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Frontier Airlines is an airline founded in 1994 that provides low-cost air travel across the United States and select international destinations. Based in Denver, the airline offers direct routes and online booking options.
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Reviewed March 8, 2020
Space was very cramped and the cancelation policy prohibited me and my family from obtaining another flight out at the group rate we got for the initial flight. Additionally, the baggage policy is poor due to too high pricing as compared to other airlines.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2020
This airline is a "0" Star operation! Don't risk your travel plans with them if you need to keep a schedule. I allowed Travelocity to bundle Frontier into our business travel schedule (HUGE MISTAKE). Less than a week later I start getting emails that the flight has changed and that I need to accept leaving at a different time and if I don't like it tough cookies. I talked to the "customer service" desk and they said "if was the government's fault the schedule changed?" What I asked her to repeat that she said "maybe it was demand that caused the change...We really don't know why flights change but since it is less than 4 hours' difference you have no say in the matter"?
I hope they can live off the money for two tickets vs having a person tell every business traveler he knows to stay away from these people. They don't care about customers. They just want your money. My advice is don't book through Travelocity and don't book on Frontier airline. Neither one has any interest in making sure your travel plans work. They seem to just want your money.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2020
My flight was delayed from Washington DC to Denver because of weather for 2 1/2 hours on 02/07, flight 537. There was 12 of us on that flight that needed to catch the connecting flight to Ontario flight 371... We would of made it but then we pilot made the announcement that we will be in a “holding pattern” in the air for 20 minutes which had us landing right when doors would close for flight 371. Instead of holding the doors knowing there was 12 passengers about the land, they closed it right away and left us. Later we heard out tickets were possibly sold already and that’s why they didn’t wait (what a scam that is). Ironic that they can make us wait 2 1/2 hours but can’t wait 10 minutes for us to run across the airport?? I’ve seen other airlines hold their doors knowing their passenger will be landing within minutes and not leave them behind, this gave all of us the indication that they probably DID sell our seats to others.
I had a very important work event the next morning and by the time I got to the line the only flight left that night that landed in LAX, over an hour away from Ontario was booked and they would not compensate me for anything. I had to spend 400 dollars catching a flight out that night on Southwest so I can make this trip. A couple of weeks later I attempted to call customer service for any sort of compensation for my $342 flight plus paying $250 for seat upgrade since leg room in little to none- $590 total not including the $400 I spent catching another flight. I received $88 in return the following week BUTTT worse part- then I checked my credit card and saw they charged me $97 for no reason 3 days before giving me my refund!!!
When I called to ask them why they charged me they had no excuse only that they would put that back in my card in 7 days! Pretty much they tried to charge me and then “refund” me so they wouldn’t come out of pocket and hope I didn’t see the charge!!! Complete thieves and the most shady crap I’ve ever seen. In conclusion I would never recommend Frontier to anyone and I feel bad for their employees because if they keep pulling this crap, they will do out of business very soon and a lot of people would be out of a job.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2020
Rating: “0 STAR”. The WORST AIRLINE EXPERIENCE EVER! Boarding crew sent me to the customer service for paying checking bag fees. (Customer service area was just beside the boarding pass area.) There was no communication between boarding crew and customer service desk. Because of their miscommunication mistake I missed my flight! They asked me $119 booking fee for the next flight! I called the head court to solve this issue. They told me there is no option to waive the booking fee for the next flight!
These people are not for business! They just want your money, that’s it! It was not my mistake and I missed my plane because of it! Then I had to pay $119 booking fee to be on their next flight! I know other airlines give you a free ticket for the the next flight, even if it is your own mistake! I will make a YouTube video about my experience at Frontier Airlines and post it soon! Thanks for reading and be very careful to choose the right airline when you get your ticket to your next travel destination!
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2020
If I could give this airline a 0 I would. The worst experience from check in to flight. Get to counter and is told there is a $55 dollar fee!!! For a small carryon!! And their reasoning is that’s how they keep their prices low! (Meanwhile I flew to San Diego on American. Paid the same ticket fare. Did not have to pay for carry on and I was late. They changed my ticket FREE OF CHARGE and they served beverages.) Then I get in the plane. Ask the flight attendant to please help me just reach overhead to place bag due to my abdominal surgery. He literally tells me he’s not supposed to but he will this time. Next time I need to check in this small carry on! What next time? Never again flying with this disgraceful airline! And they don’t offer beverages!!! All the attendants did the whole flight was walk up and down with bags collecting trash. I don’t get how these people stay in business.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2020
I have been a Frontier frequent flyer since 1984, eventually collecting 146,000 miles. Due to illness, I have not been able to fly recently so was keeping my mileage alive with their Frontier Mastercard, which requires you to make purchases every six months. Because I use this card sparingly, I recently realized I had failed to make the required purchase by only two weeks, so Frontier expired all of my mileage. I contacted them and they told me "tough luck pal". I asked if they could give me back even part of the miles and the answer was no. Obviously they could care less that I had been a member for 35 years flying many many flights with them. I suggest you fly a different airline. I know I will.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2020
I just went to Miami for a business trip weekend and they lost my bag. The entire weekend they did not find it. I kept on calling Frontier baggage claim everyday hour of my trip to have an update and each time I call I'd hear a total different story about the status of my bag, They've been trying to seduce me with their $75/day refund but I don't care and only want my bag back. They had me staying in the same clothing and underwear the entire trip until I flew back home on 2/3/2020.
