December 18, 2024 • 4 mins
FRONTIER IS OFFERING THEIR ALL YOU CAN FLY TICKET AGAIN And my friend Aime Leake did this last year so I thought I'd bring her on to discuss how it worked for her and her husband so if you're thinking about it you will know. The pass is $299 and allows you to book domestic flights the day before and international flights ten days out. She joins me at 2:30 to discuss but they already bought one for this upcoming year so I'm guessing it worked out just fine.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
One of my favorite people.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Her name is Amy Leak. She is a fellow travel
lover like I am, and last year she and her
husband bought one of these frontier passes that allow you
to buy flights for just the cost of taxes and
fees and luggage and stuff like that, and you can
do it for a year and they're only two hundred
ninety nine dollars. They're on sale for like seven more
(00:22):
hours today. So if you're thinking about this, I thought
i'd bring Amy on to talk about what she experienced
with this. Amy, First of all, let's talk about let
you guys, let you travel a lot, right.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yes, yeah, not just for work but for pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So you guys bought this pass last year? Was that
the first past? The first time you'd ever bought that?
Was that the first time they'd ever offered it?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
This is well, we bought it as soon as they
offered it, and it was We've had it for two years.
This will be our third year. But we don't have
any kids, So I think that's a disclaimer people need
to know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
So tell me how the process works.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You buy the pass and what you buy the pass,
and then if you're flying domestically, you book within twenty
four hours and then you pay only taxes and fees. Now,
the caveat is that there are blackout days like a
ski resort, so you can't fly, you know, the day
before Christmas for fifteen dollars. But it's been pretty flexible.
(01:21):
I've never had one outside of a blackout day where
I can't get on a flight.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So really nice to really Now where have you used
this to go?
Speaker 1 (01:31):
We've on to Chicago, Washington, DC. You can go to Mexico.
Now for Mexico travel, you get to book ten days
in advance instead of twenty four hours. So that's kind
of nice. If you're going to Cabo, wherever you want
to go.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Now, when you pull up the flight that you want
to take, can you see how many seats are available
so you know whether or not it's even They don't
black out specific flights right, just.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Dates correct, just specific dates, and when you log in,
like sometimes I'll go two days before and I'll see
how many you know, seats are open still just to
make sure I'm good. But if you're going from DC
to Denver, there's three flights a day, so even if
I miss one, I can get the one later you know.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
So you said you don't have kids, you feel like
that could be a problem if you were trying to
book all family.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, I mean it's hard to schedule. Like if you
get in a situation where you do need to stay overnight,
you know it might be expensive. The other thing I
have is the Frontier credit card, and so I get
to pick my seats, I get a free bag, right,
so I stuck the benefits, which has been good for me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So you're obviously doing this again this year. How much
do you think? How many flights did you have to
take to pay for this thing?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, they're one way flights when you book them. You
can't book round trip either, so think about that. But
I have probably flown thirty or thirty five times using
the pass YEP.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
This is I mean, you know, I'm not a super
fan of Frontier. They left me hanging a few years
ago and I've never forget in them for that. But
other airlines have left me hanging. And so I also
don't like being nickel and dime to death, which is
another thing. Now you still do you find yourself paying?
You have to pay for luggage, right, so what is
bag fees on Frontier?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Now you don't. If you have the credit card, you
get two free checked bags. Now, so credit card they
give you it costs one hundred dollars a year or something,
and you get one hundred dollars flight credit. Like it
does pay for itself. It's been a great little card
for me.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Well, I appreciate you making time today. And this is
not an ad for Frontier in any way, shape or form,
but I figured if we could get somebody on that
had a little experience with this, it would let somebody
else know if they think this is a good idea.
Are there any downsides that you have experienced that you
would say, Okay, you just need to know about this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Their customer service is horrible, so you know, don't expect
that you're going to call and talk to someone. They
they're not always very helpful, but they do give you
your money back if you're delayed like things like that.
