Funny how the DOJ by trying to prevent Spirit from going out of business made it go out of business 😂

Nice job DOJ, just ignore huge monopolies like Amazon while slapping down mergers between two tiny airlines. I swear this is malicious and had nothing to do with protecting consumers.

I'm under pressure to grow my reserve that currently holds about $200k. I'm down by 20% already following the spirit stock crash and I fear I could lose more.

If Spirit Airlines goes out of business, then the reasoning used to block the merger with JetBlue is flawed. Assuming that the reasoning is that prices will rise after the merger, and there are no other super cheap airlines, then blocking a merger would insure the current price of Spirit’s tickets. By blocking the merger, however, the reasoning of the DOJ didn’t take into account that Spirit’s business plan is, in the long-term, unsustainable and it can only exist as an entity of a larger airline.

From boston to orlando is 18.00. I flew Seattle to San Diego for 15.00. I absolutely do not care if I don't get peanuts and only get to take a personal item.

"Why would one still choose Spirit?" - because they don't have Boeing 737 of any generation including the MAX in their fleet. This is why I choose them. I arrive early to the airport with nothing but a backpack, have a meal, buy a large bottle of water, and off I go.

Why do people think they must be constantly fed for a two-hour flight? Come on. Seven-hour flight, a different story

I used to fly to Atlanta a few times a year from New York, for the weekend. At the time, I discovered Spirit flew out of Atlantic City. I once got a round trip ticket for $78. I packed what I needed in a back pack, so I didn't have to pay for luggage. At the time, it did the trick.

I had purchased two tickets to Orlando for me and my wife right after our wedding. Not a honeymoon, but more a spur-of-the-moment, "let's go to Disney!" They tickets were somewhat cheaper (when adding price of carry-ons) and we weren't on a tight schedule. I figured it's ok if the plane is delayed a little, so long as we get there. 1 week before, they moved our flight from 12pm noon to 9pm at night so we missed an entire day of our vacation, they also changed our flight from direct to a 2hr layover. So instead of 12pm-3pm landing in orlando, now we were doing 9pm-3am. And for what? To save $80 across 2 tickets? I bought Delta tickets on the spot. Spirit lost a customer for life before I even got on the plane, and god knows what other BS they would pull. THIS is why Spirit is failing. Their ruthless cost cutting cuts (heh) into their ability to reliably travel at all. Their offers are extremely poor value for money and make the flying experience more stressful and way worse than it has to be.

Try Frontier, Spirit is actually nice. However, if you need a last minute flight, and don’t pay for anything, and just have a backpack, it is worth it.

“We are not going to get anywhere if you win, the merger isn’t approved, and Spirit goes belly-up,” the judge said to a Justice Department lawyer during closing arguments in December. Weeks later he blocked the merger, possibly bringing about the very situation he had described as getting us nowhere. Brilliant.

Flying with Spirit while in the military is the ultimate cheat code

5:14 PRATT & WHITNEY engine. AIRBUS doesn't make engines.

If Spirit goes bankrupt, then JetBlue can buy them outright. End of story.

I wish them luck. Folks need super cheap flying options

Each person has different experiences. I have flown Spirit 7 times across the country (Vegas several times, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit), and they work pretty well for me. Now the caveat is that I only fly them for 2-3 weekend trips and only need a backpack of clothes that I put under the seat at no charge. And I always have snacks with me already...not just on Spirit but any airline. So I have never paid for anything but the airfare. And of the 20 flight legs, only one was more than 35 minutes late. I guess I have been lucky.

Having worked for four now defunct airlines in the 70’s and 80’s, I have experienced the good and bad in the industry. People’s Express tried the low cost thing in the 80’s and it didn’t work. The DOJ should have let the Spirit deal go through, now they’ll probably go under.

I hope they use this as an opportunity to repair their customer service, their app, and their services

Sale and Lease back never works, the business model is sound. Like Wizz Air the engine issues will be a big headache when trying to grow when capacity is tight and fares are above average across the industry

Sprint Cellular had similar issues. Spirit Airlines had similar issues. Both Black and Yellow colors.

