Originally Posted by
iahphx
Are they really "in plain English and easily understood"? I don't think so. I think I know more about the airline industry than 99.9% of Americans and I had no idea what their "Carrier Interface Charge" is. There's one reference on flyertalk about it being an online ticketing fee (a la Spirit), and that led me to this obscure link on the Frontier website which indicates that it is indeed an online ticketing fee.
https://www.flyfrontier.com/travel-i...avel-policies/
There's no way of knowing whether it can be waived by going to the airport, but a couple of flyertalkers say it can be.
I don't think this "50% off" sale passes the smell test.
You are confusing the plain English of promo code with the opaque nature of the fee. Your OP suggests that the promo code 50% off is deceiving, but the fee in question is clearly a fee and thus not included in the promo code.
The fact that F9 charges such a fee for online bookings is, as I said scummy and the fact that you have to call in to determine how to ticket without the fee is scummy and ought to be the subject of DOT rulemaking, does not make the discount deceptive.
What this points to is a scummy business. The way to deal with F9 is not to fly it.