Probably the cheapest way of achieving free travel on Spirit is through the appropriately named Free Spirit program.
Spirit used to publish an award chart annually, but the last one dates from 2011. Spirit now says to check their website for all award redemptions and point costs.
The old award chart is still a great guide. It can be found here: http://www.spirit.com/content/documents/en-us/awards_chart_2011.pdf
The basic gist of it is that there are only four redemption levels based on the distance traveled. Within those levels there is significant variation in redemption costs based peak vs non-peak travel and whether you want to sit in a "big front seat."
At the lowest levels are some real gems, comparable to British Airways' Avios program. For example, Spirit cardholders can purchase one-way tickets up to 1249 miles for just 2500 Free Spirit miles! That makes a domestic round-trip potentially 1/5 of the 25,000 miles needed on a mainline carrier.
Find someplace you'd like to go and look up the costs! You might be pleasantly surprised!
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