Down with Spirit's $5 fee! Long live the blogosphere!


Who says that bloggers just talk and never get anything done?
Christopher Elliott noted on July 16 that Spirit Airlines had begun charging a $5 per passenger each way "Web convenience" fee for booking tickets through its website.
The blog Upgrade: Travel Better jumped on the case, deriding the fee. Consumerist followed suit on Monday.
And soon thereafter Spirit dropped the fee from its contract of carriage.
Kudos to all.