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Here's what airline CEOs have to say about fuel prices:
Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza was one of several airline CEOs to sound off on shrinking fuel prices. If you’re like me and making winter escape plans for March, you may be wondering why airline...
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The Worst Airlines People Actually Fly
AP Photo/David Guttenfelder Journalist Julian Ryall may have shown bigger guts than most when boarding his recent flight on Air Koryo, the flag carrier of North Korea. As the only airline to receive...
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Spirit Airlines giggles its way through ad celebrating 69th airplane
I remember being legitimately shocked when I learned that Bryan Adams’ song “Summer of ’69” had less to do with the year of the moon landing and more to do with the kind of explicit stuff that they...
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Scoot Airlines CEO calls out Spirit for stealing colors, branding and pretty...
Facebook/FlyScoot What’s yellow and black and clasping its hands over its crotch? One of the product icons from Spirit Airlines. Or is it one of the product icons from Scoot Airlines? Actually, it’s...
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Scoot Airlines CEO sends Spirit a step-by-step guide on how to properly steal...
Spirit’s Bare Fare branding. Photo credit Spirit Earlier this week Scoot Airlines CEO Campbell Wilson called out Spirit Airlines for using branding that’s trikingly similar to Scoot’s. In the video,...
View ArticleIt's time for Scoot Airlines to stop acting like an attention-starved child
In pretty much every home video that my parents filmed from, say, the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, I can be heard in the background yelling “Look at me! Hey! Look at me! You’ve got enough of that...
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Spirit Airlines flight delayed because TSA agents all went home
Image: Bernal Saborio via Flickr Spirit Airlines — which held the distinction of the airline with the most complaints to the US Department of Transportation until Frontier recently stole that honor —...
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10 completely serious (and not at all sarcastic) reasons to love Spirit Airlines
Photo of CEO Ben Baldanza courtesy of Spirit Airlines Alright, let’s get this out of the way right now — Spirit is the worst. The bait-and-switch pricing, the bag fees between $35 and $100 (for...
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Tattletale passenger gets flight attendant in trouble for tarmac pictures
Photo: ABC7 Chicago OK, if you have an iPhone and a Facebook account (and pretty much everyone does, except for my dad and that urban beekeeper who also brags about not owning a television), you’ve...
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Low-cost carriers are the future of aviation, according to Boeing
The front page of Boeing’s annual market outlook report. Boeing sees enormous promise in the booming low-cost carrier model — especially as developing countries grow in prosperity and more travelers...
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This is the cost of checked bags on every major U.S. airline
Photo by Charles Wiriawan In honor of JetBlue’s fall from grace yesterday, joining all other U.S. carriers except Southwest in charging for checked bags, we decided to lay out for you exactly how much...
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Virgin America tops Airfarewatchdog's survey for best domestic airline
Photo courtesy of Aero Icarus/flickr Virgin America has been voted #1 in a recent Airfarewatchdog 2015 Best Domestic Airline poll (and in Travel + Leisure’s 2015 World’s Best Awards). Airfarewatchdog’s...
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This is how long it takes for your miles to expire on every major U.S. airline
Photo: Davidd/Flickr There’s nothing worse than saving up your frequent-flier miles for months (or years) for a big international trip only to find out that your miles have evaporated due to...
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This is how much it costs to change a ticket with every major U.S. airline
Photo by Epsos.de In a perfect world we’d be able to change flight reservations as easily as our average Friday night plans. But the reality is the only airline that shares our vision of a perfect...
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These are the most efficient U.S. airlines when it comes to making money
Photo by Lance What’s the most efficient airline? Well, if you want to take an investor’s perspective, it won’t have anything to do with on-time records or the percentage of bags that arrive to their...
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Here are 14 major airlines' policies for flying pregnant
Photo: mliu92/Flickr Commercial airlines have a lot of rules when it comes to letting mothers-to-be on board. Shuttling off during the first or second trimester is usually A-okay, but the last 13 weeks...
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Latest Air Travel Consumer Report shows more customer complaints, less...
Photo: Franck Vervial/Flickr The Department of Transportation (DOT) wanted to gauge how people are feeling toward airlines, so it conducted some surveys and has just released its latest Air Travel...
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Why baggage fees may be a good thing
Photo courtesy of Lisa Larsson/flickr Most fliers are pretty annoyed by checked baggage fees, which typically range from $25 to $35 for the first and second bags, and up to $150+ after that. For those...
