Spirit Airlines to land at John Wayne Airport in November - OCR/SCNG

[Darkbeer1]

Spirit Airlines to land at John Wayne Airport in November

The low-cost carrier will offer daily flights to Oakland and Las Vegas, where passengers can connect to more than a dozen other cities including Chicago and New Orleans.

www.ocregister.com

 

[Stevek]

Spirit Airlines to land at John Wayne Airport in November

The low-cost carrier will offer daily flights to Oakland and Las Vegas, where passengers can connect to more than a dozen other cities including Chicago and New Orleans.

www.ocregister.com

Interesting. Wonder if they'll be able to undercut Southwest's fares to Vegas. Haven't heard much good about them but might be worth it for roughly an hour flight.

 

[TP2000]

Interesting. Wonder if they'll be able to undercut Southwest's fares to Vegas. Haven't heard much good about them but might be worth it for roughly an hour flight.

I've never flown Southwest or Spirit, but I've never heard anything good about Spirit. And looking at a travel website Spirit uses A320/19's exclusive with the tightest seat pitch in the industry at 28 inches for almost all their seats. Southwest uses 737's exclusively with a 31 inch seat pitch.

So your choice is slightly wider seats with Spirit but with 3 inches less legroom, or slightly narrower seats with Southwest with a still-tight yet kind of workable 31 inches of legroom.

Spirit A320 = 18 inch seat width, 28 inch seat pitch
Southwest 737 = 17 inch seat width, 31 inch seat pitch

 

[ToTBellHop]

Bring duct tape.

 

[Nirya]

Spirit is cheap in every sense of the word.

 

[TP2000]

Spirit is cheap in every sense of the word.

That's what I've heard.

@Stevek on the opposite end of the comfort spectrum, but not a whole lot more money, you could try JSX from John Wayne to Las Vegas (and other west coast cities). Valet parking at a private terminal, free checked bags, a guaranteed 20 minute check-in/boarding process, 36 inches of seat pitch in a small executive jet, with free cocktails for the short hop over to Sin City.

JSX | Book Non-Stop Flights & Airfare

www.jsx.com

 

[Stevek]

That's what I've heard.

@Stevek on the opposite end of the comfort spectrum, but not a whole lot more money, you could try JSX from John Wayne to Las Vegas (and other west coast cities). Valet parking at a private terminal, free checked bags, a guaranteed 20 minute check-in/boarding process, 36 inches of seat pitch in a small executive jet, with free cocktails for the short hop over to Sin City.

JSX | Book Non-Stop Flights & Airfare

www.jsx.com

I don't go to Vegas enough to make it worth what appears to be a bit higher price ($238 round trip before taxes) but might look into it one day. My buddy is a private jet pilot...all sorts of fun stories he has with movie stars and athletes but I still haven't been able to tag along on any flights. Guess he's not that good of a buddy

 

[Stevek]

I've never flown Southwest or Spirit, but I've never heard anything good about Spirit. And looking at a travel website Spirit uses A320/19's exclusive with the tightest seat pitch in the industry at 28 inches for almost all their seats. Southwest uses 737's exclusively with a 31 inch seat pitch.

So your choice is slightly wider seats with Spirit but with 3 inches less legroom, or slightly narrower seats with Southwest with a still-tight yet kind of workable 31 inches of legroom.

Spirit A320 = 18 inch seat width, 28 inch seat pitch
Southwest 737 = 17 inch seat width, 31 inch seat pitch

I used to fly southwest once a month to Chicago and it's always been good for me. Fairly inexpensive, rarely any issues.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Every time we see a plane from Spirit on approach to O’hare I ask my family, “ Do you know why the planes are yellow? It’s so they will be easier to find when they crash”

 

[ToTBellHop]

Every time we see a plane from Spirit on approach to O’hare I ask my family, “ Do you know why the planes are yellow? It’s so they will be easier to find when they crash”

That’s tasteless and certainly not funny. There are people on board.

 

[Darkbeer1]

That’s tasteless and certainly not funny. There are people on board.

Ever fly a Communist Run Airline like Aeroflot?

The Passengers actual applaud when the plane lands!!!

I have flown Aeroflot from Warsaw to Moscow (not the nice US Flights). These are planes whose seatbacks just fold down. It does make it easier to exit from the rear of the plane, but...

And yes, I did applaud each time I landed.

It is a bit of Gallows' Humor, but still, it is life.

Every time you do something, you are putting your life at risk, some activities are more dangerous than others.

 

[Jiggsawpuzzle35]

Ugh they couldn’t have gone with Jet Blue or Hawaiian Airlines.

 

[Darkbeer1]

Jet Blue just consolidated to LAX.

Hawaiian recently started to fly to Long Beach, which is the same distance to the DLR as John Wayne, and no freeways, just West down Ball Road.

 

[NobodyElse]

SNA will be a very convenient place for me to avoid Spirit Airlines.

 

[NobodyElse]

Every time you do something, you are putting your life at risk, some activities are more dangerous than others.

 

[Darkbeer1]

10 Incredibly Bizarre Death Statistics - death statistics - Oddee

From falling out of bed to getting trampled by a hippopotamus, these are ten of the strangest death statistics ever!

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Hippos kill 2,900 people annually in Africa

Falling out of bed kills 450 people annually in the U.S.

Icicles kill 100 people per year in Russia

Dogs kill 34 people per year in the U.S.

Ants kill 30 people per year

Vending machines kill 13 people per year

 

[Curious Constance]

10 Incredibly Bizarre Death Statistics - death statistics - Oddee

From falling out of bed to getting trampled by a hippopotamus, these are ten of the strangest death statistics ever!

www.oddee.com

Hippos kill 2,900 people annually in Africa

Falling out of bed kills 450 people annually in the U.S.

Icicles kill 100 people per year in Russia

Dogs kill 34 people per year in the U.S.

Ants kill 30 people per year

Vending machines kill 13 people per year

Ants!?

 

[Darkbeer1]

Ants!? ☠

Ants on a plane!

 

[chadwpalm]

All I know is that I bought a butt load of Spirit stock back in May and it's already gone up 70% since then. If it even reaches half of where it was in February I'll make a tidy 300%+ profit. That should pay for many Disneyland trips to come.

 

[Curious Constance]

All I know is that I bought a butt load of Spirit stock back in May and it's already gone up 70% since then. If it even reaches half of where it was in February I'll make a tidy 300%+ profit. That should pay for many Disneyland trips to come.

Can I have it?