Update 11/19/23: There is a new pass that is $499. Includes silver status and is valid May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025.
Update 5/30/23: There is now a winter pass for $299. Valid Sept 2, 2023 – Feb 29, 2024
Update 1/31/23: They’ve added a Summer Pass for $399, valid May 2, 2023 – Sept 30, 2023
Update 11/15/22: Pass has now launched with a $599 discounted price. Regular price and renewal will be $1,999. Blackout periods: 2023: May 25, 26, 29; June 29, 30; July 1-5, 8, 9; August 31; September 1, 4; October 5, 6, 9; November 18, 22, 24-27; December 16, 17, 22-24, 26-31.
Original Post:
Frontier plans to launch an all you can fly pass called ‘GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Pass’. The pass will include:
- Seat will be confirmed the day before
- An unlimited number of flights
- Access to all our destinations
- Flights available 300+ days a year
- Complete flexibility
- Bookings confirmed ahead of travel
- 12-months of travel
Looks like it will be available for flights beginning spring 2023 and there will be a limited number of passes available. It’s unclear how much the pass will cost. Because seats are only confirmed the day before it’s really standby.
Hat tip to Aric W
Most of the flights that qualify have poor connecting flights that require an overnight stay. As time has gone on direct nonstop flights are not offered to wildpass holders. Now with more and more wildpassers you spend 24+ hours trying to get to your destinations. Even if you try to book each leg individually it is always checkmate as the nonstop routes are not offered when trying to do so.
“Get a one-time $40 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $200 in one or more transactions directly with Frontier Airlines by 12/31/2023. Flights must originate in the U.S. and purchase must be in USD. See terms.”
Got that here: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/amex-offers-frontier-airlines-spend-200-get-40-back/
One way of looking at this is to get your own estimate of a per segment price and figuring out when it becomes a deal for you.
Each domestic segment is around $15 (read: connecting flights = multiple segments), so your “total cost” for this GWP offer is $15 multiplied by the number of segments flown, plus $499.
For someone flying into a hub to connect on to their destination, it’s a $60 round trip… but that’s without factoring in the initial cost of the pass (and completely skipping over any questions of availability).
The biggest problem with Frontier is their change/cancellation policies and fees. Outrageous.
And their customer service is essentially nonexistent. They want you to pay to talk to a rep at the airport? Their is no phone support And their chatbot is not AI, it is AS(S) Artificial Stupidity. Worst on the planet.
I’m ok with people hating on this deal because of the amount of barriers and restrictions.
Don’t hate on frontier, it sounds like a lot of boomers complaining about “they charge you for everything?!?! food, baggage, water?” of course they do, it’s a budget airline. Book the flight knowing this and you’ll be fine. If I want to go to denver from DFW round trip for a weekend trip with frontier, it’s $50. FIFTY DOLLARS!!! American Airlines is $150.
Here’s the little secret that airlines dont want you to know!! You can bring food onto a plane!! (Use your chase sapphire reserve or amex platinum, go to a lounge) If I only go for the weekend, fit all my clothes into a backpack and i’m good.
For those who know what they are getting, frontier is great. For others, there can be many gotcha fees. Someone who got suckered in to pay outrageous fees for a seat, for carry-on or checked bag etc, will hate it. For those of us who can fly with a personal item (or have elite status from status match etc), it can be very efficient & inexpensive. I do agree the GWP does not add much more savings for many than just the (much cheaper) discount den, but if you live near a frontier hub with lots of flights, esp to distant places, it can be nice. Unfortunately they do have limited seats for GWP & often no availability. They tack on a significant fee on early purchase GWP tkts, so the discount den is often cheaper than buying with GWP. TLDR, Enjoy F9 but be kind to those who have been burnt & hence hate it. Cheers!
^This! How are you on DoC and complaining about discount airlines? Best thing to happen to air travel. Frontier/Spirit flights are rarely only “a couple bucks less” and I usually save at least $100 on most routes.
This pass sucks though because you still pay taxes/fees…
Frontier is fine, but GoWild pass is ripoff – barely any savings.
This! (although many hate frontier for all the gotcha ‘fees’
All the junk fees frontier charges are actually part of their very clever scheme. Airlines pay taxes on their airfare’ revenue, they do NOT pay any taxes on all the junk fee revenue. So Frontier makes most of its revenue from all the junk fees. Smart of them; bad for some os us who get suckered in.
Yeah, you can already buy fares for 1 cent without the special pass, so most of the time it does absolutely nothing.
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Update: https://www.flyfrontier.com/deals/gowild-pass/
BREAKING NEWS: The 2024-25 GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Annual Pass is only $499 – our lowest price ever. Plus get FREE Silver Status!
Early-renew or upgrade to a GoWild! Annual Pass today!
Are you an existing 2024 GoWild! Summer pass holder who wants to upgrade to the 2024-25 GoWild! Annual Pass for only $100 more? Purchase by 11/28 to earn Elite Silver Status!
Are you an existing 2023-24 GoWild! annual pass holder looking to renew for the 2024-25 pass year for only $499, plus free Silver Elite Status?
Won’t the prices be the same? They don’t really charge airfare…they mostly charge tax and fees (which are not covered with the pass).
From what I’ve seen on other blogs, it’s often just a few dollars cheaper than the discount den price. I’m not sure how anyone could possibly get value out of this, especially since it doesn’t count towards amex airline fee anymore
Plus, all the flights I’ve seen couldn’t get worse. SFO-PDX were all red-eyes through LAS.
DON’T DO IT. Please, if there are people that have already tried this, please do your fellow man a favor and tell them not to do this. Frontier is the worst airline in the sky AND YOU WILL REGRET PURCHASING THIS WORTHLESS DEAL.
OKAY MIKE S Thanks for looking out for YOUR FELLOW MAN
you’re welcome