The budget carriers are trying to adapt. Frontier Airlines — which, like Spirit, has been losing money for more than four years — matched a pandemic-era move by the bigger airlines and dropped flight-change and cancellation fees for many customers this spring. Spirit quickly copied the move....
Ancillary fees -- the extra fees passengers pay for baggage, premium seats and others -- is now one of the biggest revenue drives for the global airline industry, so much so that it has almost single handedly been responsible for airlines having a great 2013. In 2012, global airlines ...
Avoiding baggage fees is damn near impossible these days, but howmuchyou pay is still a variable you can tinker with. Many airlines, including Frontier, Sun Country, Spirit, and Vision will cut a little off the checked bag if you pay in advance. Kayak has abreakdown of all these costs h...
Richard and Ed are mapping out their 2025 elite status requirements. Ed wonders if he should consider a change in airline elite status now that he's earned lifetime status with United Airlines. Richard is also diving deep into how Bilt Rewards transfers points to various airline and...
Airlines — which, like Spirit, has been losing money for more than four years — matched a pandemic-era move by the bigger airlines and dropped flight-change and cancellation fees for many customers this spring. Spirit quickly copied the move.Spirithas other problems, including a looming debt...