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Back in July, I wrote about Spirit Airlines launching nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Key West International Airport (EYW). This new route took off for the the first time today and provides travelers a faster way to get from Las Olas Boulevard to Duval Street without having to deal with the Overseas Highway (I’ve driven it before and traffic is a real pain).
Seasonal flights will run 3x weekly beginning on November 6th and running through December 18th when the schedule changes to 1x daily for the holidays. With this latest addition, Key West International Airport (EYW) becomes Spirit’s eighth destination in Florida. Others include:
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)
- Miami International Airport (MIA)
- Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Palm Beach International Airport (PBI)
- Pensacola International Airport (PNS)
- Tampa International Airport (TPA)
The new route also provides easy one-stop connections to major cities across the United States. This new route is currently on sale starting at $79 one way. Free Spirit members can earn 1,500 bonus points on roundtrip flights and 750 bonus points on one-way flights to/from Key West International Airport (EYW). Travel must be booked by November 14th and flown by December 6th for this promotion.
Andrea Lusso, Vice President of Network Planning at Spirit Airlines, said:
Key West lives up to its reputation as an island paradise, and now Fort Lauderdale travelers can get to their Florida Keys vacation in under an hour. As South Florida’s hometown airline, we’re proud to expand our Florida footprint and also introduce a convenient and affordable way for Guests across our network to reach the Southernmost Point.”
Anthony’s Take: It has been many years since I have been to Key West. I’d love to go back. I was set to last June when Breeze Airways launched service from Tampa International Airport (TPA), but my plans changed. It’s great to see more service to the Southernmost City in the United States.
(Image Credits: Spirit Airlines.)
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I was booked on it… more so to fly in/out of Key West on an A320neo…. But alas Spirit schedule change number 27 of the year for me saw them make it an invalid route that no longer connects from many cities and auto-refunded me to a credit (and I got no notice of it – I just saw my PNR no longer appeared in my account). They offered to sell me a new ticket (at three times what I originally paid) to fly to FLL, spend the night on my own dime, then on to EYW.
I won’t make status with Spirit again because I can’t fly them even if I want to. Of those 27 schedule changes in 2025 to date (well, plus one I got yesterday), 18 of those made my journey no longer an option. While I’ve booked thousands of dollars in Spirit tickets, I’m basically recycling the same $1000 or so in credits over and over and over without going anywhere.
I’ve had so many schedule changes and have steered away as a result.