Spirit will now charge $10 per checked bag each way if pre-reserved online, and $20 per checked bag each way at the airport. As 1 of the 2 (Skybus being the other) US based “ULCC’s” (ultra-low-cost carriers) they do not offer any free checked baggage allowance.
Effective 01/29/08, Southwest has quietly eliminated the 3rd free checked bag from their free allowance.
In the good-news department, none of the “Big-6” carriers have as of yet matched United’s new stingy 1 free checked bag policy.
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I have 200 matmid points that are expiring – is there anything I can do with them?
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i have 32000 united miles expiring in a month how can i extend them without actually flying them as i have no way of flying them in the near future? could i use them to get hotel stays?
buy united miles and they will be extended for another 18 months shouldnt cost more than 30 bucks.
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you have to do some action to extend them like getting more or even giving away to charity
to jack travel agents buy matmid points fo as much as 75 cents a point
My son flew on Spirit Air yesterday. The price of a bag is $5 if you book it previously on line, and $10 at the airport.