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$98 Find Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Cancún

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Cheapest round-trip
$213
Typical prices: $283-$514
Spirit Airlines
Tue 2/24Tue 3/3
MSY - CUN • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$98
Typical prices: $118-$246
Spirit Airlines
Mon 2/23
MSY - CUN • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from New Orleans to Cancún (MSY-CUN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Cancún that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from New Orleans to Cancún

Tue, Feb 24 - Tue, Mar 3
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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12:55 pm - 1:58 pm
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2h 03mnonstop
$213Spirit Airlines
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 17
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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CUN
2h 00mnonstop
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11:55 am - 1:56 pm
CUN
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MSY
2h 01mnonstop
$215Spirit Airlines
Sun, Feb 8 - Thu, Feb 12
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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CUN
2h 00mnonstop
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12:55 pm - 1:58 pm
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MSY
2h 03mnonstop
$216Spirit Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Tue, Mar 3
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8:36 pm - 9:18 am
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CUN
11h 42m
1 stop
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12:55 pm - 1:58 pm
CUN
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MSY
2h 03mnonstop
$225Spirit Airlines
Sun, Mar 1 - Sat, Mar 7
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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2h 00mnonstop
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6:05 pm - 7:10 pm
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2h 05mnonstop
$226Multiple Airlines
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 17
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6:20 am - 12:20 pm
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CUN
5h 00m
1 stop
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11:55 am - 1:56 pm
CUN
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MSY
2h 01mnonstop
$227Spirit Airlines
Sat, Apr 25 - Sat, May 2
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2:00 pm - 4:05 pm
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CUN
2h 05mnonstop
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5:05 pm - 7:10 pm
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MSY
2h 05mnonstop
$229Breeze Airways
Fri, Feb 20 - Thu, Mar 5
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9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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CUN
2h 00mnonstop
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12:55 pm - 1:58 pm
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2h 03mnonstop
$230Spirit Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Tue, Apr 14
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8:01 pm - 8:12 am
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CUN
12h 11m
1 stop
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11:55 am - 1:56 pm
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MSY
2h 01mnonstop
$231Spirit Airlines
Tue, Mar 10 - Fri, Mar 13
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9:00 am - 11:00 am
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CUN
2h 00mnonstop
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9:12 am - 7:01 pm
CUN
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MSY
9h 49m
1 stop
$233Spirit Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for New Orleans to Cancún flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from New Orleans to Cancún to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

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Planning a trip from New Orleans to Cancún? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

How much is a round-trip flight from New Orleans to Cancún?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from New Orleans to Cancún departing in February.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from New Orleans to Cancun?

The average price of all round-trip flights from New Orleans to Cancún clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Cancun on a Monday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to New Orleans, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from New Orleans to Cancún?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Cancún, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from New Orleans to Cancún is October, where tickets cost $280 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $456 and $452 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from New Orleans to Cancún?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $316 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from New Orleans to Cancún?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from New Orleans to Cancún, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from New Orleans to Cancún, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$98
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
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When to book flights from New Orleans to Cancún

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from New Orleans to Cancún based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from New Orleans to Cancun

  • Does MSY provide private facilities for moms who need to nurse?

    Yes. Traveling moms who need to nurse or pump can find a Mother's Room at MSY in each concourse, located airside. These private rooms feature a comfortable chair, a changing table, an end table, and an electrical outlet that is situated for convenient use with an electric breast pump.

  • Does MSY make accommodations for differently-abled travelers?

    Yes. One adaptation MSY has made is to employ the Sunflower Lanyard Hidden Disabilities Program. This program discreetly helps travelers who deal with challenges that may not be immediately noticeable, such as Asperger's, PTSD, hearing loss, or epilepsy. Travelers sign up to wear a lanyard with sunflowers, which subtly alerts airport and airline staff that they need assistance and extra time negotiating the travel process.

  • Where is a good place to meet up with people when I arrive at the Cancun Airport?

    If you are meeting other travelers at CUN or a locals from Cancun, consider taking advantage of the Meeting Point, a space at CUN specifically designed for arriving passengers to meet up with people. Located in the Arrivals section of Terminals 2 and 3, the Meeting Point has a restaurant and a waiting area.

  • Where can I find a currency exchange kiosk at the Cancun Airport?

    If you have exchanged money online and need to pick up your currency or you need to exchange your US dollars for Mexican pesos, the Cancun Airport has got you covered. Once you pass through customs, you will see several currency exchange kiosks in the Arrivals area.

  • What is the cheapest flight from New Orleans to Cancún?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from New Orleans to Cancún was $98 for a one-way ticket and $213 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between New Orleans and Cancun?

    A passport is required to fly from New Orleans to Cancun.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from New Orleans to Cancun?

    New Orleans airport is called New Orleans Louis Armstrong and the only airport in Cancun is Cancun.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from New Orleans to Cancun?