Miami station number ** BSO contact never answers the phone when you call. In this business trip I was unable to close the deal and failed to meet my corporate goals due to missing documents and this trip was entrusted to me but frontier losing my bag put my job at risk and my career in jeopardy. I spent my days calling them every hour to have an update and they keep on telling me different stories that don't match. I'm totally desperate and my boss told me this morning the future of my job is hoping that my bag has not fallen into the wrong hands. Frontier please please please find my bag. I need it.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2020
Do NOT BOOK WITH THEM! Trust me you will be sorry. The customer service is crappy and really makes you hate that you actually paid them your hard earned money. I understand Delta and AA can be pricey. However, the service they provide is well worth it. If you like to be treated well for the money you spend this is not. The Frontier will highly disappoint you. I personally don’t care if the flight is cheap that does not mean customers should be subject to bad service because they got a cheap flight. I work hard and when I spend my money I don’t want to be treated as if someone crappy after you have my money. This airline is a joke (literally worst than Spirit). Not to mention the outrageous prices for bags!!!! Save yourself the anguish and headache and head over to AA or Delta. You literally get what you pay for. Frontier customer service is as cheap as their prices. Sometimes you just gotta put it on a scale.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2020
I traveled from Newark to Orlando to pass New Year's 2020. The flight going to Orlando was good, but when we came back, we lost the flight because the TSA line was very long. We did not know that the flight finished boarding because they never called us on the speaker. We missed the flight by two minutes. Every other airline calls missing passengers on the loud speaker but Frontier couldn’t even do that or find us another flight. Terrible service never using again.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2020
I booked a flight that's a few weeks out at 10:39pm one day, cancelled it at precisely 10:49pm the next day and was told I couldn't get a refund because I missed the 24 hour window. I admit to my mistake. However the cold, almost inhumane response to me missing this arbitrary deadline by minutes robbed me the wrong way. I sorely miss the days in which companies gave a crap about the people whose patronage allows them to exist.

Reviewed Jan. 29, 2020
Last minute trip. Made a mistake booking a 12:59 flight out of SFO thinking it leave the night of but instead it's the night before. Cancelled the ticket a few hours later only to get charged 119 for change fee. Due to their cheap nature, they only operate 3 days a week out of SFO. So I can't even switch to another flight. To top it off, instead of getting a refund on my money, they keep it as a credit for future travel. I literally booked only a few hours. Do I really want to fly this crappy airline. My money is good as gone. You can't even recline the seats so how you expect anyone to fly your crappy airline. Pay the extra money to go Southwest. The worse part is this stupid airline don't even fly 7 days. You get 3 days if you're lucky. They will never earn another dime from me. I hope they go out of business soon.
Updated review: April 24, 2020
I had written a review in January. I was very pleased to get a note from Frontier Air stating that "Miles" from its program that were about to expire are being given new life: They won't expire. They explained that Frontier is going the extra mile, so to speak during these hard times and won't let my miles expire. If the miles are to expire at some time in the future, they will notify me 90 days prior. Good for Frontier Air. Much appreciation your way. Thank you! Rob of Madison, WI
Original Review: Jan. 28, 2020
I have been a Frontier Airlines Master Card, Frequent Flyer points holder for almost 3 years and have had nothing but headaches with Frontier Airline’s system. In these three years I have never been able to find workable flights for the standard locations in the U.S. for the dates I was required to travel. The first problem is Frontier’s website. In attempting to choose a flight, a calendar appears in order to select dates. Today I attempted to book a flight from my home city; with population greater than 250,000 to San Diego. I chose a date in March which is more than six weeks away. Some of the dates on the March calendar are in green, some are in grey. March 12 was “green” date. I chose it. My desired return date March 19, was a “grey” date.
There were no flights that would bring me back on March 19. So I chose a later date. I was shown what the departing and return flight schedule looked like. The departure flight was 10.5 hours, much longer than a direct flight or even other one intermediate airport stop flights. The Return flight was 21.5 hours to get back from San Diego to my home city in Wisconsin. So to fly Frontier I would have needed to extend my trip by three days and then spend over 21 hours to get back home. This kind of thing happens over and over again in attempting to book Frontier flights. There is no route map that shows direct flights anywhere in Frontier’s literature or website. The helpful person at Frontier I spoke with stated that Frontier's “inventory’ changes frequently so no such map is available. Really? Frontier expects its customers to fly Frontier under this completely unworkable scenario?
The second problem that dovetails with the above issue is regarding the Frequent Flyer Miles program. Frontier gifted me 40,000 miles if I signed up for their Barclay’s MasterCard. If you had asked me if it is difficult to complain about “Free Miles” before I signed up for this card I would have responded with a, "Huh? How could anyone complain about Free Miles?" Frontier Airlines Frequent flyer miles are not free. There is a $65 (or something close to that) annual fee for the card. Since I've never been able find flights that worked. I am now close to my THIRD payment to keep the MasterCard current; Otherwise I lose the miles.
Secondly there is fine print in the TERMS and CONDITIONS. At the end of year #1 Frontier alerted me that my card needed to be used to keep it current. I really appreciated that note. I used the card. As the next year went by I realized I hadn’t used the card even though I had paid to keep it current. On January 3 and 4 this year I used the card a number of times. When I spoke to customer service, they informed me that the card needed to have been used and that my miles had expired on January 5. They had no record of my purchases on January 3 and 4 because Barclays had not sent the month's statement yet. Frontier offered that I could pay $100.00 to “buy back” my 40,000 plus miles.
