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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took it recently and it was fine. But it was a direct flight so I didn’t have to worry about delays. They also have pretty affordable larger seats, their “business” class. Worth it to save thousands. [/quote]

I'm the poster above who had delays on Spirit 10 years ago. It was the only nonstop flight available to our destination. Our logic was, if it's a nonstop, surely it won't be as bad as a connecting flight with wait times at the connecting airport. Wrong.

Outbound flight to San Diego: We arrived early morning and waited in the airport all day long, with multiple announcements flight was being delayed an hour or so. At around 8pm, they finally cancelled the flight. Locals were supposed to return home for the night and come early the next morning to be re-booked. Note this was a large metro area and even if you're local the trip to the airport can take an hour or more.

Arrived early next morning: Line for re-booking was long and slow.  They offered no flight to San Diego that day and flew us to LA instead. Once in LA, no help for how we were supposed to get to San Diego. We took a shuttle to a car rental agency. It was packed; we waited for at least an hour. Decided it was not worth it; took shuttle back to airport. Booked a train to LA. Arrived LA early evening.

Return flight home: Arrived at airport early-ish morning. Waited several hours (more delays). Arrive home around midnight/1 am; several hours late.

[b]TLDR: A direct or nonstop flight won't necessarily save you if things go bad.[/b][/quote]

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