Spirit Air Travel at Atlanta airport

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2008, 02:48:

ME, I was travelling London-Atlanta-Lexington (KY) when i arrived at the airport the emigration queues were huge, I've got quite desperated so I went at the front of the queue I told a group of Japanesse guys that i was getting late for my next conection and if they didn't mind if i could go first, they were very polite and let me through, then the guy at emigration, very nice guy, started telling me about the Derby!! i was polite and told him i was minutes of missing my plane, so he told me to find a Delta Airline employe who can rush me trough, i went and a girl who worked for Delta ,rushed me trough security and took me to the gate, i didn't miss the plane i arrived just on time ( they were boarding) but the downside was the could not upload my suitcases so the were left behind, but they arrived quite late that night.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2008, 02:50:

Atlanta is a busy airport so if you see a long emigration queue and you are short of time, the best thing is to ask an airline employe for help. If I had not jumped the line I would have lost the flight

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 13, 2008, 03:56:

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2008, 04:36:

i agree pappassito, i found the people who works in Atlanta airport very effcient and polite

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cdy says on Oct 13, 2008, 06:06:

Just to clairify, where are you originating from, you are flying Spirit from ATL to FLL and then onto Honduras, I assume you are not coming from Colombia(that would be one crazy route to get to Honduras). As long as you don't have to pass through customs in ATL you will be fine, but if you do have to pass through customs it is cutting it pretty close, Spirit counters can be terribly slow.

As a frequent traveler through both ATL and MIA, ATL is much more effecient.
I will be flying Spirit myself this week but from FLL to PTY, $170 rt, can't beat the price.

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cali_brahh says on Oct 13, 2008, 16:25:

be careful if you have a big carry on bag, if youre going through gate E the old TSA customs prick will make you check it in, but you can get away with it by going into gate D and walking to gate E.

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toneloc24 says on Oct 13, 2008, 19:41:

Where are you flying from?

Is your original flight into ATL with Spirit Air also?

90 minutes might be enough time, but depends on your circumstance.

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houstongal (Trustee board) says on Oct 13, 2008, 20:29:

Shouldn't be any problem especially if you're connecting from one Spirit Air flight to another in ATL since Spirit has limited number of gates at Hartsfield.

If you're flying into ATL with another carrier, tell us which one. If it's Delta you could arrive at a completely different terminal, but 90 min is more than sufficient to get from one terminal to another (the trams are rather efficient).

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spy1983 says on Oct 13, 2008, 21:00:

Please don't fly Spirit under any circumstances.

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larryrn says on Oct 15, 2008, 06:51:

Not a problem if you arrive in time. And Sprit created a disaster at the airport in Ft Lauderdale. Flying international from FLL is horrible since Sprit arrived and offers so many cheap fares. Spirit basically over-saturated FLL terminal 4 (international) and there are lines for the bathroom, getting something to eat, going through security, etc. A total mess because of the 79 USD fares to Lima, Kingston, etc..

Larry Snyder, www.rn.org

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