The votes are in and the people have spoken. Spirit has been voted best airline and the ultra low cost carrier is celebrating by offering 30-cent fares from Fort Lauderdale to Cancun and 69-cent fares from Fort Lauderdale to Santo Domingo.
The International Business Council of Florida (IBCF) has presented Spirit Airlines with the “Florida Business Award” for best company in the airline category. Spirit was among a select group of finalists nominated by the IBCF’s strategic alliance partners, including leading business organizations and chambers of commerce from throughout the state. Final winners were determined during online voting open to the public. Spirit was hands down the top vote getter in the airline category garnering 44 percent of the votes and beating out American, Delta, Southwest and United, among others.
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This week, ultra low cost carrier Spirit Airlines resumed seasonal non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. To celebrate, $79 fares are available today and tomorrow at spiritair.com.
“We are happy to continue offering seasonal service to one of the Caribbean’s premier leisure destinations,” said Spirit’s Senior Director Network Planning Mark Kopczak. “We’re also looking forward to bringing Spirit’s ultra low fares to the residents of the Dominican Republic.”
This route will be operated by Spirit’s Airbus fleet, the youngest in the Americas.
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US low cost carrier Spirit Airlines has started charging a fee for buying air tickets online or via call centers. Passengers can avoid paying the fee only if they buy their tickets at Spirit counters. The airline says the fee was added in order to cover the costs connected with running their website and call center. Introducing fees for online purchase is a very rare move in the airline industry. Even though many low cost airlines charge their customers for using call centers, but none of them prefers ticket counters to their website.
Spirit charges $4.90 each way for the “passenger usage fee” (which is the official name of this fee). It is not the first time the airline tries to introduce this kind of fees. However, the first two attempts were not very successful and were cancelled after a short time.
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