Frontier standing match 2023: Why it was price it for me

It is official: the Frontier standing match is again. As somebody who has a love/hate relationship with Frontier Airways, I’ve gone backwards and forwards about whether or not to use. I did so in 2021, and I paid a modest price. However, in true Frontier style, there are extra charges tacked on for me this time round since I might be going for a better standing tier and since I’ve utilized for a standing match earlier than.

Finally, I made a decision the perks I might obtain if accredited for the match would outweigh the price of making use of. Right here, I will run via the applying course of, the match and what I am entitled to consequently. However first, this is a fast recap of my historical past with Frontier.

Love at first flight

In 2018, I discovered myself in want of cheap flights to Orlando. A colleague steered I strive Trenton-Mercer Worldwide Airport (TTN), a small, native airport lower than 10 minutes from my residence. It has two gates, ridiculously low cost parking and one airline — Frontier.

Drawn again in

In late 2021, I made a decision to offer Frontier one other likelihood by making use of for a standing match. I paid the $49 software price and used my Premier Gold standing with United to achieve Elite 50K, the center tier of the airline’s three-level Frontier Miles loyalty program. It entitled me to a free carry-on bag, a free seat project and precedence boarding; these extras usually value a lot that I knew the applying price would greater than pay for itself if I flew simply as soon as with a carry-on.

My standing now means I’ve all of the perks of Elite 50K (free carry-on bag, seat project and precedence boarding, plus a bunch of different little issues), in addition to a free checked bag. The kicker for me: I additionally acquired a free membership for Low cost Den, which provides reductions that normally prevent between $10 and $30 on every ticket any time you ebook. (Membership usually prices $99.99 per 12 months for brand new enrollees and $59.99 per 12 months for returning members. So, for me, it is a $99.99 worth.)

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Given the membership, if I take a single one-way flight with Frontier, carry a carry-on and choose a seat, the match’s $199 software charges will nearly pay for themselves. The opposite perks are merely a bonus.

This is information on Frontier’s loyalty standing ranges, how I requested the match (together with what you will want when you plan to do the identical), which loyalty packages you should use that will help you grow to be elite with Frontier and what you will pay to use for every tier.

Frontier Miles loyalty program tiers

Frontier Miles has three ranges: Elite 20K, Elite 50K and Elite 100K. To qualify, you usually should earn 20,000 qualifying miles or fly 25 flight segments; 50,000 qualifying miles or 50 flight segments; or 100,000 qualifying miles or 100 flight segments, respectively. With the match, you merely pay a price to be awarded a tier similar to your present tier with one other journey loyalty program.

For a whole record of perks for every Frontier Miles tier, learn extra in our Elite 20K, Elite 50K and Elite 100K comparability chart.

The best way to request a Frontier standing match

To request a standing match with Frontier, you will need to fill out the shape on the airline’s web site, beginning together with your full title, e-mail tackle, Frontier Miles quantity and nation of residence. (When you’re not a member, you will should be part of Frontier Miles earlier than you may request the match.) Verify the field to conform to the phrases and circumstances and certify that you just’re 18.

On the subsequent display, you will choose whether or not you need to match your Frontier standing to your standing from an airline, lodge or cruise line.

Subsequent, you will be requested to pick the precise loyalty program and tier that you want to matched. Fill in your loyalty quantity for that program and proceed to the subsequent web page, the place you may be requested to confirm your data and add proof of your loyalty standing. That may be a photograph of a membership card or a screenshot out of your pc or loyalty program cell app. Uploaded photographs should present your present loyalty standing tier and membership quantity.

After that, Frontier will attempt to persuade you to tack on a fall and winter GoWild! Cross for a further $299. (Certainly one of TPG’s editors shared her expertise with an analogous spring move so you may decide if the move is best for you.)

On the next web page, the display will inform you the place your present loyalty standing will place you inside Frontier’s program and supply your software price whole; it’s going to additionally ask to your fee data. Fill it out, test the field to acknowledge that your software shall be electronically processed by Standing Match and submit the shape.

Lastly, it’s best to see a affirmation web page with a receipt to your fee. You would possibly need to print the web page or take a screenshot to your information. Affirmation may also be mailed to you on the tackle you offered on the primary web page.

To see how your present loyalty tier will translate inside the Frontier Miles program, try Frontier’s conversion chart and standing match FAQ.

How lengthy it’ll take to listen to again in your match request

In your affirmation web page, it’ll state {that a} dedication shall be made inside 48 hours of request submission. You will not obtain an official affirmation in case your request is granted and the match is issued, however you may log into your Frontier Miles account inside that time-frame to see if it has been up to date. In that case, you are free to make use of your new loyalty advantages. Nonetheless, they can’t be utilized to facilities — reminiscent of baggage charges or seat choice — which have already been paid for.

You may request a match via Dec. 31, 2023. In case your match is granted, you’ll preserve that standing with Frontier via Dec. 31, 2024. When you apply now, you will get a pair further months’ price of standing out of the deal, too.

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