10/15/2008

Spirit Initiates Hurricane Buster Policy

 

Miramar, Florida (October 15, 2008) - In order to offer customers flexibility, Spirit Airlines has activated its Hurricane Buster Protection policy in response to potential flight changes resulting from Hurricane Omar. 

 

For customers holding reservations for travel to, from or through affected locations between Wednesday, October 15, 2008, and Friday, October 17, 2008, Spirit Airlines will waive the change fee and difference in fare, provided that customers rebook their travel plans before the date and time of their original reservation, and travel on or before October 31, 2008.

 

Customers who wish to move their travel beyond October 31, 2008, will not be charged a change fee, however any difference in fare will apply. Customers must call the Spirit Reservations Center at 800-772-7117 (or en Español 800-756-7117) to make their flight changes.

 

Locations included in the Hurricane Buster Protection policy related to Hurricane Omar are:

-> San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

Hurricane Buster Protection:
Spirit Airlines’ Hurricane Buster Protection 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 June 1, 2008, through November 15, 2008.

 

 

About Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (www.spiritair.com) is the largest Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) in the United States, Latin America and Caribbean. Its all-Airbus fleet, the youngest in the Americas, flies more than 200 daily flights to 43 destinations. The company is based in Miramar, Florida, and employs 2,300 professionals.