Major Airline Updates Terms Against ‘Lewd’ Clothing and Body Art

A major airline has updated its contract of carriage, specifying that tattoos and certain types of clothing which could be considered offensive might get you bumped from the flight.

On Jan. 22, Spirit Airlines posted an amended carriage contract to its website which includes a notable revised passage regarding passenger’s clothing and body art. Specifically, any customer “may be required to leave an aircraft if that guest…is barefoot or inadequately clothed.” Spirit categorizes inadequate clothing as “see-through clothing” or otherwise being “not adequately covered,” including “exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts.” The terms also extend to any tattoos which are “lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature."

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Spirit’s previous terms contained a similar passage noting that passengers who arrive "barefoot or inadequately clothed,” or are dressed in clothing which “is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature" may be denied boarding. However, the airline didn’t mention body art or specific examples of offensive dress.

The airline’s updated terms may be in response to an incident last October in which two women in California were denied boarding for wearing crop tops. "Our Contract of Carriage, a document all Guests agree to upon making a reservation with us, includes certain clothing standards for all Guests traveling with us,” Spirit told USA Today at the time.