One spirited flight!

One spirited flight

I flew Spirit a few months back (yes, that’s how old this post is) from Chicago (ORD) to Minneapolis (MSP) and back. And I should say, I DID like the flight. But why??

Yeah, it is a budget airline that charges for everything, even $10 for getting your check-in done through an agent at the airport. Thankfully, the kiosk check-in is free, and so is printing the boarding pass. I was hoping there should be no printing fee and fortunately, there wasn’t (Hope no one from Spirit is reading this). But I am not going to analyze the pros and cons on a budget airline….I hear your ‘Phew!!!’.

I just happened to have some very good laughs on board the flight and just wanted to share that with you all (i.e., I am hoping someone is reading this…Please post a comment if you did).

1.       On my way to MSP, a woman passenger in my row asked the flight attendant if the air circulation could be increased as it was a bit stuffy. Replied the attendant, ‘Sure ma’am, do you have your debit card?’

The woman replied that she did, although a bit bewildered by the question.

‘Ok so just swipe it near the fan. Don’t you see a swipe card reader there? Yes ma’am, extra air costs. This is Spirit’. LOL

On my way back, there were quite a few.

The flight attendant’s voice-over for the safety demonstration was anything but a serious and morose affair.

2.       ‘Welcome aboard Spirit, one of the fastest growing airlines and also voted the best for customer service. Unfortunately, none of those excellent attendants are with us on this flight today. So, please make do with what’s available’. You should’ve seen the look on the faces of those who were demo-ing. J

3.       Seat-belt instruction: ‘For those of you, who haven’t stepped into a car recently, please pay extra attention’.

4.       Oxygen mask instructions: ‘When the cabin pressure drops, oxygen masks will automatically appear from nowhere. Stop screaming, pull the mask completely, but don’t break it, as it will be difficult for us to charge you in that situation, put the mask over your head and breathe normally’.

5.       Life-jacket instructions: ‘Put the jacket over your head, adjust your hair and make-up, and then tighten the jacket around your waist’.

6.       Smoking: ‘Smoking is clearly prohibited in all areas on this flight. If caught, you could be fined up to $2000 and we all know that you would not be flying Spirit if you have $2000’. What a self-dig. J

7.       Final safety instructions: ‘And what we mean by all this is, just follow our instructions and no one will get hurt’.

8.       Once we landed: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, we have landed in Chicago. So please take our mobile phones and laptops and login in to Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site that you are on and please post that we made it back to ORD 30 minutes ahead of schedule (in fact, in just 55 minutes), for we all know that if we had arrived 30 minutes late, you would’ve done that immediately’.

9.       And the last one was the best. Upon landing, we were taxiing for a long time, almost 15 minutes. While I personally did not notice it, the attendant threw in a final laugh: ‘Apparently, we have decided to land in Milwaukee and drive down to Chicago. Hope you are all enjoying the scenery out there’. It was 8.00 PM on a Winter night…ROFL ROFL!!!

Now, that was one *Spirit*ed flight indeed!!!