There was no way that Frontier would conference call with to to Barclays to straighten this out. I then called Barclays’ who also were not able to conference call to Frontier to straighten out the situation. Barclay was helpful in guiding me through the complicated steps to create User name and Password for their website so that I could get a TRANSACTION RECORD OF MY PURCHASES which showed my purchases on January 3 and 4 of this year. It was then that Barclay informed me that under Frontier’s TERMS AND CONDITIONS, that I had needed to use the MasterCard EVERY SIX MONTHS. This being so I would still need to pay the $100. to “buy back” my miles.
In summary if I’ve understood all of this correctly; Very soon I will be making my third annual $65 payment plus pay $100 to buy my points back = total $295 paid so for for the privilege of wasting time and generating frustration at not being able to find appropriate flight, because Frontier’s priority is utilizing “Inventory” vs making their system usable and accessible to their customers? I think I will simply abandon my “Free” and accumulated Frequent flyer Miles and not fly Frontier again.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
I bought my ticket as far as I could in advance. It was about three weeks before I was to depart on January 26th, 2020. I made certain since I have a medical dog for my PTSD and COPD. He was cleared to fly in XNA (Arkansas), but DEN (Denver) stopped us wanting further proof of his service dog status. They tried to boot me from flight, but after an hour of searching, I found proof of my disabilities for them, my ministerial identification, my driver's license, his vet clearance, and the fake ID I thought to have made a year ago by one of those companies that looks official, but have no legal standing in declaring any animal a service animal.
They refused to look at my is collar and lead that were clearly marked. They refused to check and make sure the first leg of the flight had been cleared already, and clearance has been given from the first counter to luggage pick-up in PDX (Portland), my final stop. I had, at one point, been told I was denied my flight because while flipping my ID over, I dropped it and she said I threw it at her. They refused to speak to the ticketing agent on the phone, or to the manager at the Denver outlet for Frontier.
Just know that this one ticket counter at the gate was the only problem place for me. All others were working hard, following laws and very courteous. The flight staff were extremely helpful. The ticketing agents online very much the same, helpful and friendly. Just watch out for Denver gate agents. I have seen where they have a horrible reputation for similar things in other reviews.
During all of this, I point out a young man vomiting all over the gate floor and passing out repeatedly on the floor (yes, into the vomit). They ignored him for a half hour, barely attempting to clean up the vomit from the carpet. They left him passed out, face down on the floor for over an hour. Just, ignored him! Just before we boarded, they finally brought in a rescue crew to clean up and cart him off. All in all, Denver just was wickedly rude and untrained as to handle any of their circumstances they were faced with. INCLUDING not telling Passengers there was a last minute gate change!!!
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2020
I purchased a round trip ticket from Nashville to Las Vegas and then several weeks later I received an email from Frontier saying that the time of my flight had been changed, and of course the new arrival time did not work for me. I called to get my flight changed and they informed me that I had already approved the time change of my original flight. Uh no, I did not approve anything. I had to argue with a supervisor who finally agreed to give me a credit for the flight since they did not have any other flights that worked with my schedule. But I only had 3 months to use the credit (most airlines give you a year to use a credit).
Within that 3-month time frame I tried to book a new flight later in the year using my credit but they weren't allowing any bookings more than 3 months out. What? I've never heard of an airline restricting flight bookings to 3 months or sooner. For a second time I had to argue with a supervisor to extend the deadline to use my credit.
So I put a reminder on my calendar and then tried once again to book a flight using my credit. No luck. I needed to travel to Philadelphia on a Thursday but Frontier didn't have any flights from Nashville to Philadelphia on Thursday. None. They weren't sold out, they just simply weren't offering any flights that day. For a third time I had to argue with a supervisor to extend the deadline to use my credit. They gave me another 3 months to use it, which I appreciate, but it really should not be this difficult to book a flight on Frontier. Why is the booking time so limited? And why do they only fly to certain places on certain days? It makes me wonder if this airline is getting ready to go out of business.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2020
Of course, we all love a great bargain! I’m sure that’s how most of us found Frontier Airlines, but book with them at your own risk!!! I’ve flown with Spirit with no issues even after reading terrible reviews. So I thought, why not give Frontier a chance?! All these bad reviews can’t be true, right?! It’s true. They are terrible, but not completely but mostly!
I booked a flight from DTW to SAN with a connecting flight in LAS. Flight into VEGAS was fine.. Staff was friendly. I didn’t expected anything, but to get myself/my family/our luggage to our destination safely and to be treated kindly. The flight experience itself was good. Once we landed at our final destination is when the madness begun! We arrived, but my car seat did not! Or at least it didn’t show up at the “oversized luggage” within the 2 hours I was waiting for it to show up! There were no readily available reps for Frontier anywhere Not at baggage claim nor the gates. After 8 hour of flights and the airport, this isn’t how you want to start your vacation.
I received more help from competitors staff than with the company I booked with! I called customer service and was plainly told to fill out a form and that I would be contacted with 4 hours which I was not! I had to consistently call and follow up once the 4-6 mark was up! Long story short, Frontier is good only if you need to get to point A to B. Nothing more because it will be a headache. Flying with a family or just yourself, do not get anything checked because if it’s lost or delayed their staff will attempt to blame YOU! Let Frontier be the last people you fly with. LovexLight.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020
They advertise themselves as a low cost airline, but their tickets were only marginally cheaper than other airlines. If you read the fine print, they also charge for cabin baggage the fee for which is higher than a checked baggage. Because of this I took the option of checking in a bag but wanted to carry it back via cabin baggage on the return, and to my horror they charged a "change fee" of $21. Beware of hidden fees that they don't tell you about. If you add all of the hidden fees, they are pretty much on par with other airlines.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2020
Like everyone, wanted to save money with a cheap fare but was only told about bag fees after purchase, bringing the overall cost closer to their competitors. Then the following happened:
2.Oh, except for the 2 flight attendants sitting behind a glass partition and velvet ropes, right behind the gate desk. But they continued chatting and ignoring our “hello’s” like a couple of mean high schoolers.
