Frontier & Spirit Airlines merging...

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I'm OK with the no-frills approach. However, Spirit has burned me a couple of times with cancelations and missed connections due to poor on-time performance. When you miss a connector and have to spend the night in a hotel, you haven't saved a dime.

I've had friends whose flight was just cancelled. There wasn't another flight for a whole week! Guess whose vacation was completely ruined because they wanted cheap flights. They never made it to their vacation and were out a considerable amount of money since they prepaid for tickets to amusement parks and hotels to save a few bucks. Saving a few bucks doesn't always work out.