Spirit Airlines agreed to pay $8.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its bag fees, attorneys for the plaintiffs disclosed Wednesday.

A group of first-time Spirit flyers who booked their trips through third-party travel sites between 2011-17 sued the airline in 2017, claiming that it did not disclose its bag fees and other extra fees appropriately.

The flyers said the budget airline’s surprise carry-on bag fees were intentionally hidden in an effort to gain profit.

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    10 months ago

    “They should disclose all their fees!”

    fees get broken out into line items

    “Why are there so many fees!”

    Like I get what people are saying, but a lot of “fees” are just regular costs of doing business. It’s really only for stupid stuff like a “$5 print your ticket at home ‘convenience’ fee” that are bullshit. It shouldn’t be more expensive to use less infrastructure.