3. Suddenly, an attendant arrived, rolled his eyes at our questions, then proceeded to make the boarding announcement in a cartoon voice (to mock us I guess?). The signage still showed another destination and they didn't even acknowledge the discrepancy.
4. While boarding (btw no entertainment, food or drink without paying), a different attendant sarcastically explained how to walk, sit, and use overhead cabinets and asked us to hurry up. Even though boarding was late due to their error because there was no one at the gate until boarding was supposed to begin. Many passengers flying were elderly or children.
5. Mid-flight, while most were sleeping, the lights were abruptly turned on for a sales pitch for their company Mastercard (with annual fees) that would earn you miles so you could fly with this uncaring, outright dismissive, nickel and dime-ing airline again in the future. The presentation resembled one of those Time Share seminars you are forced to attend at some resorts when you’d rather enjoy your vacation. But then we were the very definition of a Captive audience. The attendants walked down the aisle with applications like they were doin their safety bit. I heard sighs of disbelief and quiet laughter from behind me.
6. And finally, 5 min before landing in New York (in January), we were told there was no gate available and we would have to use the stairs down to the tarmac and walk to the gate. Wish I’d known earlier in the flight so I could have changed my Florida flip flops for the 30 degree temperature outside.
As we exited, they made no apologies and said no goodbyes” (why would they, they hadn’t greeted us when we boarded)....not even a smile. It all was so outrageously awful that I would have laughed if I didn’t feel so demoralized.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2020
We have used Frontier many times in the past and are aware that their "come-on" ads of $20 and $15 flights are nonsense but it the Trenton airport is close to our home. Our last purchase of $29 tickets to Florida cost us $450 round trip for my wife and me. Because they charge separately for seats, carry-on bags, and checked bags, I took advantage of their great offer to purchase the "Bundle" so I could save a lot of money and have the privilege of making changes to my tickets at no extra charge. It still cost me $450. When I called today to change my tickets, they told me I would have to pay an additional $600!!!! Do not waste your time with Frontier. There are legitimate airlines that do much better. Frontier is a total rip-off.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2020
My issue with Frontier is before I got on the plane. They are cheap so I expect the flight to be like bus service. However when I want to give them money, book a flight they are horrendous.
2. The mislead you about the 40,000 miles. You have to chase them to get it on your card, it takes 3 months, and since it takes 20 to 30 minutes to get a person that understands your question you give up. I believe this is by design
3. Website appears easy but is confusing, hard to book tickets for anyone other than the card holder.
Do not bother. There are better easier cards with real benefits. Frontier benefits are a scam. Unfortunately I must give 1 star which is too much for these incompetents.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020
Frontier Airlines canceled my flight four hours before departure and offered no other options for rebooking. When I called customer service, the soonest I could leave on any flight to any airport was 3 days later. My original trip was only four days long so I had to just accept a refund with no rebooking. When I asked why the flight had been canceled, I was lied to. I was told that my originating airport had made the decision due to a winter storm and that Frontier had no other choice but to comply with the decision and cancel the flight.
However, when I looked online right after our conversation, I learned that many other flights were landing and taking off from the originating airport. In addition, I looked on Frontier’s website any my flight was the ONLY Frontier flight to be canceled. Many other Frontier flights were taking off from and landing at the originating airport. It’s ridiculous that my flight was canceled and my trip ruined but to be lied to adds insult to injury. Terrible customer service!
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020
I fly to Las Vegas from Madison Wisconsin airport with my service dog, a 10-pound yorkie with no problems and no paperwork needed. Upon paying for a ticket and trying to fly back to Madison all hell broke loose and they refused me a ticket since I didn’t have paperwork in Vegas now, on my service dog, to get back home to Wisconsin essentially stranding me at the airport! My phone died at airport so I had to borrow a couple's phone to even get a uber! Paid 100s now for hotel. Don’t know how I'm going to get home now with my service dog. I shouldn’t be having these huge problems.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020
I have never had such a terrible experience with an airline. I purchased these tickets on Frontier from a travel website as I usually do for all my air travel. I always try to find cheap tickets and have been very successful in the past. This airline misrepresents their fares. I paid $125 total for 3 return tickets for my family which I thought was a great deal. There was no warning while booking the tickets that there would be an exorbitant fee for checking baggage and carry on bags. There was no option to pay for the bags at the time of purchase, when the price is actually lower. When we got to the airport, we found out the fee for checked bags was $55 per bag. The person who checked us in to our seats did not mention the fee for carry on bags though we clearly had them with us. We could have consolidated the carry on items at that time.
We got to the gate and there was an additional $45 per bag. So my initial $125 fee ended up becoming $512.90. I am not kidding! The bags cost 4 times as much as the passengers. I know that people in these times want and I believe are entitled to knowing how their money will be spend up front during a purchase. This airline purposely misrepresents the cost of their tickets to appear like a good deal, then charges hidden fees that are outrageous and unavoidable if you do not understand their policies ahead of time. Not to mention that I was given no warning upon initial purchase of the tickets.
The flight was a return flight. My family used a different airline for arrival at our destination, so we did not even have an email from frontier before we went on the trip to warn us of their policies. If I had known the ticket would cost that much, I could have booked a flight on a nicer, pricier airline. This aircraft had unpadded, uncomfortable seats that don't recline. They charged for in flight beverages and snacks. That is not so unusual, but it is obvious that they want to take as much money as possible from their customers. It is just so deceitful that it comes with such low initial fees.
