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Corrine Kocjancic posted Feb 27, 2018 3:38 PM
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The last few weeks I've been investigating plane flights to get to Tampa, Florida for my first cruise! This has given me plenty of time to evaluate my priorities when flying. When I'm flying on my own dime (for any flight under 4 hours) my number one priorities are cost and flight time. Time is money during vacation so I will pay for the direct flight, but choose to cut cost to save money for that actually vacationing by sacrificing anything above and beyond what is needed to get me there.
Knowing there are many people with the same opinions as I, I know Spirit will likely continue to grow in America. Especially, knowing I have a much lower debt load and more saving then many Americans. Spirit enables many to fly that may have considered it to expensive before. When 61% of Americans can't manage to save 6 months worth of emergency expenses, why would they choose a flights double the cost for some extra leg room and snacks on a short flight. However, if Southwest can match similar prices I believe Southwest has it in the bag since they offer more (why not get more for your money!).
I've personally only flown Spirit and Delta. I always fly Delta for work, since they have a hub near Atlanta, where Fiserv has a headquarters, and Fiserv pays for it. I enjoy the flight, but honestly it doesn't make a huge difference for me. It's more they offer direct flights at good times. I took Spirit from BWI to Fort Lauderdale to Costa Rica and it wasn't the best flight I've ever taken, but it was safe, quick and cheap. I played my 3DS the whole time so I didn't miss wifi or the satellite tv's and honestly the seats weren't much smaller than a cars back seat which I've done many longer trips in!
Having never personally taken Southwest I can't say how much of an impact their customer service makes with the low pricing. I would maybe pay more to have my bag included, snacks, and extra leg room if the fairs were still competitive to Spirit. I just haven't really considered it since my experience flying Delta hasn't been worth the additional money since they're not designed to be super affordable. They were however the cheapest flight back from Tampa so I will have to report back with my findings after April!
so I look forward to flying Southwest in April to see what the hubbub is about!