Anyone fly Spirit Air Chicago to CTG?

morgum says on Apr 25, 2009, 05:39:

Coincidentally, I just posted a question about finding door to door shared taxis or mini buses at CTG going to Barranquilla.
http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/how-to-find-a-share-taxi-or-mini...

I will be flying in from Ohare late June and likely every 2 or 3 months thereafter. I have a flight booked with Spirit Air. It's the only carrier I found that gets you all the way and the other travel web sites want to book you on 3 legs instead of 2, the latter costing considerably more. I tried getting two round trips ORD to MIA, and MIA to BAQ and it's a night mare because of extra hassel - even going outside securit to get tickets when I get to MIA, and back through security. Since they're not connected, missing a flight might be costly. Frankly, for the savings and simplicity, I would probably be happy if the stuffed me in the cargo hold.

I tried calling Spirit Air to get some one ways from Atlanta where I will be on business the day before in an attempt to avoid flying back to Chicago and the begin my trip to Colombia the next morning by flying Spirit Air all the way back to Ft Lauderdale, But the receptionists only have the same ability to book flights offered on the same web site that we do. Bottom line, it's cheaper and easier to fly all over the country in round trip tickets.

Still, if it gets us there and back at the savings they offer it's worth it to me. I notice they offer some nice bargains from Ft Lauderdale to CTG, But I haven't seen any to Ohare. They offer them within the last week of the month for the following month.

We'll see how they are. Good luck.

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Boatygringo says on Apr 25, 2009, 12:54:

Morgum I am booked to fly from on Sprit Air CTG to FT Lauderdale on May 7th and back again in JuneI will let you know how it went if you like.The cheap fare got me at $59.00 plus all of the taxes was about $200.00 less than Avianca via Miami.

Boatygringo

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Saltador says on Apr 25, 2009, 13:52:

I've flown the Chicago/Cartagena trip through spirit probably 5 times now. Not one single problem. Other people can bitch about Spirit all they want, to me it's a godsend. Before, I had to fly American to Miami and then fly avianca to cartagena. The spirit trip is about ten times more convenient, ten times cheaper. I save around 500 dollars each trip.I get there sooner, get to leave later, etc etc.
Read up on their baggage policies, etc and you should have no problems. One caveat, they only allow one checked bag if you are flying from Ohare to Cartagena. Oh yea, you'll have to spend 3.00 if you want a cold drink during the flight. Guess that pisses a lot of people off...

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gringomorgan says on Apr 25, 2009, 13:59:

Thank You Saltador thats what I needed to know because I will be flying every two months.

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