When we got to our seat on the aircraft, we discovered that our three seats had also been issued to another family of three. All six of us had the same three seats (39 DEF) on our tickets. My family was seated first, so the other family of three had to wait at the back of the plane while the attendants tried to find separate open seats for them even though they had a child of 2 years old. The whole experience has left me with the desire to never book a flight with frontier again. Their fees are so deceptive, it should be illegal.

Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
I’ve used Frontier a couple times and felt they are very reasonable, and in some cases, downright cheap. You can’t put the seats back, but I’m actually glad since I rather the people in front of me not do it because my legs are a 36 inseam. I don’t care about perks if it means saving money. What you need to watch is the Mastercard offer that shows constantly while you are on the site and while you’re making reservations. It says it will give you 40,000 miles if you spend $500.00 with the annual fee. I needed to read the fine print because it does not include the reservation you’re making at the present time, but the next time you book. I didn’t get that until too late and I was approved.
When I called to ask why they did not give me the 40,000 miles they told me the rule and I immediately canceled my card and now we agreed, also in the fine print, to keep and use our information for 7 years EVEN AFTER WE CANCELED THE CARD! The company was Barclays Bank of Delaware. So buyer BEWARE! They state on the offer: "after spending $500 on purchases in the first 90 days & paying the annual fee.” "Redeem for up to 2 round trip award tickets.” They do not approve you right away so I called and told them to put the payment on my new card and I would cancel the amount on the card I used since Frontier would not approve us right away which is weird since our credit is perfect. That is when I found out I could not use that transaction for my 40,000 miles.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020
I purchased tickets online. It said that for 2 check in baggages, it only cost $45. I looked at the bag option it still said $45 for 2 check in baggages. During my check in, the two check in baggages jumped to $84. I contacted Frontier with evidenced that showed the price of $45 for 2 check in baggages. They didn't honor their advertisement. Do not flight them. Terrible service and false advertisement.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2020
Never flight with Frontier please!!! Our flight was at 6:15 pm last night. We arrive on time everything was well, we got in the plane around 6 pm. They keep telling everyone to stay calm. That a plastic thing in the plane was broken. That they will fix it right away. We waited and at 7 they told us to get off the plane. They updated the time to depart at 9pm at 8:45 moved to 10pm at 9:30 moved to 10:30 and sent us to a different location to start boarding at 10:45 and gave us a $15 food voucher after all places in the airport closed???? Even one of the ladies made a joke once announcing this ???? Then told us 11:30 boarding and at 11:15 THEY ANNOUNCED FLIGHT WAS CANCELED.
We had to wait 1 hour in line to cancel the flight for a "refund". We had to book with another airline and pay 3 times as much and after that we went down to the baggage claim around 12:15 and guess at what time they gave us our baggage back!!! 2AM!!!! Little kids crying, people desperate. This was so inhumane. A lady even had to ask to diapers for her 2 years old. Another family had her kid waiting in Tampa and had to book a flight for $250 per person. Someone else had a sick dog and was desperate. UNBELIEVABLE. PLEASE DON'T EVER FLIGHT WITH FRONTIER. WORST WORST AIRLINE EVER. We made it to the hotel at 2:30 am.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2020
WORST airline ever! We fly all the time, first time we’ve had so many problems with one airline. 13 hour delay to CO. 3 hour delay return flight and over hour at baggage claim. Didn’t leave airport until 1:45am. HORRIBLE!!! No vomit bags on plane either! Poorly trained staff, lack of everything!!! No WiFi, water only thing free, no snacks. Stroller never came after flight. Tons of families with little kids waiting for over hour! Constant delays for mechanical problems with plane, safety risk on top of everything else being HORRIBLE!!!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2020
I just waited longer at the baggage claim in SFO than my flight took (2 hours). I had a ski bag to claim and asked the baggage claim agent where oversized bags come. She said to her. Then flights full of bags came and went. Them she disappeared for 30 minutes. When she returned, we started filing a lost bag claim. Then as I walked out, I saw my bag in a completely different place than she said and when I asked why this happened, she said "oh the new guy probably didn't know".
I just wasted 2 hours of my life and my kids' life waiting because Frontier doesn't have good processes. And of course, absolutely nothing at all like an apology from their agent, nor could I reach Frontier's phone line when I called and waited for over 25 minutes. How is this airline allowed to not serve customers with any decency? They can raise prices or the government should at least regulate basic consumer protection behavior like having somewhere to file a claim to when they undoubtedly lose your bag.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
My daughter was flying back to Michigan after Christmas break and we arrived an hour early which was hard to do because of the heavy rain storm in Tampa. The bag check line was SO long that by the time I got to the counter the employee told me they had just stopped taking bags for that flight and I should have heard the announcement and come to the front of the line. There was no announcement! He also told me they already boarded and she would miss her flight but we could rush up and see if they would still let her on. It made no sense to me because on the itinerary it said check in would close at 11:20 and we still had 40 minutes. Of course my daughter was crying because she couldn’t bring her suitcase and was scared she missed the flight... we weren’t even told where to go!
A nice guy finally showed us the way to security which is where I had to leave her and she found where she needed to be except NOBODY had boarded the plane because the plane wasn’t even there yet due to the weather!! In fact, her flight was delayed over 3 hours!! But she had to rush and they wouldn’t take her bag because it’s already on the plane? That’s exactly what we were told! We were both dumbfounded. It took me an hour and a half to speak to a manager about getting a refund for the luggage I paid for, and yes they gave it to me but 35.00 doesn’t come close to how much it’s going to cost me to mail it to her. I understand that a lot of flights were delayed and there were a lot of angry people but there is no excuse for what happened today. I will skip Frontier from now on!
