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expiredserra | Staff posted Apr 16, 2025 3:33 PM

Current Southwest Rapid Rewards Members: Frontier Airlines Elite Gold Status

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Frontier Airlines is offering Frontier Miles Members (free to join) & Current Southwest Rapid Rewards Members: Frontier Airlines Elite Gold Status for $40.

Thanks Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal

Note, you must be a Current Southwest Rapid Rewards Member plus New or Current Frontier Miles Member (free to join) prior to applying.

Frontier Airlines Elite Gold Perks:
  • Free Carry-on Bag
  • Complimentary Upgrades to Upfront Plus Seating
  • Free Seat Assignment at Booking
  • Priority Boarding, Priority Customer Care
  • & More

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • Elite Gold Status is normally earned by accumulating 20,000 Elite Status Points in a calendar year (info)
  • Offer Terms:
    • Offer is valid through April 30, 2025
    • Gold Status will be active until December 31, 2025
    • Upon successful application your Frontier account will be upgraded within 24 hours.
    • Eligible members must hold a valid Southwest Rapid Rewards membership (joined Rapid Rewards before April 16th, 2025)

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Written by serra | Staff
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Frontier Airlines is offering Frontier Miles Members (free to join) & Current Southwest Rapid Rewards Members: Frontier Airlines Elite Gold Status for $40.

Thanks Deal Hunter serra for sharing this deal

Note, you must be a Current Southwest Rapid Rewards Member plus New or Current Frontier Miles Member (free to join) prior to applying.

Frontier Airlines Elite Gold Perks:
  • Free Carry-on Bag
  • Complimentary Upgrades to Upfront Plus Seating
  • Free Seat Assignment at Booking
  • Priority Boarding, Priority Customer Care
  • & More

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • Elite Gold Status is normally earned by accumulating 20,000 Elite Status Points in a calendar year (info)
  • Offer Terms:
    • Offer is valid through April 30, 2025
    • Gold Status will be active until December 31, 2025
    • Upon successful application your Frontier account will be upgraded within 24 hours.
    • Eligible members must hold a valid Southwest Rapid Rewards membership (joined Rapid Rewards before April 16th, 2025)

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Apr 17, 2025 1:08 PM
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richwissApr 17, 2025 1:08 PM
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Every time I try to do this, it returns me to the original page without actually doing anything... anyone else having this problem?
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Apr 17, 2025 1:11 PM
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IndigoTexture1812Apr 17, 2025 1:11 PM
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Quote from ThriftyMammoth310 :
So if I'm traveling with my five year old I'm going to have to do this for both of us… which is fine, I guess. Frontier is the only airline with regular direct flights TPA-CLE and I've been refusing to fly them due to all the bullshit fees. Southwest has been great for us thanks to open seating. But if we can fly direct and NOT pay for carry ons, seat assignments, etc I'd rather do that.
Oddly Frontier and Spirit had an imbalance in the amount of direct flights out of TPA vs the major incumbents. Now sure why, but noticed this a while back. I think it was both of them that were the only direct options to Denver and Vegas. International? Forget about it.
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Apr 17, 2025 1:54 PM
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maxbottomtimeApr 17, 2025 1:54 PM
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Frontier is the absolute farking worst. I went on a trip last spring and had two checked bags for my wife and I. we arrived over two hours before our flight. It took over an hour to get through the bag check line, during which frontier staff were pushing people to the front based on their flight time. I asked several times "hey I am on X flight, I am worried I will not be able to check my bag in time. Is this the right line? Should i be expedited?"

Got to the front, and low and behold they couldn't get me on (58 minutes until flight). Only option was to rebook to a city 4 hours away, and get a rental. They offered no refund at the counter/credit for the original flight, and added "counter assistance" booking fees for each of our tickets. I was livid, but had no choice as this was a vacation and I couldn't cancel the whole thing. The hilarious part is the counter agent took so damn long that it was now less than an hour to the second flight, but she was able to call someone and get the bags on. Wouldn't it have been nice to do that in the first place?


Walked by my original flight before boarding started. Bullshit.

Reached out to support after who offered 2x $50 vouchers...



Never again will i fly frontier. fark them to friday and back.
American express took care of me thankfully.
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Apr 17, 2025 3:16 PM
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Mr_StyleApr 17, 2025 3:16 PM
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Quote from richwiss :
Every time I try to do this, it returns me to the original page without actually doing anything... anyone else having this problem?
Try a different browser. I've had trouble on a couple of different websites with Chrome not working but Safari worked fine. Also make sure your adblocker is off or paused.
Apr 17, 2025 3:21 PM
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spckandyApr 17, 2025 3:21 PM
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Anyone know how long this status is good for? I may pass on this deal if it's only for 12 months. Thanks in advance!
Apr 17, 2025 3:23 PM
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ZambonieApr 17, 2025 3:23 PM
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I will add my terrible experience with Frontier. I will never fly with them again, and hoping I can deter anyone from giving them business.

