No the price was shown with Frontier on it on the main Priceline website (I didn't use "Name your own price", just regular flight search).

As for the Best Fare Guarantee, I forgot about this system, I guess I would wonder what happens if you submit the claim form and by the time they process it the cheap-priced tickets from Priceline are gone. Hopefully that isn't an issue as the claim form just takes a screenshot as evidence... maybe next time this happens I will try it. although you do that at the risk of not getting the other tickets so if they reject your claim then you might be out of luck eh?


Not that this is a situation I have happen to me regularly, so it could have just been a fluke for all I know. Lately it seems like some of the "discount" airlines like Frontier and Southwest (especially Southwest) are not that discounted at all, depending on the time of year and the destination you're flying to. (and I mean in comparison to other flights, not as some kind of indicator that prices are higher this year and whatnot)

I seem to find lower prices on United for our regular destinations (maybe they have to price them lower because the experience isn't necessarily that good with United), it's a little strange because United never seemed to compete much on price before the merger.


Still I always try to fly Frontier when the prices are comparable to what else is out there. Thanks for the tip!