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
On a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Sacramento, the airline ended up cancelling one leg of my flight (from Denver to Sacramento, 10:48pm departure time). They had us board the plane, wait for about a half-hour, then de-boarded us due to not having a pilot scheduled to fly the plane. They kept us in the waiting area for about an hour under the guise of it just being a delay, but then finally conceded the flight was cancelled (near midnight now). Then it took about another hour for them to figure out what to do. They told us we would get hotel rooms and provided us with a pamphlet on our 2 options. Option 1: rebook on Frontier (their next flight to Sacramento was 2 DAYS later). Option 2: follow a link they provided to book a flight with another airline (had to be on their specific website if we wanted up to a $400 reimbursement check to be mailed several weeks later).
Flights were filling up fast, so I booked another flight using option 2. Then, after I had booked, the customer service people said that they would only cover 1 night in a hotel if you rebooked on a Frontier flight (again, next flight 2 days later). Upon expressing the absurdity of this, they told me the only thing I could do was call their customer service hotline (I did, and they were of no help - told me to talk to the people at the counter). The customer service agents were extremely unapologetic, even telling another passenger who was now going to miss her father's funeral "sorry, that's not our problem".
All told, I'm now out hundreds of dollars, a lot of sleep, and a full day lost due to their negligence. By the time it was all over, it was too late to find any place to eat, all inexpensive hotel rooms were already booked, and well, I was really tired and starving. I can understand that sometimes things go wrong with scheduling and flights have to be cancelled. But the cheapness, apathy, and inefficiency of their response is unforgivable. Customers should not have to pay so much extra when the situation is so clearly the fault of the airline.
Not related to the cancellation: I noticed exposed wiring near the window in front of my seat on the previous flight. Most seats don't recline and are pretty uncomfortable. Many of the flight attendants are on the rude side (blanket generalizations over the loud speaker about how people don't clean up after themselves). And the best part - a flight attendant read, over the loud speaker, what seemed like a 10 minute long, half unintelligible, advertisement to join their Frontier Miles club. How annoying is that, given the crappy service?
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
Yes they are a cheap airline. Your experience will include: Fairly fast boarding as a pro. However, the cons highly outweigh the pro. Incredibly uncomfortable seats. Like sitting on slab tile. Very little space to move. Barely enough room for your butt (I am a small woman, 5ft, 125 pounds. How to bigger people handle this?), no leg space, barely space to set a laptop and work or watch a movie, no internet, no elbow room between people. I'm sickened at how they cram humans in to these flights so they can get the biggest bang for their buck! Frontier isn't the only one. My neck was killing me! Luckily it was only a two and a half hour flight.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020
In September 2019, I purchased a flight on Frontier departing Buffalo -Orlando return for February 2020 spring break. The flight was to depart on Feb. 15th and return Feb. 22nd. I bought the ticket because it corresponded with my already-booked resort vacation in Florida, with three other family members. A couple of months later, Frontier sends me an email informing me that the flight is now returning Feb. 21st.
When I called, I got put through a call centre agent in the Philippines with poor English skills who just kept repeating her script and was on no practical assistance. She just kept repeating "there was an unavoidable schedule change" (bottom line is they are looking to save $$ at my expense and inconvenience). So I am forced to leave over 24 hours early losing a night's paid stay at my hotel and worse still, one less night and two days of vacation with my family. I will never book with Frontier again. Other airlines adjust the departure and arrival times but change the day?! Ridiculous and unfair.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020
Missed a flight from PHX to MEM due to a death in the family, literally the day before my flight. Now they want $119 to reschedule my flight or they could provide a refund (credit) if I provided them with a death certificate.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019
Flying with this "airline" is a nightmare. I have made reservations with them on 2 occasions and in both occasions I have ran into serious issues. The first time I ended up losing my money and having to buy a really expensive ticket with Delta airline on the spot. And the second time I made a reservation with them I attempted to make changes to my flight and their website booked a whole new ticket. And of course there are a bunch of rules setting up why I just lost my money disregarding I called them not even 5 minutes after realizing the issue. LOL!
I had to call around 20 times to an offshore customer service located in the Philippines talking to "customer service" representatives who had no actual power to solve any of my issues, but just excuse why I had issues in the first place and provide me information I already knew. And of course: refer me back to the website that generated all my issues. "Customer service" is none existent, they would do better by just having no "customer service" at all. At least they would have eliminated all the aggravation I got as a customer and save more money.
at the end of the day I ended up paying more money than I had paid if I had booked using a better airline. They fish you with "cheap" tickets then start charging you for every little thing. And a $56 ticket turns into $400 rather quickly. And on top of that you can't even enjoy your vacations because of the uncertainty: as soon as you realize it's completely surreal. Anything is possible with this airline. You just can't relax until it's all over. You get to the airport expecting anything, shredding your brain wondering what's the next problem.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2019
I flew from Puerto Rico this morning and had to wake up at 4 a.m. to catch my flight. I boarded and immediately fell into a deep sleep. An air stewardess with an attitude woke me up so I could give her my empty Starbucks cup. I politely asked her NOT to wake me up again should she see me sleeping. She immediately threatened to have me thrown off the plane. I asked why and she repeated her threat. She was then became belligerent during the flight and tried to antagonize me into a physical altercation. For the record I would destroy her in a physical fight but she wasn't worth the jail time. Is Frontier hiring folks from the hood with NO social skills whatsoever? It would seem so from today's experience. She has no idea who I am and what I do for a living. My journey with her has just begun.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019
Mother In Law had flight booked to go home in time for son's wedding. She was at airport an hour and a half early however the ticket booth was closed and was told may be able to make it. She got through security and ticket rushing to gate. She was at gate in time frame to board plane according to time frame allotted on her ticket however they closed the gate on her and would not let her board. Then they tried to charge her full price to book ticket 2 days later. This woman is recovering from stroke and her experience caused her to have a panic attack increasing her blood pressure and blood sugar to dangerous levels making her feel stranded no one wanting to help her.
