Good timing for me, because I'm wrapping up the "bundle" tickets I bought before Jan. 1 with my old status-matched Diamond status (which has basically allowed me to extend my status a few months). I was only silver now and was pretty much planning on walking away from Frontier unless I happened to need a short flight where I could just fly with a backpack (or if they had a free carry-on promo). Gold gets you the carry on and premium seats at 24 hours, so that's good enough to keep me as a customer if I can get ridiculously low fares (my free Discount Den membership also lasts until December). My wife usually travels with me, so we paid $40 for her to be gold (which is different from the Diamond status that covers your entire party). I had started booking a couple of domestic award tickets on AA that I might try to "rebook" as revenue tickets on Frontier if I can get semi-comparable cheap flights. Frontier has poor customer service, but as long as the operation stays good -- as others will attest, the flights have generally been on time -- I think $40 for Gold is a bargain if they fly where you want to go.