Living out of the Fort Lauderdale area, Spirit is the best! They do a lot for the community and they are cheap/easy to fly. In fact, I have had more problems on the other major airlines out of the FLL airport than spirit

No mention was made about what is actually wrong with the airline. This is because nothing is. The share price plummeted after the court blocked the JetBlue deal because the market had to re-orient itself to adapt to the fact that the JetBlue deal wasn't happening. Spirit will be fine, I'm more concerned about JetBlue.

That would be a shame. The big front seats on a spirit flight are always a great deal.

United is the crazy one. Hiring pilots for reasons, besides Qualifications. The biggest Qualifications are "What do they look like?"

I flew to Ft Myers for $41 RT on Spirit while it was over $300 RT ound trip on Delta and Southwest. Cant beat a Spirit batefare!!! The issue is folks want Spirit prices with Delta benefits and this is where the complaints arise.

I often fly Spirit and highly recommend them for the frequent NYC- Fort Lauderdale/ Miami routes. I've very very rarely had any problems and I'm certain those who take the La Guardia/ Newark to Fort Lauderdale/ Miami routes would agree. Now that's the tri state to Florida flights but i don't know about the rest of the country with Spirit..

The DOJ judge that blocked the merger with JetBlue didn't consider the poor financial status of Spirit to stay in business. This wasn't a secret, because it was a reason for the original merger proposal with Frontier Airlines. On the other hand, the JetBlue merger was a hostile takeover. Initially, Spirit's CEO and board members opposed the merger. The union for flight attendants also opposed the merger, fearing it'd cause job losses. But the story is not over. JetBlue is required to pay a $470 million breakup fee to Spirit, for the merger failure. The breakup fee was a clause in the merger agreement, which JetBlue is disputing. Spirit says it has enough funds to continue alone in 2024. But not sure about debt payments in 2025 and 2026.

I dont get how the government can basically force a company to go bankrupt cuz they dont want to lose access to below market prices. At that point just implement a price celing.

It was all those KZfaq shorts showing them take off in a hilarious way 😭

Never had a single Spirit flight depart the day it was intended to. In all occasions, I had to pay the premium to fly through a different carrier last minute. I’d never risk booking with Spirit again

I did sf to la back in the day for like $15

Honestly I had found air travel to have become actively unpleasant before COVID; now post-COVID when most airlines that canceled hundreds of flights from their regular schedule and have not replaced those flights, it has gotten worse. Delays, canceled flights, getting stranded in a connection city, etc. etc. has become the norm and I've experienced it on so-called "higher end" airlines like United and American as well as lower-cost like Southwest. I travel mainly for business so my company is usually paying for the flight but even without having to pay the cost of the ticket, air travel has become a misery. All the airlines keep shrinking the number of cubic inches of space for each seat to the point where now I find myself feeling cramped and I am a pretty small guy 5'6" with short legs. I truly pity folks with long legs as I don't know how they don't have blood clots by the time they land. All that to say that, since flying has become so unpleasant I am not going to do anything to make it even more unpleasant such as pick the absolute lowest cost airline when doing so is going to likely exacerbate all of the issues listed here.

Ryan air does just fine with $12 international flights across Europe. Why is it such a problem in America?

It's really great to see all you federal judges and lawyers share your insight on corporate law and how the DOJ works. It is truly dizzying genius...

SAVE Spirit

I personally won’t fly any longer than maybe a 1-hour short trip on these bargain airlines. It’s not cuz of peanuts and sodas…it’s simply that it’s too painful to sit in their tiny seats. Also I have experienced too many delays. Cheers.

I flew spirit once. I had a flat a** after i got up (lol) from the plastic seats but they got me there and they did it on time so it was all good with me. I do prefer to fly delta but if spirit offered me a better deal, I'll fly with them again.

