Originally Posted by iahphx

I cancelled a WN reservation today and booked Frontier because they were willing to fly me 1200 miles nonstop for $19. I don't think this is that unusual: they seem to have a ton of close-in off-peak fares for almost nothing. I suppose they think they can make a little money selling ancillary stuff. I would think at least half the folks who buy these are gamers and know the drill, and ancillary revenue will be thin. I'm sorry, but this doesn't seem like much of a business to me. How much of $19 do they even get to keep? My original WN fare was $83, which seemed cheap.