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Today only: Frontier is offering a last-minute fare sale for June travel. Fares start at $19 one way!
The sale is valid for bookings made by 11:59 PM ET today only (June 2) for domestic, nonstop travel mostly on different dates specified by each sale route. Unlike previous sales, which were only available for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday travel, these deals are available all seven days of the week.
Here is the sale page and restrictions. I see $19 fares between:
- Atlanta and Cincinnati
I see $29 fares between:
- Atlanta and Washington-Dulles
- Atlanta and Indy
- Atlanta and New Orleans
- Atlanta and Orlando
- Atlanta and Miami
- Atlanta and Philly
- Cleveland and Atlanta
- Cleveland and Raleigh/Durham
- Denver and Las Vegas
- Denver and Phoenix
- Philly and Charlotte
- Phoenix and San Francisco
There are also many $39, $49, and higher fares, sorted by city.
I had no trouble pricing out Atlanta to Cincinnati for $19 next week.
Fees
Frontier now follows the ultra-low-cost, fee-for-everything model.
Seat selection costs $4+. They’ll assign you a seat at check in for free, but you’ll probably get the worst one.
Only a personal item is free to bring on board. Checked bags cost $20+ and carry ons cost $30+, so I would think of these fares as costing $20 more each way and plan on checking a bag.
Even water costs money. Here’s the snack and drink menu.
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I appreciate that you are one of the few bloggers anywhere to pay close attention to Frontier developments & promotions. Nice for those of us who live near expanding Frontier service (like IAD), though have been disappointed to see that they’re dropping so many of the smaller airports they once served, especially out on “the frontier” — gasp. places like Shenandoan, Williamsburg, and the airports they used to serve around major US national parks. (bummers x10)
Yet I’d especially appreciate seeing an updated post about the 5,000 mile discount “companion booking” that apparently is still available via Frontier. I can’t find details about this at the moment on the frontier web site. I had a Frontier phone rep. assure me that the benefit still exists, but even after a half hour of digging and checking with supervisors, they couldn’t find it anywhere on the web site either.
I gather a few changes have crept in since you first wrote about it so enthusiastically in 2013…. things like it now has to be paired to a cash paid for ticket. Yet I’m hoping I can still use it for one-way flight options. (which would make the companion booking cost just 5,000 points)
Thanks in advance for checking and updating…. (if you can)
I appreciate that you are one of the few bloggers anywhere to pay close attention to Frontier developments & promotions. Nice for those of us who live near expanding Frontier service (like IAD), though have been disappointed to see that they’re dropping so many of the smaller airports they once served, especially out on “the frontier” — gasp. places like Shenandoan, Williamsburg, and the airports they used to serve around major US national parks. (bummers x10)
Yet I’d especially appreciate seeing an updated post about the 5,000 mile discount “companion booking” that apparently is still available via Frontier. I can’t find details about this at the moment on the frontier web site. I had a Frontier phone rep. assure me that the benefit still exists, but even after a half hour of digging and checking with supervisors, they couldn’t find it anywhere on the web site either.
I gather a few changes have crept in since you first wrote about it so enthusiastically in 2013…. things like it now has to be paired to a cash paid for ticket. Yet I’m hoping I can still use it for one-way flight options. (which would make the companion booking cost just 5,000 points)
Thanks in advance for checking and updating…. (if you can)