Frontier Airlines: Select Flights Buy One Trip, Get One Trip

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Quote from birdy50

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could someone explain to me this counter buying strategy? I can't in my wildest dreams imagine just showing up to LAX (which is a massive undertaking in and of itself) without a ticket already purchased, and just hoping to buy one at the counter and not get my ass handed to me with the most expensive ticket ever sold. So then I'd just go home? What, do people just have all this time on their hands to MAYBE take a flight somewhere? I'm confused...

learn reading comprehension. Only "advance tickets from anywhere to any destination" are discussed, never a prompt boarding segment

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Basically, the airport agent books it for you. You do as far in advance at the flight as possible. You don't show up on the day of. The pricing at the ticket counter excludes the carrier interface charge / passenger usage fee. On many tickets, that can be about $20 to $40 worth of savings per passenger. Once you have the reservation booked, you can then go online and buy the add-ons that you need, if you don't like the airport pricing for any of the ancillaries. It's a cool deal.

You do have to make a special trip to the airport to get this pricing (and maybe pay for a short parking space), but you can understand how much you'll be paying by just paying attention to the fee breakdown on the carriers website. You can just remove the fee that I mentioned above, and then it'll help you calculate the actual price that you'll pay at the ticket counter. Be aware that some airports only have specific hours for ticket sales at the counter, too.

1. Your insistence that you'll guess the exact amount of savings by eyeballing on-line breakdown is mis-guided
2. Question remains: has anyone tried airport counters of other airlines, incl international segments?

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Quote from birdy50

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could someone explain to me this counter buying strategy? I can't in my wildest dreams imagine just showing up to LAX (which is a massive undertaking in and of itself) without a ticket already purchased, and just hoping to buy one at the counter and not get my ass handed to me with the most expensive ticket ever sold. So then I'd just go home? What, do people just have all this time on their hands to MAYBE take a flight somewhere? I'm confused...

I assume it is people already on travel. They are already at the airport so they might as well as purchase tickets for the next trip. Also, Frontier services some smaller airports such as Ontario or Reno. It would be very simple to purchase tickets at the counter if you happen to be in the area. Nearly all are not buying a ticket for same day travel.

spike888

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spike888Oct 7, 2022 12:39 AM

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Frontier and spirit same. Same quality and same thin seats. Frontier mostly at night and spirit during morning and day

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Be aware Frontier sucks. You do not want to take longer than a 3 hour flight with them.

birdy50

Oct 7, 2022 1:10 AM

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Quote from LIsNotDead

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Basically, the airport agent books it for you. You do as far in advance at the flight as possible. You don't show up on the day of. The pricing at the ticket counter excludes the carrier interface charge / passenger usage fee. On many tickets, that can be about $20 to $40 worth of savings per passenger. Once you have the reservation booked, you can then go online and buy the add-ons that you need, if you don't like the airport pricing for any of the ancillaries. It's a cool deal.

You do have to make a special trip to the airport to get this pricing (and maybe pay for a short parking space), but you can understand how much you'll be paying by just paying attention to the fee breakdown on the carriers website. You can just remove the fee that I mentioned above, and then it'll help you calculate the actual price that you'll pay at the ticket counter. Be aware that some airports only have specific hours for ticket sales at the counter, too.

Thanks for this response.

Last edited by birdy50 October 6, 2022 at 06:12 PM.

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Quote from ec3lal

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I assume it is people already on travel. They are already at the airport so they might as well as purchase tickets for the next trip. Also, Frontier services some smaller airports such as Ontario or Reno. It would be very simple to purchase tickets at the counter if you happen to be in the area. Nearly all are not buying a ticket for same day travel.

Thanks for this response. That makes more sense, though I would NEVER EVER EVER make a trip to LAX just to hope to buy a cheaper ticket. Would never be worth the drive and parking and stress. But I can see hopping by while I'm already there for another flight. That makes more sense to me. Thanks!

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learn reading comprehension. Only "advance tickets from anywhere to any destination" are discussed, never a prompt boarding segment

Learn tact.

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Quote from birdy50

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Thanks for this response. That makes more sense, though I would NEVER EVER EVER make a trip to LAX just to hope to buy a cheaper ticket. Would never be worth the drive and parking and stress. But I can see hopping by while I'm already there for another flight. That makes more sense to me. Thanks!

Yeah it works for me because DTW is on the way to and from work- I have to pay to park, but $4 parking to save $22.99/person/way is worth it sometimes.

I don't know why folks are guessing the PUF as "thirty to forty dollars off." They're published online, and Spirit's and Frontier's are the same. Any other difference when booking at the airport is probably a "normal" price fluxuation. The amount I have been discounted has always been exactly the online fare, less the PUF.

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Quote from AveS5210

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Yeah it works for me because DTW is on the way to and from work- I have to pay to park, but $4 parking to save $22.99/person/way is worth it sometimes.

I don't know why folks are guessing the PUF as "thirty to forty dollars off." They're published online, and Spirit's and Frontier's are the same. Any other difference when booking at the airport is probably a "normal" price fluxuation. The amount I have been discounted has always been exactly the online fare, less the PUF.

Ayyyyeee I live at Michigan/Tele, this is great to know.

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Oct 7, 2022 2:31 AM

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basically off-topic, cuz main interest should be SAVINGS at the advance counter vs. on-line "sales". I've cut fares easily in half by avoiding on-line purchase

i would like to know about his bad experience that made them feel this way, thats not off topic, same way if someone finds a television on slick deals and its a trash brand and everyone states why it may be a good deal but its a horrible tv and not worth the price. smh

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Oct 7, 2022 2:39 AM

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We fly out Saturday night because of time changes between Ohio and California...it's always made it easier to recover from jet lag.

Oh, I like to recover from jet lag during work hours on Monday. : )

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Oct 7, 2022 2:56 AM

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pewsOct 7, 2022 2:56 AM

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Worked for me from Omaha to Orlando. Although it seemed pretty cheap to begin with. Good excuse to visit parents. Each way was $41.38 so i guess that BOGO is the -$41.38

Airfare $79.88
Total Discounts -$41.38
Taxes and Carrier-Imposed Fees $78.08
Grand Total $116.58

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Quote from AveS5210

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Yeah it works for me because DTW is on the way to and from work- I have to pay to park, but $4 parking to save $22.99/person/way is worth it sometimes.

I don't know why folks are guessing the PUF as "thirty to forty dollars off." They're published online, and Spirit's and Frontier's are the same. Any other difference when booking at the airport is probably a "normal" price fluxuation. The amount I have been discounted has always been exactly the online fare, less the PUF.

hey, read the thread before you post mis-information. I had Spirit knock $30 off, while Frontier knocked $50 off. Before approaching their counters, I found the lowest date for both on-line, at $80. Paid only $30 at Frontier counter

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i would like to know about his bad experience that made them feel this way, thats not off topic, same way if someone finds a television on slick deals and its a trash brand and everyone states why it may be a good deal but its a horrible tv and not worth the price. smh

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