Nobody is surprised that cutting corners everywhere isn’t popular. They have bad customer service, bad planes, flight delays, unskilled workers, lazy workers etc. the entire company didn’t care and it shows. This is coming from someone who actually likes spirit bc of the low fares, but I know not to ask for a sip of water

I bought a ticket from NY to Austin to be with my family last Christmas. I knew these tickets would be pricey so I bought months in advance. 1 week before the flight I get an email from Spirit saying that they've cancelled all direct flights to Austin and they put me on a flight with a 12 hour layover in Orlando, with the NY flight touching down at 1:30am. Of course at that point I could have asked for a refund but I had no other options- since it was only a week out the tickets for other airlines had skyrocketed. I hope Spirit realizes that there are limits to how badly they can treat customers. Avoid if you can.

Cheaper flights, zero comforts, nickel and diming customers , what could go wrong?

This deal was about access to coveted terminals expanding jet blues service area. Delta United and American probably had a few friends at the DOJ.

I hope that Spirit survives. I would switch to Frontier if Spirit went out of business.

Those prices not worth the headache that inevitably comes with them.

I had travelled in Allegiant from Dulles to Jacksonville FL and back during my trip to USA last year. I paid $ 324 for round trip which is definitely not cheap but I was decided two three days before and it was Christmas week.

My experience with spitit has been pleasant so far. Just have to make sure your carry own has everything you need. It also helped me realize i dont really need to pack many things i thought was important. Theu try to make up low prices by making youbpay for checked luggage. Im not falling for that

JetBlue did that strategically to squash the Frontier deal. I'm pretty sure they knew the government would squash it.

They quote you one price, then charge you for everything else. Checked bag AND carry on. My $58 round trip to and from Vegas ended up being $250. And no, I can't travel with just a backpack. It's sort of deceptive how they advertise the price.

I feel like some institutions are going after Spirit to short it. They focus too much on this airline. Other airlines have screwed up even more and nobody is going after them. But it's not buried yet. Spirit will keep fighting to stay afloat.

$4 per water now. 😊 Also, basic economy tickets on the majors still don't compare to Spirit prices.

Flown on Sprit only one time. Bought a roundtrip ticket and Sprit was so bad I actually flew home on a different airline to avoid flying with Sprit again. Cramped cabin, extra charge for everything, pay toilets etc. etc.

Sale lease back is not exactly deleveraging…

The Government will bail out Spirit. They can’t in one breath say you can’t merge because ticket prices will rise, and in the other breath let that company go out of business? I have flown Spirit many times and had no issues with them at all. I’m sure people working for the other airlines have a bunch of donations for our politicians.

I have never flown Spirit but I avoided it because of all the customer complaints.

Great!!!

There is a target consumer for Spirit. They just need to reduce the friction of unnecessary charges. I’ve never flown with them but see videos of people who do wanting consistency

Don’t forget about the fights at the gate. You got one free with each flight!🤣

I doubt they will go out of business

Spirit airline's low quality seat designs are preferred for tall people like me, their non bulky design allows for more legroom

Bought a RT from Tampa to Miami a couple weeks back for $67. You know what you get for under $100 and come with low expectations. I'm fine with a trimmed down amenities on short flights and prefer spirit for that.

Basically, Spirit & Frontier is like the movie "Soul Plane."

Tickets always seem cheaper on Spirit and Frontier. But after adding up all of the peripheral costs I’d rather just pay for a higher priced ticket with the competition and have a better all around experience. I avoid flying on Spirit at all costs!

I love spirit , I only bring a book bag when I travel so it works great for me

In my country, airlines give nothing more than just free 5 to 20kg luggage.

The problem is spirit isn’t cheap anymore. Paying 300$ on a 2.5 hour flight is not uncommon on spirit. And their flights to the Caribbean are expensive now

As much as I don't like Spirit, I fo understand that it's necessary in the industry. I wouldn't want to see it go.

The intro dude has great eyelashes

Investors need to fire the board, the CEO, CFO, and COO.

