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Spirit Airlines Announces Hurricane Buster Fares

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 15:00 CDT

Spirit Airlines, the leading low cost carrier to the Bahamas and the Caribbean, announces its Hurricane Buster fare protection. Spirit Airlines offers customers the ability to make changes to their reservations without a change fee if there is a hurricane watch in effect for their origin or destination airport now through November 15, 2005.

"Customers can book the Bahamas, the Caribbean and Florida with confidence no matter what the forecast because Spirit Airlines' fares for travel through November 15, 2005 carry the Hurricane Buster protection," said Barry Biffle, Chief Marketing Officer of Spirit Airlines. "Spirit's Hurricane Buster Fares give special peace of mind to Spirit Airlines customers. It's the best time of year to enjoy this region and now you can book reservations without any reservations about the weather."

Spirit also offers customers the opportunity to upgrade their peace of mind with Travel Guard travel insurance. Spirit has negotiated a special deal of just $12 per person for customers wanting to buy insurance to cover their non-air travel needs. Customers should visit http://www.travelguard.com/partners/spiritairlines/ for details.

About Spirit Airlines

Founded in 1990, Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the largest privately-held airline in the U.S., bringing low fares and friendly service to 20 cities in the United States, Bahamas and the Caribbean with 125 daily flights.

In addition to comfortable Coach class service, Spirit offers Spirit Plus, a low cost business class with 2-by-2 leather seating with an extra 6 inches of legroom vs coach in the Airbus fleet, complimentary cocktails and snacks.

Spirit is currently bringing in a new fleet of Airbus aircraft and plans to have completed its fleet renewal by early 2007. Spirit currently has 6 A319, 5 A321, and 22 MD-80 aircraft.

For more information, fares, schedules and reservations visit http://www.spiritair.com or call 1-800-772-7117 (en Espanol, 1-800-756-7117).

Source: Business Wire

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