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We’ll take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse

TechCrunch • Mon, 04 May 2026

We’ll take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse

Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

What happened?

Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

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Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/03/well-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit-airlines-after-its-abrupt-weekend-collapse/