    Delta, JetBlue, and Aeromexico offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the New Orleans to Cancun flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from New Orleans to Cancun?

    The Airbus A320 (sharklets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the New Orleans to Cancun flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from New Orleans to Cancun?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between New Orleans and Cancun, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from New Orleans to Cancun?

    There are nonstop flights from New Orleans to Cancun on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from New Orleans to Cancún, Breeze Airways or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from New Orleans to Cancún are Breeze Airways and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $311 and an overall rating of 8.2, Breeze Airways is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $585 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from New Orleans to Cancun?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from New Orleans to Cancun.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from New Orleans to Cancun?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cancun from New Orleans is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from New Orleans to Cancun?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Cancun with an airline and back to New Orleans with another airline. Booking your flights between New Orleans and CUN can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from New Orleans to Cancun?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Cancun from New Orleans up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from New Orleans to Cancún

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $152 or less one-way and $268 or less round-trip.
  • The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) serves as a hub for the regional airline Breeze Airways. The Cancun International Airport (CUN) is a focus city for Volaris and Viva Aerobus and a hub for American Airlines.
  • When you book your flight from MSY to CUN through KAYAK, you will most likely get a non-stop or one-stop flight. Airlines such as United, Spirit, American, Lufthansa, British Airways, Aeromexico, Delta, and Southwest offer flights with one stop. The stop takes place in cities such as Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Austin, Houston, and Orlando.
  • It is very likely that once you emerge from customs at CUN, you will be bombarded with offers to attend a timeshare presentation. Even if you are not planning on doing something like this and you have little interest in a timeshare, you should consider making time in your schedule to go to one of these presentations. The people and companies offering these talks often give you gifts, discounts, and amazing deals to you simply for attending, usually with no commitment regarding the timeshare whatsoever.
  • Because CUN is a very busy airport, you should book your ground transportation before you embark on your trip. If you pre-book a taxi, go to Arrivals and find your name on a sign outside at the curb. The sign will tell you where to find your cab. If you have reserved a rental vehicle, then follow the signs to the car rental center at CUN in order to pick up your car.
  • If when you arrive at MSY you would like to wait with a friend or you need a caregiver to assist you in the travel process, you can have your friend or assistant apply for an MSY Guest Pass. This pass allows non-ticketed people to pass through the TSA security checkpoint and spend a limited time airside.

Prefer to fly direct from New Orleans to Cancun?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from New Orleans Louis Armstrong to Cancun.
Find which airlines fly direct from New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport to Cancun Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

New Orleans Louis Armstrong to Cancun

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

Spirit Airlines

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Thursday

Spirit Airlines

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Friday

Spirit Airlines

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Saturday

Breeze Airways, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

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Sunday

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines

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Direct returns

Cancun to New Orleans Louis Armstrong

Monday

Spirit Airlines

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Tuesday

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines

Wednesday

Spirit Airlines

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Thursday

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines

Friday

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines

Saturday

Breeze Airways, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

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Sunday

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from New Orleans to Cancún

 
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Need help choosing which airline to fly with from New Orleans to Cancún? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Breeze AirwaysOverall score based on 263 reviews
8.2Comfort
8.3Boarding
6.7Food
8.7Crew
6.6Entertainment
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10 hour delay with minimal updates. Couldn’t leave terminal and then ended up on redeye with a dirty broken plane. It is literally impossible to reach customer service via gate agent, app, phone, text or email.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
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10 hour delay with minimal updates. Couldn’t leave terminal and then ended up on redeye with a dirty broken plane. It is literally impossible to reach customer service via gate agent, app, phone, text or email.

I thought that I had pre-purchased carry-on luggage and was surprised when I tried to check in that I did not have it.

Flight departure was 90 min delayed, and the boarding experience was confused, stressful, and generally poor. Additionally, the wifi on the plane was malfunctioning for all but the final 15 min of the flight into ILM.

Great experience and In love flying in and out of Provo airport

You get what you pay for. It’s like a bus but flying. No frills, no snacks. Leg room was fine, boarding was good.

Overall good. Plenty of legroom and fairly comfortable seats. No issues with capacity and the overhead been even though most people brought several carry-ons on. I don’t think Breeze really enforces the pay for a carry-on rule.

Surprised at how much I enjoyed Breeze. Paid for the Nicer upgrade which made it closer in price to a flag ship carrier but with more comfortable seats and much more leg room. Crew was polite and since we brought our food no loss there. Would make the point that the ‘have to pay for a carry-on is BS’. Most people did not and had several. Still was plenty of room in the overheads.

Comfortable seating, adequate space available, nice to have USB port, polite crew.

My experience is typically great with Breeze. This trip wasn’t any different.

