{"id":26448,"date":"2012-02-16T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/weve-got-the-spirit-how-bout-you.html"},"modified":"2012-02-17T06:40:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T13:40:20","slug":"weve-got-the-spirit-how-bout-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/weve-got-the-spirit-how-bout-you.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#39;ve got the Spirit, how &#39;bout YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of excitement about Spirit airlines coming to Denver &#8230; but get a load of the fees for making use of them.  Suddenly &quot;low cost&quot; becomes &quot;nickel and diming to death.&quot;  Only those are pretty big nickels &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(By the way, I despise this kind of thing.)  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/blogs.denverpost.com\/thebalancesheet\/2012\/02\/16\/a-look-at-spirit-airlines-fees\/2987\/?source=rsshomeblog'>A look at Spirit Airlines\u2019 fees | The Balance Sheet \u2014 Colorado business news \u2014 The Denver Post<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  A look at Spirit Airlines\u2019 fees : Denver Post business reporters and editors offer news, analysis and commentary on the latest business, real estate, tourism, gambling and technology news in the Col&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of excitement about Spirit airlines coming to Denver &#8230; but get a load of the fees for making use of them. Suddenly &quot;low cost&quot; becomes &quot;nickel and diming to death.&quot; Only those are pretty big nickels &#8230; (By the way, I despise this kind of thing.) #ddtb Embedded Link A look at Spirit Airlines\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/weve-got-the-spirit-how-bout-you.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We&#39;ve got the Spirit, how &#39;bout YOU?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,26],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-travel","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27733,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/03\/reason-47-why-i-will-never-fly-spirit-airlines.html","url_meta":{"origin":26448,"position":0},"title":"Reason #47 Why I Will Never Fly Spirit Airlines","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-May-12 2:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And, in a coincidental note, they just started service here in Denver. Embedded Link Spirit Airlines Figures Out How To Screw You Even Harder With Bag Fees Spirit Airlines introduced the ludicrous concept of charging you for carry-on luggage two years ago. Apparently that wasn't terrible enough because now the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25991,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/02\/snowpocalypse-soon.html","url_meta":{"origin":26448,"position":1},"title":"Snowpocalypse Soon","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 2-Feb-12 7:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In all honesty, folks -- don't go anywhere if you don't have to. Really. #ddtbReshared post from +The Denver PostThe Colorado Department of Transportation is telling people to stay home until the storm passes and let plows do their work, as up to 22 inches of snow are expected in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27455,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/19\/polly-wants-a-tail-fin.html","url_meta":{"origin":26448,"position":2},"title":"Polly Wants a Tail Fin","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 19-Apr-12 9:47am","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Polly the Parrot\" is the newest Frontier Airlines animal. Darn. I was hoping for the Cow. Or possibly the Chicken.In other news, they're still not going to serve cookies any more. 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