Spirit Airlines increases its low-fare presence at Chicago O’Hare

Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood) is adding new service from Chicago (O’Hare) to New York (LGA), Boston, Detroit, Dallas/Fort Worth and Orlanda. Fares start at $9 one-way based on a roundtrip purchase. Will the other legacy carriers match these promotional fares.

Spirit is also adding the Portland, OR-Las Vegas route.

Spirit also made headlines when it announced it will now charge a $5 processing fee for passengers who ask a passenger service agent to print out the boarding pass at the airport.

Passengers can bypass the fee by checking in online or printing out the boarding pass at home or by checking in at an airport kiosk. However starting next summer, boarding passes at airport kiosks will cost $1. Spirit specializes in offering rock-bottom airfares but charging for almost everything else.

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