This was my first experience with Breeze. The plane was cleaner and more comfortable than any other I've experienced. The process of boarding was streamlined. We boarded early and arrived at our destination 45 minutes early. The only hiccup was my ticket was rejected by TSA PreCheck and I got sent to the back of a very long line at Fort Myers. I entered my information when I bought my ticket, but it apparently didn't connect to my permanent profile. I'll correct that for next time. I was expecting an Allegiant experience, but Breeze was much more upscale. I really, really enjoyed it.

All good except once again bags took an hour at Midway Airport Happens all the time. Ridiculous

Everything went smoothly and we even arrived a little bit early.

Great vacation. Can't wait till next year for another one.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

The seats were comfortable, and the boarding process was pretty smooth.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The staff was very friendly, professional, and courteous. The overall flight was a great experience.

The crew canceled the complementary snack and drink in anticipation of turbulence that never materialized. I was counting on the drink (water) to take the the doses of medication - prescribed for my heart condition - that were due during the flight. Since no snack or meal was served on this flight, I cannot rate the food quality. Otherwise, this flight was excellent.

Departure was delayed more than 1/2 hour while we waited for luggage (only) transfer from another flight/plane. Once approved for takeoff, the flight was excellent.

In overall it was a good experience, the only down point was that the entertainment screen was working properly.

HORRIBLE, my initial flight was cancelled, they made me pay $200 extra dollars and that got cancelled as well! After 6 cancellations I decided to get a refund because I needed to get home to my babies. Out of $1000+ dollars they offered me only $40 in refund! Totally unacceptable! The flight that they cancelled I was able to fly it on another airline. I had to spend $400 on one way tickets just to get home! I’m still getting the runaround.

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Seated dude next to me even though lots of empty rows. But main thing was we sat on the tarmac after landing for 30 minutes because of, in the words of the dude who sat next to me, “operational incompetence”. We got changing directions about where to pick up gate checked bags. Pilot and flight attendant were awesome though.

The food was terrible this time. Otherwise pleasant, quiet, on-time.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Unfortunately weather delayed our flight waiting for our plane to arrive and due to a little snow time was needed to deice the plane so departure was very delayed and I missed the connecting flight

Very good. Because of the delays with my previous flight, I missed my connection, but I was able to book another flight through the United app easily.

I wish there were outlets to charge my iPhone. The crew was great; we had a female pilot who was great with explaining what was happening and delays,

Crew was helpful and cheerful especially when they had no refreshments to work with. The plane was never serviced and had nothing but limited water and coffee onboard. For the price point, a concern of services.

Flight was smooth, quick and felt safe. The 2 delays not happening would have been better but I guess that happens in the airline industry

Flight was canceled. I asked to be rerouted to OKC and then took an Uber.

AA did not allow to board a flight because my connecting flight from DFW had been canceled. I got on another flight to another city. No service on the plane and I did not use their entertainment system.

On time on a day with lots of weather cancellations on other flights. Thank you for getting me home during a winter storm!

Don't change gate multiple times make people run across the airport. Announce delays in a timely manner. Have maintenance crew ready. Don't delay and keep passengers on the plane for 3 hrs. on tarmac.

The plane was experiencing problems with the HVAC system, it was very cold in the front of the plane and very hot in the back.

My flight to London from Philadelphia was cancelled due to weather.

The attendants were kind and helpful. A sugar-free drink would have been very welcome.

Pilot navigated severe weather/snow storm with skill. Described his intentions clearly

The entire experience was so surprisingly pleasant. And the blocked extra seat between us was such an amazing and nice bonus. Great experience all around and I can’t wait to fly with spirit again!

Everything was OK, the deicing took a long time, our connections were almost missed.

All very good except they didn’t load our walker so haven’t gotten it yet

Flight was cancelled. But kayak thought it was still on time.

For the cost you can't e too critical, but the inablitiy to recline the seat and minimal cushioning in the seats made for a less than comfortable flight. Other than that we had an ealry departure and arrival, boarding was smooth.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Spirit was on time. They maintained updates and information. The crew was friendly and professional. Because this is a budget friendly airline, they have dispensed with a lot of frills and part of that comes with a price, for example, the seats are not quite as comfortable as others. I am ok with a pay for beverage and snack service as I prefer my own anyway so this was not a concern. I thought overall, having a great flight crew and on time service was definitely worth losing some of the frills from other carriers.

Nothing everything cost money a bottle of water is 5 dollars and there wasn't even an outlet to plug 🔌 in my 📱 phone

You can’t beat Spirit’s prices on tickets, especially with the positive experience that comes with it! I appreciated the timeliness of Spirit airlines. The crew in the airport was very kind and wished you a good flight by name. The crew on the flight was attentive and friendly. Overall, I am very pleased with my experience with Spirit.

This was my best experience with spirit. I flew you guys 4 times and I must say this was the BEST

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