Purchase 20K status
 

Well, we asked for it and her it sorta is:

https://viewfromthewing.com/anyone-w...-elite-status/

Link to Frontier:

https://frontier.getstatus.com/

Basically, $499 for 20K to the end of the year. Would work great with the all you can fly pass.

The other option is to pay $80 and then fly 5000 miles with them or spend $5000 on the Frontier credit card. You get instant 20k status until 31Sept. If you complete the miles/ money by then, then you get to retain status to the end of the year.

So, that would be $80 plus about 2 long roundtrips. The flying would probably only cost you $200. But the credit card thing is probably easier for some.

Desperate for customers?
 

I always wonder how many, or what percentage of loyalty customers , are Elite at some level. I am 50K for several years and I always can book my favorite seat , and while waiting to board I rarely get the impression that the people boarding first along with me are regulars. Anyone have insight regarding this?

So I paid the $80 and am seeing the status attached to my Profile now but its not letting pick seats and add a carry-on without paying on existing flights. Would this only be free on new flights?

What status did you receive? If it is 20K, you pick the upgrade seat 24 hours prior to flight time.

I paid the $80 (through 9/30) Elite 20K status.. only trying to pick non-Stretch seating today..

I had to use the dreaded chat with an agent to get the status added to my current bookings. Someone on a Facebook group said to say you want your Frontier miles number removed and added back, and that did the trick, and I was able to select my seat and carry-on for free!

Chatting now and they are adding everything for free.. Lucky as they seem slow (not helping 20 people at a time) right now

I have noticed the same thing. My favorite exit row seat is almost always available, as long as I book at least a few days ahead. And I've also noticed that exit rows often have one or more empty seats during the flight.

So, to me, it seems that Frontier has very few elite members, as compared to other airlines.

Hi -

So a question for the collective wisdom here.

I have the go wild pass. I just paid the $80 for the 20K challenge. I saw that Elite 20K comes with "last seat availability". I know that the go wild pass does not. Will 20K trump that? Will it "unlock" last seat availability for my go wild pass? Or would that only apply for award bookings?

Thanks in advance.

That's a level of complexity that Frontier's software developer [singular] didn't consider. The confused reservation system will probably assign you a stretch seat in the cargo hold.

Last seat availability only applies when redeeming miles. It shouldn't have any impact on booking using your GoWild pass.

Hi -

jjbiv, many thanks.

As a data point, my account was upgraded to 20K within 24 hours of paying the $80. Now I just have to get my FFN removed an re-added so i can get my carryon and seat assignment fees waived. at the airport.

One other question: they are now adding a fee to talk to an agent. Is that waived for 20K? I did not see it on the list of waived fees. And if not, is there now a fee to SDC, since I have to talk to an agent to do that?

Thanks.

Their chat customer service is able to add those for you. The agent assistance fee is dependent on the agent. It is only guaranteed to be waived if you selected agent assistance at checkout on your ticket.

Hopefully this is successful and they add thr ability to get 100k status through buying it.