Revenue

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

Revenue

Operating revenues are comprised of passenger revenues, which includes fare and non-fare revenues, and other revenues. The following table shows disaggregated operating revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in thousands)
Operating revenues:
Fare	$	673,848	$	421,015	$	1,796,044	$	964,993
Non-fare	648,231		486,217		1,823,650		1,239,081
Total passenger revenues	1,322,079		907,232		3,619,694		2,204,074
Other	21,100		15,399		57,443		39,145
Total operating revenues	$	1,343,179	$	922,631	$	3,677,137	$	2,243,219

The Company is managed as a single business unit that provides air transportation for passengers. Operating revenues by geographic region as defined by the DOT are summarized below:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(in thousands)
DOT—Domestic	$	1,163,193	$	801,766	$	3,154,984	$	1,980,762
DOT—Latin America	179,986		120,865		522,153		262,457
Total	$	1,343,179	$	922,631	$	3,677,137	$	2,243,219

The Company defers the amount for award travel obligations as part of loyalty deferred revenue within air traffic liability ("ATL") on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets and recognizes loyalty travel awards in passenger revenues as points are used for travel or expire unused.

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had ATL balances of $495.8 million and $382.3 million, respectively. Substantially all of the Company's ATL is expected to be recognized within 12 months of the respective balance sheet date.

Loyalty Programs

The Company operates the Spirit Saver$ Club®, which is a subscription-based loyalty program that allows members access to unpublished, extra-low fares as well as discounted prices on bags and seats, shortcut boarding and security, "Flight Flex" flight modification product, and exclusive offers on hotels, rental cars and other travel necessities. The Company also operates the Free Spirit loyalty program, which attracts members and partners and builds customer loyalty for the Company by offering a variety of awards, benefits and services. Free Spirit loyalty program members earn and accrue points for dollars spent on Spirit for flights and other non-fare services as well as services from non-air partners such as retail merchants, hotels or car rental companies or by making purchases with credit cards issued by partner banks and financial services providers. Points earned and accrued by Free Spirit loyalty program members can be redeemed for travel awards such as free (other than taxes and government-imposed fees), discounted or upgraded travel.