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36k People Pledged $22M to ‘Buy’ Spirit Airlines - Then the Site Crashed

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Re: 36k People Pledged $22M to ‘Buy’ Spirit Airlines - Then the Site Crashed

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People are underestimating how much latent frustration there is with airline pricing and UX.

If nothing else, this project is quantifying that frustration in dollars. $22M in soft commitments is basically people saying: ‘I'd pay to see a better version of this industry exist.’

That alone feels like useful data.