Originally Posted by
MSerforfun
The GoWild pass is a sham. I was watching a Saturday flight on Wednesday and it was at $220. On Thursday it dropped to $100 which therefore caused it to fill up. On Friday, the day before, it went back up to $220. Well if you didn't drop the fare temporarily on Thursday, it wouldn't fill up like it did and it would have allowed the GoWild pass holders to buy some of these tickets. They do all they can so that the flight will fill up including dropping the fares before the GoWild pass holders can utilize their pass.
No GWP is not a scam / sham.
The GWP is designed to give us a seat
only when Frontier can't sell the seat at ANY price. No airline is a charity that provides free travel. The price we pay is all taxes except for a penny. Frontier would rather sell the seat for $1, $100, or $220 than to sell it to GWP. We GWP passholders are worse than the average cash customer because GWP customers tend to be savvier and are more unlikely to pay for any upsells like seat selection, drinks, and bags which is why even a $1, $19, or $29 customer is way better than GWP. Despite Frontier's best efforts, there are still flights that can't sell before departure So that's why I gamble $299 or $349 for the ability to buy one penny seats that can't be sold to anyone before departure.
Frequent flyer programs work the same way. I often buy upgrades to first class for a very cheap price just days before the flight, thus depriving elite customers any chance of getting a free upgrade. Again despite the best efforts of the airlines, not all premium seats can be sold so that's when the last ditch option of rewarding elite customers for free upgrades becomes viable.