BRADENTON, Fla. â The sun had not yet set last Friday on a field ringed by palm trees when, on the first play from scrimmage, Shea Patterson rolled to his left and threw a 69-yard touchdown pass for his high school, IMG Academy, a private, for-profit sports boarding school.
Spirit is one of two domestic carriers that charge for carry-on bags. The other is Allegiant Air, which instituted a fee last month. On that carrier, a carry-on costs as much as $35.
A bag that can fit under a seat remains free. This is just the latest of a slew of extra fees Frontier has added on, including charging for water ($1.99) or for reserving a specific seat on the flight. But Frontier isnât the first airline to charge for carry-on baggage. Spirit Airlines began charging customers carry-on fees in 2010, and now has 24 different baggage fees, depending on when you book and where it is stored. Barry L. Biffle, who spent nine years as a Spirit executive, was named Frontierâs new president last week.