does Frontier match UA status?
Oct 18, 2012 | 5:33 am
#31
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Oklahoma
Programs: Southwest A-List Preferred/Companion Pass, Amtrak Select, Priority Club Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 453
Any word on the turnaround time here? Sent my request in yesterday to both emails, and am hoping to be on my challenge before traveling to California next week.
Do flights you booked before the challenge count towards it, or is it only bookings made after the challenge has begun?
Do flights you booked before the challenge count towards it, or is it only bookings made after the challenge has begun?
As a personal note, I was pleasantly surprised by Frontier, the TV's are a great touch, and I liked the A-319's much better than my usual CRJ-7/9 I usually fly on DL. The EMB I had on one leg was ok, but it was pretty crowded on my flight. I had 2 A, and I thought I was going to be in 2-1 seating (essentially like DL Regional Jet F) but the plane I was on was all 2-2 seating, which surprised me a bit, I had heard the Stretch seating on the F9 regionals was 2-1. Either way, Coach on an EMB 190 is always better than coach on a CRJ!
Oct 18, 2012 | 7:27 am
#32
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MKE
Programs: Delta Skymiles, Frontier EarlyReturns Summit
Posts: 766
As a personal note, I was pleasantly surprised by Frontier, the TV's are a great touch, and I liked the A-319's much better than my usual CRJ-7/9 I usually fly on DL. The EMB I had on one leg was ok, but it was pretty crowded on my flight. I had 2 A, and I thought I was going to be in 2-1 seating (essentially like DL Regional Jet F) but the plane I was on was all 2-2 seating, which surprised me a bit, I had heard the Stretch seating on the F9 regionals was 2-1. Either way, Coach on an EMB 190 is always better than coach on a CRJ!
Oct 18, 2012 | 1:09 pm
#33
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: Ham Sandwich Medallion
Posts: 889
As I posted above, took about a week for me. I sent a PM to F9Direct too, which could have helped. Can't hurt to try. FWIW, my first flight was booked prior to getting the status, and it earned the bonus miles, and showed Summit when I printed the boarding passes the day of the flight, so I would bet yours will too.
Oct 28, 2012 | 5:21 pm
#34
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Oklahoma
Programs: Southwest A-List Preferred/Companion Pass, Amtrak Select, Priority Club Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 453
I still need to get one more in too, in the next 3 weeks or so. Shouldn't be a problem, then next year earning the normal way should be a piece of cake. For what it's worth, I think I rather like Frontier. It's still all coach, but for my purposes, it's a better choice than flying AA or UA for my non DL flying. Would much rather be a F9 Summit and DL Gold than DL Gold and no status on the other hodge podge I was flying. I think the Frontier product is good, would like to see more attention to the Summit's for the drinks, but I really like the TV (though the sound was not working in my seat on the way home last week....) and the 2-1 seating is great on the E-190's. (I also expereinced one segment on an E-190 with 2-2 the whole cabin, but it wasn't too bad, still better than the 2-2 I would have been on had I taken DL for that trip in a CRJ.