Find Cheap Flights from Plattsburgh Intl to Fort Lauderdale (PBG - FLL)

Some background: we fly Spirit twice per year round trip from Plattsburgh, NY to Fort Lauderdale, FL, for the past five years. We fly Spirit as it is the only airline within 3 hours of our home with direct flights to Fort Lauderdale. Overall, the experience has been positive enough that we keep flying the airline/route. I will breakdown down the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Good: Direct flights from Plattsburgh, NY to Fort Lauderdale, FL, within 90 minutes of my rural upstate NY location. Alternatives, we could fly Jet Blue for about the same cost from Syracuse, NY or Burlington, VT, instead. Both of these options require a lay-over in JFK late in the evening which is not desirable especially in the winter when delays are likely. What service Spirit does provide is generally good, except for one particular employee at Plattsburgh who I will mention under the Ugly. The Plattsburgh airport is small, yet it's runway is large and well-maintained being associated with a former AF base. This make for a pleasant experience getting from the parking lot to the plane, and ensures that bad weather has less impact on operations. The planes are generally clean and appear well maintained. The flight staff are generally courteous and professional. Spirit's Fort Lauderdale terminal is getting batter little-by-little each year, and is very easy to navigate from gate to rental car, etc.

The Bad: Spirit makes you pay for every conceivable extra you may require, e.g., from baggage, to printing boarding passes, to reserving a seat in advance, etc. Want to spend an extra $100, try sneaking a second personal carry-on or over-sized bag onto the plane. While the airport experience in Plattsburgh, NY is generally enjoyable, the Fort Lauderdale, FL, end is less so with very long/disorganized lines at the baggage check-in counter. The Ugly: While a majority of the Spirit ground crew are professional, there is one worker at the Plattsburgh, NY, airport who needs to find a new occupation in a non-service industry. I had a run-in with this lady during one trip after they gave away our tickets on an over-booked flight which was delayed for two hours. We did not realize that they wanted everyone to still check-in at the regularly scheduled time and they made no announcement of this desire to those waiting in the terminal. As a result, when our family went to check our bags 10 minutes after the original flight's deadline, I was told our seats were given away. I tried to discuss how this could occur with the worker in question, and she called the airport police over to confront me. Initially, the police were skeptical of me, but eventually became very friendly and compassionate when they heard what happened. With some input from the police to another Spirit employee, we were given tickets on a JetBlue flight out of Burlington, VT, paid for a taxi ride over to the Burlington, VT, airport and provided meal vouchers for the entire family. In the end, everything worked out, but it would have been much easier/less expensive for all involved if they just made check-in announcements at the Plattsburgh, NY airport. Interestingly, I have witnessed this same spirit employee getting into confrontations with other passengers on subsequent flights at the Plattsburgh airport, including calling the police in for what appears harmless conversation with her, e.g., like trying to understand why the are being charged for an over sized carry-on

The personnel was very accommodating and courteous. We left on time and arrived earlier than scheduled. Overall a great experience.

Good Price Convenient Airport

Everything possible above sitting in a seat for the flight has an additional cost. Flight left and arrived about 60 min late.

Bring your own snacks & entertainment you will enjoy your flight. Make sure you eat before your flight. Download the Allegiant Air app to your cell phone you will have a Mobile Boarding pass no need to print use your phone.

I liked how fast the boarding process went, as well as how the plane was early rather than late like the rest of the industry.

I would like free water, more food choices, chairs that recline and some kind of entertainment at all. This airline is not up to par with the rest of the industry. Also we were waiting at the carousel for a good half hour before bags came!

Never use spirit airlines! Horrible people, horrible company

Good options were good.

The first flight from Plattsburgh to fortlauderdale was for 1:55am and we didn't board until after 5am. Once we got on the plane, the seats are very tight and small so it made for a very uncomfortable ride.

Not enough leg room

Schedule and non-stop flight. Left at 1:45 am, arrived early morning.

All the extra fees...luggage, check-in, easy to print boarding pass on outbound, but difficult when returning.

Nothing.. terrible sevixecancel

Canceled my sons flight to come home. Left him stranded at the airport with no ride, no flight, no accommodations .. would not fly him out until the evening at 10 pm. My family wanted to kill that airline. Made haters out of me

the fare

the service - departure gates completely understaffed, no allegiant gate agent or staff in sight, only subcontractors and 2 that had to run 4 gates. Flight itself was fine.

Seemed to be serious about safety.

The fee for printing a boarding pass was a complete surprise. Wasn't mentioned anywhere in the confirmation emails I received. Flight boarded late THEN sat in plane a long time for no apparent reason before taking off

Airline was great. Told us right away they were only going to do one drink service so we could order two. Left on time and had no issues. Would definitely fly with them again. Even though you have to pay to check a bag, it's still a better deal than any other airline out there. People need to stop complaining about the extra fees, do you want cheap or not.

Nothing. Was exactly what I expected for a $35.00 flight.

Not to be helped, but was a bit bumpy.