I work for a large company in Denver. I can go to the corporate travel intranet web site and (just for being an employee) I get a free upgrade a Ascent Status. This has been going on every January for the past couple of years so check with your travel department to see if you can get a free upgrade in status.

Still no response yet from Frontier on extending the Quick Ascent program. I guess they'd rather I continue to fly with United. That's OK. The "Denver, you mean the world to us" promotion is a chance to rack up some serious MP miles.

Seems to me that the cost per trip to give Quick Ascent is minimal compared to the value of the ticket. What does Quick Ascent cost them?

-- Potential slight increase in staffing at the Ascent/Summit Counter.

-- 25% bonus miles

-- $10 of Direct TV ($5 each segment)

-- Pushes a few extra people into the short security line.

I may still fly them at Christmas, if like last year, they are significantly cheaper than United. However, if WN enters the DEN-STL market, then its a 3-way race for my business.

Flip may or may not go to Mexico. FCfree doesn't really care. He wants low prices, preferred service and bonus miles!

OT: Was this the end of year promotion they've been running for a few years or is this a new promotion in 2006? If new, I don't see it listed in the UA forum thread with current promotions listed; could you elaborate?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354776

(Just noticed that the above thread apparently is 6-12 months out of date . . . )

adios frontier
 

I asked them to match my premier exec and here's the reply. I just got back from Denver on UA. Even though their ticket was higher than frontier I needed the miles. Guess I'll stay with UA his year.


From: EarlyReturns [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thu 2/23/2006 1:36 PM
To:
Subject: RE: United Prem Exec; entry into ascent/summit program?


Dear Mr. xxxx,

Thank you for contacting the EarlyReturns® service center.

Unfortunately, Frontier Airlines no longer offers the QuickAscent program as a means to gain elite status with us. This program ended December 31, 2005.

In order to achieve Elite Status for the 2007 calendar year you must achieve the following flight miles.

Ascent status: you must fly 15,000 miles in 2006 to achieve Ascent status for next year.
Summit status: you must fly 25,000 miles in 2006 to achieve Summit status for next year.
Please keep in mind these do have to be flown miles; bonus miles, partner miles, and credit card miles do not qualify toward your tier status with Frontier Airlines.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. We look forward to seeing you on future Frontier flights, and thank you for your understanding.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us at the EarlyReturns service center. Our hours are M-F 6am-9pm MST and Sat Sun 9am-5:30pm MST.



Sincerely,





Lxxxxx

EarlyReturns Loyalty Agent

1-866-xxx-xxxx

If you needed the UA miles, then what is the purpose of this post? You were going to fly UA anyways. It was posted that the Quick Ascent status match was going to end Dec 31, 2005; a search would have brought this up. However, I realize this was your first post, so therefore, welcome to FlyerTalk! :)

Quick Ascent may be over, however I emailed Customer service two weeks ago and sent a copy of my Premier Exec card and they comped me Ascent for one more year.

miles vs cost
 

[QUOTE=cab747]If you needed the UA miles, then what is the purpose of this post? You were going to fly UA anyways.

Actually I was going to fly frontier (price difference) but since I hadn't heard on matching I went with UA as I might need the miles this year to make to make premier exec again. I can't predict my travel schedule this early in the year to know if I'll be able to make it on UA.

Makes sense, but if you do fly Frontier, it only takes 15K to make Ascent. There's not a very high requirement, so it's easy to obtain, especially if you live in Denver.

It was the end of year promotion that they've been running for a few years. I paid them $200 and they counted each EQS double for a period that I think was about Oct 15 to Dec 15. Flew one extra segment in that period and that was enough to get me to 30.