Spirit Airlines None Mislead - Lied to- Ripped off - to Remendy offered Miramar, FL -Headquarters Nationwide

To whom it may concern:

On Sept 14, 2014 I went online and purchased 2 round trip tickets on Spirt Airlines to go from

Oakland International Airport to Chicago O’Hare Airport.

The Ticket price was $538.63 for both tickets. We were going to see my son graduate from

 “Navy Boot Camp”. Well Our departure date was Friday Oct. 17, 2014.

Well,I came to find out that my son was graduating on the Oct. 17^{th, 2014}  at 7:00am, So I realized I needed to change my departure date to the Oct. 16^th, 2014 in order to see him graduate. This was on Tuesday  Oct. 14, 2014. I called Spirit Airlines on Tuesday Oct. 14^th, 2014 to explain the situation and to price out how much it would cost to make a change in Departure time and date.

After speaking with a agent and getting the pricing for the change it was far to expensive. I informed Spirit Airlines that I was going to book the Departing flight on a different Airlines that was cheaper pricing by $600.00, I also explained to the agent that I would be using my return flight that I booked and paid for with them.

The agent explained that she would not make any changes to the reservation because I would be using the flight home as scheduled and originally booked.

I flew out on American Airlines with my wife on Thursday  Oct.16^th, 2014 and made it to the Graduation. Our return flight was scheduled on Spirit with a departure date of Sunday  Oct. 19^th, 2014 at around 4pm. Well Sat. Oct. 18^th, 2014, we called the Airline to confirm and get the exact time, to our surprise they Airline informed us they canceled out return flight. We were speaking to a Agent named “RAI”  I proceeded to tell him the whole story and he continued to tell me that there was nothing he could do that “because I did not go on the departing flight, the whole trip was cancelled” I also explained to him my wife has “MS disease”     and did not have enough medicine for extra time we had to go home, and I had called on the Oct. 14^th, 2014 and told Spirit Airlines that I was booked on the wrong day and I would be taking alternate means of transportation , but I did need and planned on using my flight home” . I finally asked to be transferred to his Supervisor.

I was transferred to a Supervisor named “Chris-employee # 31815”, told him the story, then he said that “ he was just a supervisor” and he would transfer me to a manager. His name happened to be Chris also-  Employee #31575  , He was supposed to be a manager, I explained everything to him, the story in full, my frustration etc. I had mentioned that the call was recorded, and is it possible for him to pull the call. He said “YES” and said, if in fact I had  called and said (on the 14^th of Oct.) about the change in my travel plans and the agent did not tell me my flight return flight was canceled**DUE TO TAKING A DIFFERENT MEANS TO GET THERE** he would reinstate the reservation.

   He asked for my cell number and said he would call back in 2 to 3 hrs., we let him know before we hung up that my wife was looking online at Spirits website as we spoke & that there were available seats left on this flight, and were for sale. Then we hung up.

By the way we had also received an email this same day from Spirit reminding us that we are set to go the next day with my Itinerary information verifying we are scheduled on the flight (It’s attached).

We got a call back a while later and missed the call (It rang one time” ) we called back in and went through a maze asking for escalation and finally landed back up on the phone with the same manager “Chris –employee # 31575. At this point we asked him if it was done, he said “NO” and then he said that he had listened to the original call from Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014 and said “He heard us tell the agent that we were using a different airline to get there & do not change our reservation at all, we would still be needing to come home”. I then said well why are you telling me ‘NO”?

Next he said, “That unfortuantly if you miss your outbound flight the whole thing is canceled” I asked him if there was something wrong with him, why would he say that after we talked for an hour ( 3 hours prior) and he said right before we hung up if he heard the call he would reinstate the reservation. Then he said he does not have the authority, I was very mad at this point, I told him I’m disputing this charge and reporting him for lying to me when I’m stuck in Chicago with my sick wife with no medician for any extra time. I asked him if he enjoyed making it worse for us and helping rip us off.

He then said he couldn’t’ book anything because it was sold out. I reminded that wehen we called there were seats available and he did this on purpose and lied strait to us while we were standed.

I begged him for help, I told him we got a email from this same day earlier from spirit verifying we are on the flight.

He did not believe us, I landed up forwarding it to him, he kept us on hold for another 30 min. while he tried to figure out who sent it to us. Then before I hung up I asked to answer 1 question, “What would he do if it was his sick wife with “Multiple Sclerosis”  and he just went through what they are doing to me?”  I asked him to truly be honest.

He said; “ I was right, and he was sorry”.

We bought a different flight that was not non-stop, took 3 hours longer and we had to leave at 6am instead of 4pm, we took American Airlines home.

I was completely ripped off by Spirit, I followed the rules, paid for my flights in full, got lied to, had my head played with while I was in a strange place with my disabled wife.

Sincerely,  Eric