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How to beat the system when flying Spirit Airlines
Photo: Mighty Travels/Flickr I once, for a writing assignment, flew a Spirit Airlines flight from New York to Colombia with a layover in Miami. The premise of my story was simple: it would take a...
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Here are 12 major airlines' policies for flying with pets
Photo: Thomas di Luccio One of the most stressful travel experiences I’ve ever had was when I moved to Asia and towed my cat along with me. Besides all the paperwork and vet appointments, one of the...
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Executive Voices: How airlines are keeping customers happy in the age of...
Photo courtesy of Pictures of Money/flickr For most fliers, airline fees are a necessary evil of traveling (although there is evidence there may actually be some good to extra charges). Still, it’s...
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Q and A: Spirit Airlines CEO on the ethics of running a no-frills airline
Photo courtesy of Spirit Airlines It may be the airline people love to hate, but there’s no denying that flying Spirit Airlines can save you some serious bucks. Paying for carry-on luggage and a...
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Spirit receives so many complaints it drags down entire U.S. airline...
Photo: Sarah Deer, Flickr Despite what you may personally believe in the midst of an unexpected delay or when your baggage never appears on the carousel, American carriers are losing less baggage and...
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Don't forget to check your airline's safety record abroad — these 228...
Photo: Amy McTigue, Flickr The European Union boasts some of the most rigorous aviation safety standards in the world, banning a whopping 228 airlines from landing in EU countries or even passing...
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Happy holidays! These carriers are both adding extra bag fees for holiday travel
Photo: Ian Gratton/Flickr There are still bags of half-priced Halloween candy on the shelves, but we’ve already fast-forwarded through November and have kickstarted the Christmas season. Walmart has...
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Smaller seats on airplanes raise safety concerns
Photo: SuperJet International/Flickr Airplane seats are continually getting tinier so airlines can pack more people are being packed on board. And that’s not just bad news for your passive aggressive...
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Senator to Spirit, Frontier: Halt the holiday baggage fees
Photo: Spirit Airlines U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) did not take kindly to the news that Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines were intend to raise fees on baggage, both of the checked and carry-on...
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Budget airlines in the U.S. hope to expand, compete with Big 3
Photo: ERIC SALARD/Flickr In Europe, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone that doesn’t fly budget, from Prince William to the British prime minister. That could be because low-cost carriers account for...
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Every precious inch: these airlines offer the most (and least!) legroom
Photo: Austrian Airlines/Flickr It won’t come as much of a surprise to hear that not all airplane seating configurations are created equally. But deciphering the differences can sometimes feel like an...
View ArticleWhich airlines will be arriving on time this Thanksgiving week?
It may be too late to change your travel plans this week — barring a blizzard or in-flight breakup — but you can at least prepare yourself for what awaits you in the airport. The math club whiz kids at...
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400-pound man accuses Spirit Airlines of weight discrimination
Steve DeGrange is a large man, and he knows it. The Germantown, Maryland man stands more than six feet tall and weighs more than 400 pounds, so when he and his wife of 20 years booked an anniversary...
View ArticleHere are the most exciting new airline routes announced since November
It’s been a banner month for new airline routes, with 43 new routes to U.S. destinations and/or from U.S. origins launching across 11 different airlines. The infographic below shows the newest and most...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines makes Steve Harvey feel even worse with its latest promo
On Sunday night, Miss Universe host Steve Harvey temporarily forgot how to read, which led to one of the most painful moments ever captured on live television. He bungled the only important part of the...
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Now departing: 6 memorable moments from outgoing Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza's...
Spirit Airlines announced this week that the man piloting the company for the past 10 years, CEO Ben Baldanza, had been replaced with former AirTran chief Robert Fornaro. Baldanza was more than just...
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Do these two airlines really have 2016's best airline loyalty programs?
Credit card analysis and comparison site CardHub.com put the rewards programs of the largest domestic airlines to the test to determine which airline offers its brand loyalists the best perks in 2016....
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Study: Airfare prices drop by almost half when a low-cost carrier enters a...
The so-called “Spirit Effect” — the depressing influence on pricing of a low-cost carrier (LCC) entering an established market historically only serviced by a legacy airline — can reduce airfare prices...
View ArticleThis loophole might help you get around an airline's name-change policy
Changing something on an airline ticket — whether it’s a name, a flight time or a departure airport — is usually expensive at best, impossible at worst. Last year, when one Ryanair passenger realized...
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