Our colleague Alison Sider has covered airlines for six years.

And in that time, she's heard a lot of impassioned takes about people's favorite and least favorite airlines.

But there's one carrier that seems to inspire especially strong feelings.

I think probably Spirit Airlines is the one that people generally have the strongest opinions about.

Spirit. The low-cost, no frills airline.

Okay, so what do spirit lovers love about Spirit?

People who love spirit, and maybe love is a strong word, but people who tolerate spirit,

you know, it's just the fairs are cheap, and that is really meaningful.

I mean, that allows people to travel, take trips that they ordinarily wouldn't be able to.

You know, spoken to people who are in a long-distance relationship and, you know, if you're

visiting someone once a month, it makes a huge difference to pay $100 or less for a round-trip

ticket and you're willing to put up with a lot to make that happen.

People hate on Spirit Airlines way too much.

I fly them all the time and it's a fine

experience. I fly them so much I got their credit card. And what do the haters say? It just isn't

the most luxurious or their most comfortable airline. But I just needed to come on here to share with you all

how much I hate Spirit Airlines. And it's like I know.

I know I did this to myself.

I'm a cheap I chose to fly Spirit.

I know that like this is the kind of flight where I only get to bring like a small purse,

but I'm still angry.

Love it or hate it though, there's one thing you can't deny about Spirit. It changed air travel in America.

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