text: Spirit was the cheapest airfare I found for a last minute flight from LAX to the Bay Area, and now I understand why. My flight costed me only $64, as compared to other airlines who were charging $180+, but...I have a three hour layover in Vegas, which by the way, is where I am drafting this review as I wait to board my next plane to Oakland. Some might say time is money, but I didn't really mind the layover. Besides now I have a few extra hours to catch up on my reviews. \n\nSo why the two stars? Oh where do I begin...\n\nWhen I checked-in online, I found that you are only allowed one personal bag (handbag, small backpack, etc.) free of charge and that they charge $35 for a carry-on, and even more for checked bags. But on that same page, they disclose that umbrellas, baby diaper bags, cameras, or food for the flight are not counted as carry-ons. I had an SLR camera bag and a handbag with me and was heading straight to the airport immediately after work, so I couldn't even go home to pack smarter after learning of their baggage fees. Since cameras were not counted as a carry on, I pulled out all the compartment walls from my camera bag to make one big compartment for my handbag. Luckily I had brought my denim LV bag, so it was much more pliable than most bags I have at home, and I carried my camera around my neck. \n\nSo I got around the baggage fee, but then the next page of the online check-in asks you to select a seat for a fee starting at $5. This page almost got me. It says that the green seat is me, grey seats are unavailable, and blue seats are available for purchase/upgrade. I looked up and down the diagram of the plane multiple times, but did not see my seat anywhere. I thought I just had to pick a seat, but anywhere that I clicked on added an additional fee for the seat. My gosh! They charge for carry-on and seats??? Anyway, I decided to skip this step just to see what happens and they randomly assigned me to a seat. I usually prefer the window, but whatevers. I just saved myself $5-15. \n\nFinally, the flight. The plane itself looked pretty new and clean. Leg room wise... like what most people say... are minimal, if any. Lucky for me, I'm not even five feet of height, so there was enough leg room for me. The seats don't recline either, but you probably wouldn't want them to anyway because as Queen Latifah would say in Last Holiday, the person in front of you would practically be sitting in your lap. \n\nSince my fare was so cheap, and I had a layover in Vegas, I was curious to see what the cost of the fare would be to just fly from LAX to LAS (the first flight of my travel). I found that the fare costed $100 more than mine!!! So for my fellow flyers who were stopping in Vegas, they could've booked the LAX to OAK, got off in LAS, and disregard the flight to OAK. But I've heard that then you wouldn't be able to board the returning flight obviously because you're not returning from OAK, so all you have to do is book separate one-way departing and returning flights. \n\n(Lol... as I'm sitting at the gate waiting, a woman just walked by calling Spirit stupid.)\n\n**UPDATE**\nThree hours later, I'm still here in Vegas. And now my flight is delayed two hours. My plane is here, but we're waiting for the flight crew to come in from San Diego. Wtf happened to the crew on the plane that is sitting here at the gate? Now I'm not getting back to the Bay Area till the next morning at 12:40.  Awesome! I'm knocking off a star.\n\n**ANOTHER UPDATE**\nFinally got on the second plane and was not impressed. The plane looked old and dirty. Completely opposite of the first plane. To the point where it was gross. I'm just glad it got me to OAK safely.