I arrived 1.5 hours early for the return flight home. We already had 2 bags prepaid and checked online. They had an agent walking before the counter line that stopped us, and told us to check our bags at the gate and sent us to security. Obviously security wouldn't let us through, because of the bag contents. Back at the counter with 50 to 55 minutes left before flight. They now said we were too late to check the bag. Offered nothing but a "too bad". We had to argue for a while before speaking with someone that said they could put us on a flight about 30 hours later and we would have to buy checked bags again. It was unacceptable.

We had to pay counter prices at another airline to get home. After we got home. We called Frontier, had a few back and forth conversations over a couple days. Final verdict: Nothing. Just a straight finger up the butt.

On another note. That's when I learned debit purchases are not protected like credit cards and charge backs are a lot harder. That's a learning lesson on me.
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Apr 17, 2025 3:37 PM
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TaufiqH1112Apr 17, 2025 3:37 PM
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Valid for 9 more months till Dec 31 2025. I haven't flown frontier for 10years. Don't see the need to spend $40 just in case

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Apr 17, 2025 3:39 PM
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CryptoSethApr 17, 2025 3:39 PM
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Quote from spckandy :
Anyone know how long this status is good for? I may pass on this deal if it's only for 12 months. Thanks in advance!
  • Gold Status will be active until December 31, 2025
Apr 17, 2025 3:58 PM
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shahhereApr 17, 2025 3:58 PM
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Any idea how soo I can get the status if i got their card which I have for a couple days now?


I guess I see: **Instant Elite Gold Status:" You will earn Instant Elite Gold Status ("Elite Gold") after your first purchase posts to your account, less credits, returns and
You will earn Instant Elite Gold Status ("Elite Gold") after your first purchase posts to your account, less credits, returns and adjustments ("Net Purchases") with a transaction date within the first 90 days of new Card Account opening. Elite Gold will be awarded 3-4 business days after the first Net Purchase posts. In order to maintain Elite Gold for 12 months from Card Account open date, you must also spend three thousand dollars ($3,000) in Net Purchases with transaction dates in the first 90 days of new Card Account opening. If you meet your first Net Purchases requirement but do not meet the $3,000 Net Purchases requirement, your Elite Gold will expire 90 days from new Card Account opening.


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Apr 17, 2025 4:37 PM
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rihanoaApr 17, 2025 4:37 PM
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Quote from IndigoTexture1812 :
Oddly Frontier and Spirit had an imbalance in the amount of direct flights out of TPA vs the major incumbents. Now sure why, but noticed this a while back. I think it was both of them that were the only direct options to Denver and Vegas. International? Forget about it.
Tampa isn't a hub for any of the airlines and is relatively close to Orlando which gets all the international/tourist traffic.
Apr 17, 2025 4:57 PM
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BoastfulGorilla247Apr 17, 2025 4:57 PM
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Wild, I applied for their CC to get the gold status and it's still somehow pending (several months later). This seems like the easier path to get it and use alongside the go wild pass for at least the rest of this year. Thanks OP
Apr 17, 2025 5:00 PM
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ThriftyMammoth310Apr 17, 2025 5:00 PM
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Quote from IndigoTexture1812 :
Oddly Frontier and Spirit had an imbalance in the amount of direct flights out of TPA vs the major incumbents. Now sure why, but noticed this a while back. I think it was both of them that were the only direct options to Denver and Vegas. International? Forget about it.
My parents regularly fly Frontier MCO-CLE as well. Apparently sometimes United has TPA-CLE direct, but not every day. I feel like I used to be able to fly direct TPA-CLE on Southwest, which has been my primary airline for years, but I haven't seen a direct flight in a long time. Layovers with a five year old are rough, especially because we travel with a car seat.
Apr 17, 2025 5:20 PM
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oharag1Apr 17, 2025 5:20 PM
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Quote from arslanaslamc :
Just created SW account and without any wait applied for frontier status upgrade. Got the email in 2 mins with the confirmation of gold status from frontier.
I created SW account yesterday and was rejected by Frontier. What's going on? The terms say SW account needed to be created before 4/16 (yesterday). When did you create your account again?
Apr 17, 2025 6:20 PM
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FarmeroakApr 17, 2025 6:20 PM
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Quote from oharag1 :
I created SW account yesterday and was rejected by Frontier. What's going on? The terms say SW account needed to be created before 4/16 (yesterday). When did you create your account again?
I'd guess that "before 4/16" would be 4/15 or sooner

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Apr 17, 2025 6:24 PM
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BoastfulBike4185Apr 17, 2025 6:24 PM
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I was also able to create a Southwest account and immediately apply for the frontier status upgrade. My guess is that the SW account was so fresh that Frontier's system couldn't determine the creation date.

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