I spent entire day on phone trying to get answers and resolution. After 4 attempts and being left on hold for over 30 min each time, I finally demanded supervisor. Instead of understanding and the old theory of customer being right and getting resolution, I was met with blaming my mother in law saying she checked in after the time allotted to board. However, if she checked in that late and she would not be allowed to board, why would they give her a ticket. The resolution options were even worse, if I wanted full refund, I would have to pay a fee, or pay reduced price for another ticket. I refused both because there is no way I will ever let this airline do the same thing again to my mother in law. I am utterly disgusted and disheartened knowing she will never get back the day her son gets married having to miss it because an airline wants to cut corners and refuse to follow and honor their flight times scheduled.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019
It happened to us too - flight was cancelled with no warning. At least we received a text late the night before our flight was scheduled to leave at 8am. On the phone, it was a nightmare to even reach a human and when we did we were given no explanation on the cancellation (the weather was absolutely clear and this was a flight between two major hubs). When we did speak to someone, it was as if they were doing us a favor by looking into travel alternatives. As it's the holidays there were little to no alternatives and our only choice was to take a flight arriving into another state and thus having to travel an extra three hours home. No apology or common courtesy. Frontier you are officially cancelled. Buhbye!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019
Luggage never arrived, there was not a baggage claim office like real airlines. Made contact with an employee who was unprofessional. Followed up with my claim for 10 days. Called 3 baggage claim locations and left multiple voicemails because I rarely got a live person on the phone. When I did, I explained that my name tag was on my co-passengers luggage. Despite the call being logged, the next live person I talked to had no knowledge of this information. Long story short, horrible customer service, they threw $200 at me which does not begin to cover the monetary or personal value of the lost luggage which is probably rotting in a warehouse with my mother's name on it.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019
I would not recommend Frontier airline. My baggage has been lost for more than 2 weeks. I attempted to submit my baggage claim to a Ms. ** from central baggage. She was not only was condescending but she also blocked my emails which interfered with me recovering any reimbursements for my lost belongings. Frontier airlines lost my baggage in route to my destination, paid me $0.00 for it and then lost my baggage again during my flight home.

Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019
Worst Airline In THE WORLD. Please Pay a bit more with another Airline and Avoid The Aggravations. They Canceled Our Flight To Get Back Home with No Explanation and Told Us The Next Flight Would Be Dec 5. We Would Have to Wait 3 Days for a Flight Back Home. (Are you ** Kidding Me!!!!) or Book Yourself a Flight Back Home with Another Airline. The Guy at the Counter Told Us This is the Norm for FRONTIER. No Info on why it was Cancelled, No Hotel Voucher or reimbursements, No Rental, Just STRANDED and they don’t care. We had no other choice but to spend more money and buy tickets thru JetBlue for $1300 and wait 7 hours for a new flight back home. With all the bad reviews, cancellations, and the worst customer service in the industry, Frontier Airlines should just close their doors and go out of business for good!
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019
Frontier takes the grand prize for absolutely the worst service in America. Our flight was canceled due to snow- understandable. First, they told us the trip was not to be canceled - we checked in- then I got a text saying the flight was canceled and to keep an eye out for an email from them. 12 hours and two 30 minute call later trying to reach a human being, I still did not know what they were offering. They were offering nothing. Afraid we were going to be stuck in Denver for 10 days, we in haste booked the next available flight, which was for 5 days later.
Realizing we needed to be home before that time, I called the next day to cancel the flights. Right now, I have been on hold for 45 minutes to speak with a manager because they want to charge me 20,000 miles and 120.00 to cancel the two flights. And I am a Frontier Cardholder. My husband is retired with a family member who is a Captain with this airline. We like to be loyal; however, on multiple occasions we have had bad service. My husband recommends we go online and blast the truth about Frontier Airlines. We will never do business with this airline again unless our points and money are returned. They are the worst company I have ever dealt with!!!

Reviewed Nov. 26, 2019
I was scheduled to fly out on November 25th 2019 from Vermont to Florida. I arrived at the airport on time and checked in at the front desk and was told that it would be an additional $45 to check my bag, that was only a little bit bigger than the other 2 passengers that were flying with me. When I did finally get to the gate I was little frustrated because they were forcing me to pay $60 additional for my bag. This same bag I have been able to bring on other airlines at the same airport and been able to board without having to pay another 60 bucks. I work really hard to earn the money that I used to pay for this trip and was really frustrated when I was denied entry on the flight. I was visibly upset and verbally upset and was cursing, as expected. The supervisor then warned me if I didn't stop swearing I wouldn't be allowed on the plane. So I immediately obeyed her command and handed my card to the woman At the desk and was still refused entry on the Flight.
