Frontier Airlines is selling its annual fly-all-you-want “GoWild!” pass covering travel May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2025, for $499, a $100 reduction from the regular price. The offer remains open “as long as supplies last,” and if you buy by Tuesday, Nov. 28, you also get Silver Elite status for the year—which doesn’t do you much good. Sorry for the late notice, but weekly columns can’t always keep you right up to date.
As far as I know, Frontier is the only U.S. airline offering a fly-all-you-want pass, and it comes in three variations: annual, seasonal, and monthly. At any duration, the pass allows you to take as many flights as you can arrange for 1 cent each – there’s no limit. The pass covers any route Frontier flies. But that “as many you can arrange” limitation cuts your flexibility considerably:
- You can make firm bookings only one day in advance for domestic travel or one week ahead for international destinations. “International” means mainly top tourist centers in Mexico and the Caribbean. In some cases, you can book earlier—of course, by paying an “early booking” fee.
- Pass seats are in a separate fare bucket, with extensive holiday blackout periods and seat limitations at all times. Frontier’s booking engine automatically displays available pass seats for each flight.
- The basic one-cent “fare” covers almost nothing else—except that if you get the Silver Elite option, you do get a standard advance seat assignment. You pay extra for a checked bag, a carry-on bag, in-flight meals, and just about anything else you can think of, plus “fees.” And pass travel doesn’t add any mileage to your account.
