I paid $25 for carry-on and $30 for one checked bag. It's still cheaper than the $744.80 that all of the major carriers are charging just for the fare.
Checked luggage? The only time I check luggage is on my ski trips (kinda hard to carry on a pair of Blizzard Titans. I guess they would not exactly fit in the overhead.
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Me, when it comes to flights and such, I am a real tight-wad. If I had to fly Spirit and they are going to charge carry-on, I'd be inclined to wear like three t-shirts at once and a couple pairs of underwear and just wear that one pair of shorts the entire time at the festival, then cram whatever else in my laptop bag that will fit under the seat (I think Spirit only charges if it goes into the overhead - I believe you can still take on a single "personal item", i.e. a laptop, that will fit under the seat for free). Then again, how would I get all the CDs and shit that I will no doubt be buying back, though.
Anyway, joking aside, glad you found a decent flight to get out there. I do recall seeing and meeting you before.
I kinda fucked up myself. Back in May, when the flights were like $180 round-trip from Richmond, VA, I should've jumped on that, but then, I thought they would have to get cheaper. Never did - ended up still paying like $218 in July for round-trip. I was debating to even jump on that, but got to thinking that they probably just wont, so bit the bullet. I figured something like what you ran into was going to happen instead (and from your experience, looks like I was correct).
