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Old May 19, 2024 | 9:33 am
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frugal_flyer
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Yes, I agree 100 % about not being able to search by month to find low fares; in fairness, Spirit has been doing this awhile now. So both airlines now make you search every date you might be thinking of flying. Yes, you can see a couple of days before or after, but seeing a whole month at once really was nice.

I likewise got a full standard fare trying to do a booking yesterday, instead of the Discount Den fare. Something else I've noticed that has been going on awhile, not just since this new thing launched, was that the now-retired monthly calendar would ostensibly show you the lowest available mileage award available on each day. But if you actually clicked on a date where, say, only 20,000 mile awards were available, there would actually be 10,000 mile awards available. I guess it was just more of the 5 star Frontier IT rearing its ugly head...

One thing I do think they will fix is that if you are trying to scroll down on the list of flights --the usually poorly timed connections mainly-- it is hard to actually do this. I keep "highlighting" the whole set of flight listings, before I am able to just perfectly place the cursor on the right spot to actually scroll down.

I am giving credit where credit is due, though: I think for the vast majority of people who don't fly regularly --and certainly not Frontier-- I think this new search results thing is a nice feature. At the very least, it makes it easier to search by what fare mechanism you are trying to use. Even if this is a result of the FAA/government regulations, I still think it was pretty well done. This is coming from someone who is no longer the biggest fan of Frontier, but who is fair and willing to allow the airline to "reprove" itself to me. Although it's not perfect, going back to live phone agents for Elite members and people who are taking or have taken flights within 24 hours is certainly an improvement. At least the airline seems to be trying, so I can respect and appreciate that.
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