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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.

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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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  • 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 6:25 PM
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George_P_BurdellApr 17, 2025 6:25 PM
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Quote from serra :
the only that recently had a status match FROM frontier is spirit which makes sense, budget carrier to budget carrier. i'll keep an eye out and will post new info once i see something. other budget carriers in north america are avelo, allegiant, sun country, west jet, breeze. if you are close to one of those hubs, it might be worth checking out.
I did a quick test run and it looks like Spirit silver isn't worth it. Frontier Gold matches to silver in spirit.
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Apr 17, 2025 6:32 PM
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Quote from George_P_Burdell :
I did a quick test run and it looks like Spirit silver isn't worth it. Frontier Gold matches to silver in spirit.
that's good info, i'll put your quote in the wiki. some people are closer to Spirit's hubs. thanks!!
Apr 17, 2025 7:00 PM
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haysouseApr 17, 2025 7:00 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?
Just typical IT bugs especially for the non-tech companies.
U can try again but don't have any expectations.
Apr 17, 2025 7:42 PM
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wdbpilotApr 17, 2025 7:42 PM
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I was upgraded within minutes of applying through the website link. Easy peasy, thanks OP!!
Apr 17, 2025 8:22 PM
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marquinhocbApr 17, 2025 8:22 PM
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I get: "The membership number provided is not eligible for this offer, or may already have Gold or higher status."
Apr 17, 2025 8:32 PM
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siricepickApr 17, 2025 8:32 PM
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As Frequent Flyers like to say: When everyone is elite, no one is elite.
Apr 17, 2025 9:20 PM
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itsme13Apr 17, 2025 9:20 PM
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Quote from siricepick :
As Frequent Flyers like to say: When everyone is elite, no one is elite.
Thursday evening travel, upgrade list has over half the plane with 1 seat available.
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Apr 17, 2025 9:54 PM
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YuhrekaApr 17, 2025 9:54 PM
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When things go right, Frontier is usually the cheapest non-Spirit flight and also the cheapest upgrade to wide comfy seats up front. But I've had my share of horrible experiences with them. A lot more often than any other airline including Spirit Air. Not once, but a couple of times, I had my flight canceled right after getting past TSA (couple of hours before my flight was supposed to leave). No explanation, just "your flight has been cancelled, here's your refund". That left me with no option other than to book a last minute flight with another airline paying 3x-5x more. I swore never to fly them again, but it's so tempting when you see those fares that are sometimes half of what Delta charges. I just signed up for the offer 😞
Apr 17, 2025 11:10 PM
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TaintApr 17, 2025 11:10 PM
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You couldn't pay me to take another Frontier flight. They make Spirit seem great.
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Apr 18, 2025 3:08 AM
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poopybutholeApr 18, 2025 3:08 AM
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been flying frontier since 2015 even tho if I had a $1 for every single time they GYBBED me I would be rich for generations. I will rack up points like crazy with the 14x
Apr 18, 2025 10:52 PM
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djdcxApr 18, 2025 10:52 PM
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Frontier has it's own space, and it does good at it.
If you have no bags, and book at deal times, price can re ridiculously cheap.
For me, Frontier was more reliable than southwest. (about 10 flights)
However, they might not have good time slots and flexibility.
Apr 19, 2025 1:14 AM
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BPRLATLApr 19, 2025 1:14 AM
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Quote from TheKingofDeals :
Does Priority Customer Care include a phone number or do they still chat with you on Whatsapp?..... support via WhatsApp shake head LMAOFrontier is the worst at CS and nickel and dime for everything!
It's pretty fast tbh
Apr 19, 2025 1:17 AM
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BPRLATLApr 19, 2025 1:17 AM
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Quote from djdcx :
Frontier has it's own space, and it does good at it.If you have no bags, and book at deal times, price can re ridiculously cheap.For me, Frontier was more reliable than southwest. (about 10 flights)However, they might not have good time slots and flexibility.
Last minute pricing can't be topped in my experience these past few years atl-san
Apr 19, 2025 2:21 AM
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RichardStaboneApr 19, 2025 2:21 AM
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I've taken ~50 to 100 roundtrip flights on Frontier. It's the Walmart of the skies, so you just gotta know what you're signing up for.

The obvious sell is their cheap fares. I used to (within the past decade) fly Austin to Vegas for literally 19 bucks each way. Also, uh...hmmm...yeah that's it for pros.

On the downside, they nickel & dime for EVERYTHING (pro tip: request a plastic cup of water for FREEEEEEE)

Awful customer service which--like the peeps at Walmart--they're probably being paid a relatively low wage so I mostly don't hold it against the individual employees. Use the app for as much as you can, so that you don't have to interact with Frontier employees, and then on the flight itself I try to just close my eyes from wheels up to down. And just *hope* you never need to contact Frontier via phone.

Cancellations happen, and if it happens the limited number of Frontier flights makes it a miserable scenario. Out of my 50-100 Frontier trips, I've had 3 cancellations. "Luckily" two were on my initial flight so I had a little more flexibility to either just cancel my trip (from home) or make other arrangements. But on one morning of my return trip home, they canceled a couple hours before early AM departure, so we were stranded at the airport figuring out how to get home, with only options paying a ridiculous same-day rate on a different airline. Pretty terrible feeling, and I gave back a decent chunk of the bucks I'd saved from using Frontier on other trips.

As others have said, I keep going back cuz it's so dang cheap, especially if you have flexible travel dates and can scout out their really low fares, e.g. still ~100 bucks roundtrip from Austin to Vegas... but that requires me to use a free "personal item" which is my decent size backpack that just fits their increasingly strict requirements. (hello, $40 elite gold status)

I can't recommend Frontier. Full stop. But this is slickdeals, so if you know the rules & go into it eyes wide open, there's $$ to be saved.
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Apr 19, 2025 7:04 PM
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SeanTApr 19, 2025 7:04 PM
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My last three experiences with Frontier have been great. Direct flights, on-time and, if you respect the size limitations of the bag, then there is nothing to be surprised of.

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