A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from August 10, 2021
Sprite Airlines (Spirit Airlines nickname)

Spirit Airlines is an American ultra-low-cost carrier. Some people rearrange the letters a bit and call it “Sprite Airlines.”
     
“Ppl Never take Sprite airlines it the worst airline I have ever traveled on plus $45 for a carry on” was posted on Twitter by KardioKor on August 24, 2010. “SPRITE AIRLINES WHAT A JOKE” was posted on Twitter by Rose Delgado on November 19, 2010. “What u expect from sprite airlines” was posted on Twitter by haitianmario on October 1, 2011. “Idk why my dumbass been reading ‘Spirit’ Airlines as ‘Sprite’ Airlines this whole time” was posted on Twitter by ALEXEIA on December 21, 2016.
       
Other Spirit Airlines nicknames include “Break Your Spirit Airlines,” “Dollar Store of the Sky,” “Fung Wah Bus of the Sky,” “Greyhound Bus of the Sky,” “School Bus of the Sky” and “Waffle House of the Sky.” Additional “with wings” nicknames include “Greyhound Bus with Wings,” “School Bus with Wings” and “Waffle House with Wings.”
         
     
Wikipedia: Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (stylized as spirit) is an American ultra-low-cost carrier headquartered in Miramar, Florida in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit operates scheduled flights throughout the United States and in the Caribbean and Latin America.
     
Twitter
KardioKor
@KorryGoodHeart
Ppl Never take Sprite airlines it the worst airline I have ever traveled on plus $45 for a carry on
7:42 PM · Aug 24, 2010·a Ning Network
   
Twitter
Rose Delgado
@rosee64
SPRITE AIRLINES WHAT A JOKE. While on strike they offer a voucher for $100.00 per passenger left stranded.
9:56 AM · Nov 19, 2010·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
haitianmario
@HaitianMario
What u expect from sprite airlines .. RT @cupcake_kitty: I’m mad there’s no tv on this damn plane
7:22 PM · Oct 1, 2011·UberSocial for BlackBerry
   
Twitter
Eric Young
@Eric_Young305
Sprite Airlines has some jacked up seats! #My1standlasttime Smh
9:45 PM · Jan 26, 2012·Echofon
   
Twitter
Dennis Mahon
@libprosperity12
Sprite Airlines is going to charge a 100.00 for carrying bags on to the plane. I will never fly them again and I fly every 2 weeks.
9:43 PM · Oct 1, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Jordan Daceo VARSITY
@jordandaceo
Replying to @EstrellaaaX3
“@EstrellaxO: Horrrrrible flight!!!! I don’t know what I hate more flying or sprite airlines.” Spirit sucks
3:31 AM · Oct 10, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Brigitte Fritz
@FritzTitz
**SPIRIT AIRLINES, BUT SPRITE AIRLINES SOUNDS COOL TOO
10:59 PM · Apr 22, 2014·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
ALEXEIA
@OffGrid4k
Idk why my dumbass been reading “Spirit” Airlines as “Sprite” Airlines this whole time.
11:55 AM · Dec 21, 2016 from Louisiana, USA·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
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@eeezuus
Some of you have never flown Frontier or Sprite airlines and it shows
5:55 AM · Jan 3, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
TRIPLE D
@danieldali2000
Sprite airlines really is the worst airline I have ever had to deal with. Shit is crazy.
Quote Tweet
Your Favorite Interior Designer Sparkles
@twhitson26
· Mar 5, 2020
Spirit Airlines dropping me off at my destination. Airplane
9:45 AM · Mar 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Luisa Capra
@LuisaCapra6
If you support this stupidity a fly Sprite Airlines Please block me any fees people on the plane had any balls they were all got off the plane
Quote Tweet
The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
· Apr 5
Spirit Airlines has reportedly kicked a Jewish family off of a flight after their young child was eating without a mask.
8:07 PM · Apr 5, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
YouTube
When you fly with sprite airlines
Jun 13, 2021
VENOM
 
Twitter
Nate
@natensd
Replying to @NPR
Sprite airlines aka “ghetto broke good luck airlines “
11:46 PM · Aug 3, 2021·Twitter Web App

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