the gate agents to look up fares if they have time, and they can quickly tell you if there are any penny fares.