Since I can't rate 0 stars for Spirit Air, i'll be generous and give them 1 star. \n\nWow, someone already said it - \"riding Spirit Air is like riding on an old beat-up greyhound bus\".  This is probably as ghetto as an airline can get. Yes, it lists the cheapest flight prices on the internet, but they'll get you on: seat assignments, (+$5 to $25), printing your boarding pass at the counter (+$5), baggage fees (+$25), and if your carry on luggage has wheels (+$25). I'm thinking that this is their business model - charge the lowest fares, but don't tell the customer about the additional MANDATORY CHARGES, until they commit to the fare. This is EXTREMELY SHADY!!! I have a feeling that that this airline will not last long. If they told you about all these charges up front, then guess what? It's no longer the cheapest fare on the internet! \n\nThey pretty much ruined my vacation plans last week. I had a 4-day weekend and decided to go to the SF Bay Area. Flight was scheduled for 11:00am. When I got to the airport, they announced that the flight would be delayed for 5 HOURS!!! What the @%$#??? So now I end up missing a couple of important events. When we finally boarded the plane, it looked like they manage to jam a few more rows of seats into the plane, (it looks like they removed at least 6\" of legroom from each row). I felt sorry for the young lady sitting next to me - she was almost 6 feet tall and couldn't even straighten her legs. Heck, i'm only 5'8 and the legroom was too cramped for me!\n\nI think I heard an announcement that they don't use cleaning crews for the plane, and this is how they pass the [false] savings on to you. Right. The plane was filthy and disgusting. Bring your own hand sanitizer, as you don't know what kind of exotic bacterias you can pick up as a result of touching something in the cabin (think flesh-eating bacteria). If the interior of the plane is this bad, I shudder to think how well the engines and safety mechanisms are maintained. It's only a matter of time...\n\nOk, so Sunday rolls around and it's time for me to fly back home. I rush to the airport to make my 1:15pm flight. I get there and what's this? The flight is delayed 3 HOURS!!! ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH!!!! This is unreal - are these people not concerned with their reputation? What kind of amateurs are running this airline? It is probably a short-term venture capital operation. My prediction: they won't be around in a couple of years, or will be bought out by another airline. \n\nBottom line - save your money and your frustrations. Book any other airline but Spirit. Thousands of dissatisfied Spirit Airlines customers can't be wrong.\n\np.s. I have a feeling that most of the good reviews posted for Spirit Airlines are shills.