Our flight from CLE to Fort Lauderdale on Dec 26th was delayed by more than 2 hours. They blamed the delay on Trump and said that there was "an air cap" and when challenged changed to a "restriction" because of Trump in Lauderdale. I called her on it and checked..
Trump was/is in West Palm. His plane is on tarmac at West Palm airpprt. I told her this and gate agent was visibly pissed. Pilot/officer standing there said to call the FAA if I didn't like Spirit's answer. I did... no flight restrictions. In fact I called spirit customer service and they claimed no delay or reason for one. I brought this new info to gate agent and was threatened with "any further discussion and you'll be denied boarding" I've flown this airline with my five member family many times. Done... no more. They lied and got called out and threatened to not let me board? Another passenger told me that he called his brother who works for FAA and he said that there were no delays longer than 15 minutes or restrictions. It was a staffing issue.
BTW. .. i was polite and calm. Airline just lost my entire frequent flier family. Fools!
when we landed, it took over 30 minutes to get our bags from the time we got to the gate and they were dispersed over 3 luggage carousels. No excuse... Just a really bad way to do business. The gate agents were horrible and should clean bathrooms... Not interact with customers... EVER! Sad.... I love their concept.