Originally Posted by
bver100
Doing some research for a friend. If Republic or Southwest do acquire Frontier, what's going to happen to miles? I'm not too familiar with the programs.I know that Southwest counts flights and has no real elite program, while Frontier is on miles. Any idea of will happen to status+miles?
Most likely scenarios:
--Republic acquires: F9 continues as is; FF program continues as is.
--Southwest acquires: F9 miles probably converted to Rapid Rewards credits, so many miles for so many credits.
Least likely scenario: Miles go poof.