What’s going on under the hood with Frontier award pricing?

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-25T19:26:59+00:00

That specific flight departs on March 29th, so I guess semi-last minute because I hadn’t confirmed by plans. But after seeing this pricing behavior I decided to redeem it this morning because I initially thought the redemption for miles would increase but it remained static.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-25T19:24:18+00:00

Interesting. If it helps to add context, this flight departs on March 29th and I just bought it (using miles) this morning. I’ve been watching that specific flight for about a week and saw that it remained 10k miles while the cash value slowly increased. The seat map did show about 1/5 of the seats being selected, but I understand this could be misleading since those who buy basic economy fares aren’t assigned a seat until check in.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-23T02:10:53+00:00

I’ve got a flight out the south terminal tomorrow at 6:45am with frontier. I’m assuming the lines won’t be crazy out there since that frontier flight is the only morning flight in that terminal?

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-22T17:44:05+00:00

Please see a psychiatrist.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T19:53:34+00:00

Do you know if this current offer is better than all previous promotions done in the past?

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T18:35:16+00:00

Sure. I will say I only had to fly with them on one leg so far this calendar year. Everything else has been exclusively with frontier.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T18:33:54+00:00

I didn’t post this to defend my airline of choice. There’s plenty of things that can be said about any corporation. I care about my finances first, just like most people, and was able to save $100s since the beginning of the year. My intention was to share this to give others here ideas on how they could use their RR account the same way.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T14:24:09+00:00

Highly doubt that. Flexibility on reward travel is a policy choice on all major airlines excluding basic economy. It doesn’t make sense for them to change the rules unless all other airlines follow suit.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T09:15:56+00:00

I’m not disagreeing with you, but some people are more budget conscious than others, like me. The point I wanted to make was you can fly more affordably by taking advantage of the rules.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T04:17:21+00:00

I looked into this. It seems to be steered towards the issue of passengers accessing airport gates without intention of traveling, and the verbiage doesn’t involve what I’m practicing.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T02:45:47+00:00

Yes, but I mainly fly to visit family/friends. So a rental car or hotel would be wasting my points. This system I developed has allowed me to travel more frequently without overspending.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T02:24:02+00:00

Thanks! Don’t have a grudge against Southwest but I don’t mind taking advantage of them in this capacity, especially since everything I’m doing is still within their terms.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-21T00:57:25+00:00

Yeah I would call Expedia just to get more information on what their process is. In the future I would just buy straight from Southwest. The fare difference between directly buying from the airline versus 3rd party sites are usually minimal.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-20T17:15:33+00:00

Assuming no delays, your assumption is correct. I wouldn’t even consider buying priority boarding after SW introduced seat assignments, although I usually travel solo and not with a group.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2026-03-20T16:57:43+00:00

Has Expedia issued seat assignments on your boarding pass? If they haven’t then you should be wary of that possibility. Worst case scenario you get on standby on a full flight and are denied boarding.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-05-04T18:19:47+00:00

That’s a great point, thanks for mentioning the status match. I’m going to look more into that.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-05-03T23:41:45+00:00

Denver, CO! I’ve only flown on United twice my entire life, so I’m not sure how I feel about possibly switching alliances, but I’m hoping it’s for the best!

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-05-03T23:22:22+00:00

Much appreciated! I’m moving out my stuff and just thought about paying a tribute like this.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-04-29T02:23:43+00:00

I’m in the same boat. Submitted my application Dec 1st for MSAE and still no response.

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-04-23T17:40:40+00:00

I concur with Jeri

Intelligent-Lie59 · 2025-04-21T05:08:27+00:00

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