Spirit Aviation Holdings is the parent company of Spirit Airlines, LLC.
Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of Spirit Airlines, LLC
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Free Spirit
What happened to Free Spirit?
Free Spirit was Spirit Airlines' loyalty program. Spirit began winding down its operations on May 2, 2026 and cancelled all flights, so there are no Spirit flights to book with points.
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Free Spirit was the loyalty program of Spirit Airlines, the US low-cost carrier. On May 2, 2026, Spirit's parent company began an orderly wind-down of operations and cancelled all Spirit flights, so the program no longer offers flights to redeem points for. Spirit said compensation for bookings made with Free Spirit points would be settled through its bankruptcy process.
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Spirit Aviation Holdings began an orderly wind-down of Spirit Airlines, effective immediately, and cancelled all flights. Card-paid flights were to be refunded automatically; compensation for flights booked with Free Spirit points was left to the bankruptcy process.
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Official sources & quoted terms
Compensation for Free Spirit point bookings to be decided in bankruptcy; info at spiritrestructuring.com.
Compensation for Guests who booked flights using any other methods, including a voucher, credit or Free Spirit points, will be determined at a later date through the bankruptcy process.
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Automatic refunds for card-paid flights; travel agent bookings via the agent.
Spirit will automatically process refunds for any flights purchased through Spirit with a credit or debit card to the original form of payment.
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Travel agent bookings refunded via the agent.
Guests who booked flights via a travel agent should contact the travel agent directly to request a refund.
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What happened to Free Spirit?
Free Spirit was Spirit Airlines' loyalty program. Spirit began winding down its operations on May 2, 2026 and cancelled all flights, so there are no Spirit flights to book with points.
What happens to flights I booked with Free Spirit points?
Spirit said compensation for guests who booked flights with a voucher, credit or Free Spirit points would be determined at a later date through the bankruptcy process, and pointed guests to spiritrestructuring.com for updates.
Will Spirit refund flights paid by card?
Spirit said it would automatically refund flights bought through Spirit with a credit or debit card to the original form of payment. Bookings made through a travel agent should be refunded by that agent.
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