To tell you the truth, I never flew Spirit. Perhaps this makes me a terrible son, but my parents like to fly Spirit and they seem to like it.
I started googling around and found out that if you don't pre-print your boarding pass, Ryanair will charge you 70 pounds, not dollars, for them to print it.
Does anyone have real experience with them?
if you want a simple, cheap, no frills, method of transporting yourself around europe then they are definitely the way to go. Yes, they will nickel and dime you. And no, you will not talk your way out of any fees that they think you owe.
But all you need is a chair to sit in, and you can manage without drinking for a couple hours, and you are not checking luggage, then their prices are hard to complain about