So it's worked for me, but it might not be foreveryone,
that's for.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Sure, Amy Leak, I appreciate your time today and your
expertise on the Frontier Pass.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I will talk to you soon, sister, my pleasure. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Bye,
One of my favorite people.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Her name is Amy Leak. She is a fellow travel
lover like I am, and last year she and her
husband bought one of these frontier passes that allow you
to buy flights for just the cost of taxes and
fees and luggage and stuff like that, and you can
do it for a year and they're only two hundred
ninety nine dollars. They're on sale for like seven more
(00:22):
hours today. So if you're thinking about this, I thought
i'd bring Amy on to talk about what she experienced
with this. Amy, First of all, let's talk about let
you guys, let you travel a lot, right.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yes, yeah, not just for work but for pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So you guys bought this pass last year? Was that
the first past? The first time you'd ever bought that?
Was that the first time they'd ever offered it?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
This is well, we bought it as soon as they
offered it, and it was We've had it for two years.
This will be our third year. But we don't have
any kids, So I think that's a disclaimer people need
to know.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
So tell me how the process works.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You buy the pass and what you buy the pass,
and then if you're flying domestically, you book within twenty
four hours and then you pay only taxes and fees. Now,
the caveat is that there are blackout days like a
ski resort, so you can't fly, you know, the day
before Christmas for fifteen dollars. But it's been pretty flexible.
(01:21):
I've never had one outside of a blackout day where
I can't get on a flight.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
So really nice to really Now where have you used
this to go?
Speaker 1 (01:31):
We've on to Chicago, Washington, DC. You can go to Mexico.
Now for Mexico travel, you get to book ten days
in advance instead of twenty four hours. So that's kind
of nice. If you're going to Cabo, wherever you want
to go.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Now, when you pull up the flight that you want
to take, can you see how many seats are available
so you know whether or not it's even They don't
black out specific flights right, just.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Dates correct, just specific dates, and when you log in,
like sometimes I'll go two days before and I'll see
how many you know, seats are open still just to
make sure I'm good. But if you're going from DC
to Denver, there's three flights a day, so even if
I miss one, I can get the one later you know.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
So you said you don't have kids, you feel like
that could be a problem if you were trying to
book all family.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, I mean it's hard to schedule. Like if you
get in a situation where you do need to stay overnight,
you know it might be expensive. The other thing I
have is the Frontier credit card, and so I get
to pick my seats, I get a free bag, right,
so I stuck the benefits, which has been good for me.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
So you're obviously doing this again this year. How much
do you think? How many flights did you have to
take to pay for this thing?
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, they're one way flights when you book them. You
can't book round trip either, so think about that. But
I have probably flown thirty or thirty five times using
the pass YEP.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
This is I mean, you know, I'm not a super
fan of Frontier. They left me hanging a few years
ago and I've never forget in them for that. But
other airlines have left me hanging. And so I also
don't like being nickel and dime to death, which is
another thing. Now you still do you find yourself paying?
You have to pay for luggage, right, so what is
bag fees on Frontier?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Now you don't. If you have the credit card, you
get two free checked bags. Now, so credit card they
give you it costs one hundred dollars a year or something,
and you get one hundred dollars flight credit. Like it
does pay for itself. It's been a great little card
for me.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Well, I appreciate you making time today. And this is
not an ad for Frontier in any way, shape or form,
but I figured if we could get somebody on that
had a little experience with this, it would let somebody
else know if they think this is a good idea.
Are there any downsides that you have experienced that you
would say, Okay, you just need to know about this.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Their customer service is horrible, so you know, don't expect
that you're going to call and talk to someone. They
they're not always very helpful, but they do give you
your money back if you're delayed like things like that.
So it's worked for me, but it might not be foreveryone,
that's for.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Sure, Amy Leak, I appreciate your time today and your
expertise on the Frontier Pass.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I will talk to you soon, sister, my pleasure. Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Bye,
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