Finesse the system?

>>1288425
They will tell you to check your bag if it has no label on it at the gate

>>1288425
>Would this work?
Preface: I'm a European, never been to the States.
It *might* work, but I can imagine wearing lots of clothes like you could make some eyebrows go up at the TSA. Still, try it and report back. If nothing else, you'll have struck a blow for science.

Why are you being a faggot? Pack as much as they allow and be fucking done with it. I fly almost exclusively low cost and follow their rules. I get to my destination on time (most of the time we're ahead). It's pleasant, cheap AF (to the point I feel guilty and buy something from the food cart) and safe.

My last flight sounds like something you're asking though:

I wore a jacket and the heaviest boots (military) during flight (it is summer, so it was out of place for both clothing items). Everything else, including a day bag, was stuffed onto my free carry on. At both airports I had everything in though. As they would check at check-in and right before boarding for the amount and size of bags. Can't sneak beyond that.

Also this was Europe.

>>1288425
TSA doesn't give a fuck but the gate agents who board the plane do. You'll end up paying twice as much when they stop you at the gate and delay boarding for the other 100 already miserable spirit passengers

>>1288425
the best way is to smuggle your clothes in your ass.

>>1288604
>>1288721
>at the gate
No, i was not planning on doing it prior to boarding. My plan order is
>board plane
>rush to bathroom with backpack
>pretend to shit
>stuff all my clothes in the extra bag
>walk out and act like i had two bags from the start
>put both bags in overhead compartment

Like i said, its a retarded fucking plan, but im going super economic and I have to make this shit work

>>1288425
What are Spirit weight and size limits for carry on?

We must accept the reality of cheap travel.

>>1288809
Its 40 LBS as of right now but i overheard they are going to allow bigger bags, and more weight soon

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fuck that piss yellow airline
they jammed me twice, in a real bad way, after some good years with them.

JetBlue ftw.

Anyway, here's a Spirit trick we used alot, works at FLL. After you get your boarding passes, you get herded into a "velvet rope" line where, at the entrance, the "baggage nazis" make sure you paid for your carry ons. Go thru empty. But have someone bring a bag or two after that checkpoint (its before TSA, so no worries) and give it to you a little sly like over the rope, a little past the "Bag Nazis" entrance. Worked 100% of the time.

Also, when doing checked bags (this takes practice) and your overweight (check before you get to airport they will charge if you are 2lbs over),
As soon as you put your bag on scale, I use my foot (size 14) under the scale and " force toe up" the scale, and hold it (thats the tricky part) under the weight limit.. Wifey and kid always overpacks.
Works on most scales.. Agents only glance at it for a second. Then hand bag over to agent, or the floor right afterwards..

But again, Spirit is a shit.

>>1288425
You cannot finesse the system OP.
You can only get hit with an instant $150 charge on the spot. It. will. not. work.

The difference between Spirit and anyone else is that you think $150 is good until you pay another $100 on top of that for their extra fees. There will never ever be a discount to fly Spirit unless you go emptyhanded, no carryon. Like uhh, ship your bags via ups and bring your wallet and no carryon. The big difference, and why you think $25 is only $25 is your newb nature. They will gig you for checking the bag at the gate 4x more than doing it online.

Flying southwest or jetblue means not only free carryon, but also free checked bag.

Flying frontier, allegient and a couple other snowbird and seasonal carriers going to second tier airports part of the year are some regional cheapies. But, you can get similar deals on american or delta. I rarely see that united has my best price the past two years. If you are free to miss work, by all means gamble on Spirit, but know if they get a mechanical they will not want to put you in a hotel, or even bring in new equipment, or roll you into one of their 30 other flights that day like Delta. Flight is simply cancelled. Will that cost you more? Will you spend $15 on a bottled water and bagel in the terminal since you won't get snacks onboard? Will you arrive with a backache and leg ache, or experience a delay. Is that worth $20 to you?

Spirit is for novices who don't understand the system yet. They count on you being gullible. They pay their crew like shit too.