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Old 11-15-2023, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Rural Wisconsin
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https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel...y-annual-pass/

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The “GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly” pass allows travelers to take an unlimited number of flights from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025, for $499. The offer includes access to any location Frontier flies, including international destinations.
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“Seats available to pass holders are capacity controlled, limited in quantity and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last,” the airline wrote in a news release
Wow, and we thought flying was uncomfortable now! Wait until Frontier is besieged with all those people who would not ordinarily be flying!

No, thanks.
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Old 11-15-2023, 04:22 PM
Status: "I Choose Freedom Over Democracy!" (set 4 days ago)
 
Location: Crooked Pennsylvania
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I have a sneaking suspicion that a bankruptcy filing will soon follow..
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Old 11-15-2023, 07:36 PM
 
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Not exactly United's $290,000 (in 1990 dollars) life time pass.

https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/united...ime-pass-1990/

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He once went 12 consecutive days without sleeping in a bed after he flew from Newark to San Francisco, followed by a trip to Bangkok to Dubai and back — covering four trips around the world — and only leaving the skies the visit the United airport lounges, according to the outlet.

“If I spend more than a week in one place, I’m like, ‘I gotta get back in the air.’ I’m more afraid to be on the ground than in the air,” the frequent flier told The Post in 2019.

Stuker has been to over 100 countries using his unlimited United pass and even shares the wealth with his wife, taking her on over 120 “honeymoons.”

His passion for flying started after visiting Australia in 1984 for work and “falling in love” with the country — revealing he’s been back over 300 times.
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Old 11-15-2023, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Sandy Eggo's North County
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I can't imagine, being sequestered in a petri dish, by choice.
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Old 11-16-2023, 06:41 AM
 
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$499? Is that what they're going to pay me to fly their airline? Hmmmmmm ... no.
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Old 11-16-2023, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Dayton OH
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It sounds like they are selling a $499 standby ticket, so you only get on the plane if they can't fill it up with regular ticket-buying customers.
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Old 11-16-2023, 01:13 PM
 
Location: North Idaho
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Where all do they fly? It might be worth it if only it were not "seating limited" with supplies limited. The pass would be worthless if you can't actually get onto a plane.

If all you had to do was to make a reservation, I could put together an awfully nice vacation in Central American and the Caribbean, spending several weeks traveling around. That would be worth the $499. But if you can't get on a plane whenever you want, what good is it? I wouldn't want to spend three weeks in the airport in Santo Domingo, waiting for a flight with an empty seat. Not to mention that it would badly mess up your hotel reservations if you couldn't get on the flight you want.

Last edited by oregonwoodsmoke; 11-16-2023 at 01:21 PM..
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Old 11-16-2023, 01:17 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Frontier makes a pretty miserable flying experience (about the same as Spirit)

You get what you pay (dearly) for and wear lots of clothes, but don't bring luggage, only a tiny carry on.

Don't change plans!
Be prepared for cancelled flights.

Most of their discount fares are unobtainable (very few available seats, black-out dates, passenger load / route bumping.)
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Old 11-16-2023, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Four Oaks
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Originally Posted by StealthRabbit View Post
Frontier makes a pretty miserable flying experience (about the same as Spirit)

You get what you pay (dearly) for and wear lots of clothes, but don't bring luggage, only a tiny carry on.

Don't change plans!
Be prepared for cancelled flights.

Most of their discount fares are unobtainable (very few available seats, black-out dates, passenger load / route bumping.)
Everything said is true. Flew Frontier twice, never again.

And if you do, expect charges for every single thing that's not associated with just walking in and sitting down on your seat. And that's if your plane ever gets in the air.
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Old 11-16-2023, 05:35 PM
 
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We found Frontier seats so hard, short and uncomfortable that we could only tolerate an hour or so in the air. Even sitting on my parka didn’t help much.

Flying is horrible enough these days but this may appeal to younger people (or others) who will sacrifice some basic comfort for cheap but many fees. No thanks.
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