I flew spirit once and swore to never fly it again, even for free. The flight attendants were so unnecessarily rude.

“Engine Troubles” shows brake fire smh

Competition is great . Shouldn't have switched leadership.

Recently bought some recommended stocks and now they are just penny stocks. There seems to be more negative portfolios in the last 3rd half of 2023 with markets tumbling, soaring inflation, and banks going out of business. My concern is how can the rapid interest-rate hike be of favor to a value investor, or is it better avoiding stocks for a while?

I flew Spirit once, and only once. It was $65.00 for a carry-on. By the time I paid for all of the "extras", like luggage, it was no cheaper than any other airline. I wanted to take a shower when I got off the plane.

Did a round trip from Ric or Orl for $55. I don't care about meals and I only bring a backback. Always a good experience.

I think DOJ has been woefully absent at antitrust enforcement (and would like to see a lot more of it in tech and other oligopolies), but I fail to see how driving Spirit into bankruptcy will help competition or consumers.

So when is spirit going to start focusing on customer service?! I heard it's a new "push" just curious when that's gonna start lol

I flew Spirit once, roundtrip Oakland to NYC. Never again. Delays on top of delays on top of delays lasting hours to the next day... If you need to get to your destination on time, avoid Spirit like the plague. I do like the airline's sense of humor though, I give em that.

How about we look at grocery store monopolies?

Basically, nobody ever flies Spirit again like me, just like budget car rentals. I don't get fooled twice.

It is really cheap and a wonderful choice if you don't have any unexpected problems with your trip to take Spirite Airlines. (Last time I changed my shcedule, and Spirite charged me $140 fees for a ticket that coast $200.)

I've only used Spirit once in my life and that was enough. Never again.

Who would have thought the Greyhound of Airlines wouldn't work.

If Spirits goes out of business I can’t afford to travel anywhere lol

You got spirit kid, i'll give you that.

Best of all they have great inflight snAcks

1:59 the ceo is correct 🤣😂

if you've ever flown spirit, you know why they're failing

Hope they survive so it maintains pressure on the other airlines

Jetblue will be next. How can Jetblue buy Spirit when Jetblue is broke?

Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant, god bless them (you need it).

5:14 these issues are the fault of PW. I’ve said the same thing when Boeing 777s were grounded, and I’ll say it again.

For the last half dozen or so flights i've taken across the country, i intentionally spent at least $100-$200 more for a flight on any other companies planes. Mostly because the seats on Spirit airlines feels like sitting on a rock. It is by far the most uncomfortable experience in a plane i've ever had. I'll pay a couple hundred more to be comfortable on a plane.

sprit is like Twitter ( x) on ground

Ice is free? Not even liquid water?

I've been saying this for years. There is no sustainable market for this type of so-called discount airline, because when you throw in what they charge to do things like put a bag in the overhead bin, arrive at a major airport, or breathe air in the plane, it's not a bargain at all. This was always destined to fail. Southwest is the only airline who has the low-cost market figured out.

I don’t think the courts had a right to block the purchase of Spirit by JetBlue. I think that smells fishy and should be looked into by a higher commission.

tough buisness really, good on them for trying to keep prices down

Not a fan of a Spirit but that’s mainly due to the passengers I encountered when flying Spirit. People generally suck on all airlines but the rudeness and craziness seemed to increased on Spirit flights. For a 2-3 hour flight, I wouldn’t mind flying Spirit again. But nothing more than that.

Who can buy spirit? Unless they raise ticket prices or shrink, there's not much they can do to survive.

According to the judge Jetblue's bid would affect competition so better forbid Jetblue of inquiring Spirit...which would most likely make Spirit fail and affect competition even more! Genius!!!

I feel like Spirit Airlines is the reincarnation of AirAsia based in Kuala Lumpur, an all Airbus ultra low cost airline. Highly regarded airline, with hubs all over SE Asia, electronic ticketing and boarding passes, they even do facial recognition as boarding passes.