Spirit Airlines Seats

[chrisd596]

According to Spirit you can book your seats at 90 days out. Has anyone done this and how close to the front of the plane can you reserve using their website to book.

thanks
chris

 

[LtlTee]

Hi Chrisd596,
(We're also from Marlton!)
I'm not sure if this is what you're asking, but here goes-- I booked my reservation on Spirit last February for our trip this past June, so it was more than 90 days out. At the time that I booked, they did not do seat assignments -- seats were assigned by the order in which you checked in at the airport. A few months after that (April, maybe?) Spirit began to accept seat assignment requests. I heard about this and called to see if could request seats (I wanted 5 as close together as possible), but was told that because I had booked online this wasn't an option for me. Now, I don't know if this was because it was something new they were implementing and wasn't retroactive to reservations already made, or if this is not a feature that can be used when booking online. I have a credit due to a delayed flight coming home, and I was told in order to use this I can't book online; I have to call. So some stuff you can do when you book online, and some stuff you can't.
Like I said, I'm not sure if this answers your question, but you can always call the # on the website to check!

 

[chrisd596]

LtlTee

Small world............ the amount of people from South Jersey on the DIS site....

Spirit has rules concerning booking and seating and one of the funny rules is you can pick your seating at the 90 day point ONLY if you book online. If you book over the phone you MUST wait until you arrive at the airport.

I question them on the phone about this weird rule and they mentioned that it was for security reasons that only you could book seating if online purchases were made.

But she hinted that that might be changing.

I still don't understand it but since I booked online it should work for me.

Notice when you book online if you're a family of 5 you have to book 1 seat first and then rebook the other 4 seats..........also really strange since USAir lets you book 5 seats and get your seating over the phone!!!!

Any way thanks for the help.

chris

 

[LtlTee]

Chris,
It's funny that you mention the way you have to book five seats -- I really didn't want to have to book 4 and then 1, and have 2 confirmation #s. I called Spirit and the woman told me that the only way I could book 5 was to book 4 and then 1 (which is what I did), but she too hinted that this might change in the future. Maybe they're redesigning the site and its capabilities!

 

[chrisd596]

Any other spirit flyers who have booked online and used the online seating.....let us know your experiences.

thanks

 

[Boo Mc]

We booked online and went back at the 90 day mark and got seats. I think we got rows 7 or 8. The ones before that were nt available - not sure if someone else got them or if they are first class or if Spirit just does that with some seats. Pretty much everything else was available. Didn't get my boarding pass yet because once you do you can't change seats (not that I intend to, just thought I'd just in case though). Besides, it's just one more thing to keep track of so I'll wait to do that.

 

[chrisd596]

Boo Mc

Thanks.... was it pretty much straight foward on finding your seats any tricks to it.....

chris

 

[Boo Mc]

Pretty straightforward - just hit the assign seats button and it'll show you a a picture of all the seats in the plane. The ones that are already taken have an X (I think) over them. It's obvious that they are not available. I think you can choose anything else though. Didn't try to get an exit row-I know some airlines have requirements about who sits in those. Not sure if they save those for in-person check in. It was quite easy though. Good luck!

 

[mommania]

I booked Spirit online and at 90 days out went online and chose my seat assignments. I got seats starting in row 8. The rows in front were blocked out. I don't know if I wasn't fast enough or if Spirit keeps them reserved.

I'm glad I booked earlier. I was able to get flights from DTW to MCO for 146.50.

40 more days to Disney!!!