Spirit Airlines Airbus
A new Spirit Airlines Airbus A320neo.
  • Spirit Airlines announced a complete overhaul of its ticket offerings targeting premium customers.
  • The airline also introduced priority check-in and boarding for premium and frequent fliers.
  • Spirit's premium transformation results from the low prices that hurt airline profits this year.

Spirit Airlines plans to completely transform how it sells tickets, bundling together previously à-la-carte items like free snacks and checked bags into categories that make the budget airline look more like its competitors.

Among the new premium perks for higher levels announced on Tuesday are priority check-in and boarding for premium passengers, Spirit credit card holders, and Gold-level frequent fliers.