I then called the booking agent, who told me a different reason as to why I wasn't allowed to board which didn't include me swearing or the refusal to pay for my bag. It was because they had to readjust the flight. Yes I was out of line for swearing but when I was warned that if I didn't stop swearing I wasn't going to be allowed on the plane, I did obey what I was told to do. And was still refused as a passenger on the flight. Although this issue has been remedied it wasn't because of the airline. It was because of a family member who paid for a different flight. I even told the supervisor it was a nonrefundable ticket and I had complied with her request but she had already decided to deny all 3 of us entry. So the big corporations thrive on people like me to be able to make money on services that are never rendered.
I will never fly with Frontier Airlines. I'm certain their feelings about it are mutual. But the story has kept changing. I had paid over $1000 for this trip and yet I was still in Vermont. It ended up costing another $500 to book with another airline. As with most people it takes a while to earn money for a trip, I don't get paid vacations, I get paid to show up. My point is that the whole day was ruined by this one interaction, I will be more careful in the future. It's unfortunate, it could have been a total loss but luckily I was able to save my other reservations. The ending could've been devastating for all involved but I'm glad I won't be flying with them.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2019
I took a trip from NC to NJ with Frontier which is sort of a "no frills" airline so, seats don't recline, no free snacks, etc., but the actual flight was less than an hour and really affordable which was what I needed.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
I am actually a fan of Frontier. I've flown on several major airlines (American, Delta, United, Korean Air, China Airlines, Cathay Pacific etc etc) economy, premium economy and Business class several times. Ive been on Spirit but Frontier is definitely better for me. Really, don't expect to be treated like royalty on the plane, you're on it to get to where you are and that's it. It's baffling for me how the interior of the plane looks better than those ghetto airplanes of large carriers (AA, United).
I have yet to witness a flight delay. I find it funny that everytime I fly AA or United, IT'S ALWAYS DELAYED. If ever there is a delay due to weather or something regarding personnel, that's something you just can't predict. It's so funny when someone goes through an inconvenience when it's solely their fault since they don't read the fine print. I haven't interacted with anyone in customer service as I check in through my phone, get my boarding pass through the app and I pay for the carry on when I buy the ticket as I generally hate people so I try to make minimal contact.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
Frontier is the worst airline I have ever flown in my life and I've been flying for 40 years. I had a ticket to fly from Green Bay to Denver after the Packers game last Sunday night and arrived at the airport 42 minutes prior to departure. However Frontier closes their their ticket counter 45 minutes prior to departure (with no exception apparently) and the ticket counter was abandoned. Their mobile app was also down so we could not get through security to contact anyone for assistance. When the staff finally returned to the ticket counter they showed no remorse, any desire to assist us, or even common courtesy. Because Frontier only flies three times a week into Green Bay, 10 of us were stuck there until Tuesday. You would think Frontier might at least try to assist us but no such thing. Instead the staff was belligerent and combative--and actually had the plane pull away from the jetway 7 minutes early instead of boarding us. It was surreal.
When one of the passengers asked for the names of the ticket counter staff to report them they even refused to give them - - fortunately they were wearing name tags! We eventually called the Frontier 800 number for assistance but no one answered, so instead called to their Spanish speaking number and a person did answer - in English! The decision of the staff there not to get us on the flight cost Frontier almost $2,000 in refunds--completely unnecessarily, especially since there were seats available and the flight was eventually held up by 45 minutes due to delays in Denver. I have flown Frontier several times in the last year, not by choice, but have never been on one of their flights without some sort of problem. Simply put, they are awful. I am telling everyone I know if they have any thought of flying on Frontier they need to think again. They are the worst care in the air.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019
The woman at the ticket counter in Denver- Abryana- was extremely rude and unprofessional. There was confusion on our part as to what we purchased online for a checked bag. The ticket agent, Abryana, was extremely rude and demanding we pay or we get out of her line. The way she handled it was very demeaning to my family and I.
I understand that Policies and procedures are a necessary part of your operation. However, I expect your employees to apply these policies and procedures with the utmost courtesy and professionalism -- rudeness or unwillingness to assist a customer should not be tolerated by any customer! She really made our day unpleasant. I do have to say that every other frontier employee was extremely pleasant (especially in ABQ) -the flight staff was great and gate agents were very nice as well. It was just that HORRIBLE WOMAN ABRYANA AT THE DENVER TICKET COUNTER WHO SHOULD NOT BE WORKING IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019
The gate agents are rude and incompetent in regards to customer service. Although the airfare was inexpensive, it was not worth the terrible experience. Even have had better experience with Spirit. Would not recommend to anyone I know.
Reviewed Nov. 3, 2019
My wife was transporting our service dog to my daughter in Florida. We were required to pay 100.00 and crate even though we had all documentation. We kindly explained this dog since born has been trained and never crated. All this after Frontier cancelled our original Thursday night flight that caused us 250.00 in transportation travel. We will contacting an attorney in regards to this matter. Media News company has been called and will be taping and covering story tomorrow morning.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2019
***WORST AIRLINE EVER*** So I arrived at ATL Airport around 9AM on October 31,2019 only to receive notice prior to arriving that the flight was delayed. My original departure time was suppose to be 11:46AM arriving in Miami by 1:30PM. I get to the front desk and the attendant informs me the delay has been extended. New flight time 2:40PM arriving around 4:36PM. I just got home from overseas and were trying to surprise my boys Ages 2 and 1 at a birthday party that's ruined.
This Airline has no respect for people's time at all, my might as well not even have a ** schedule. They need to offer a partial refund or something. I usually fly Delta or American but thought I would give the little guy a chance. Never again worst mistake I could have made. I guess you get what you pay for. Please please save yourself the headache fly with a more reputable airline. This will definitely be my first and last time flying Frontier.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2019
My husband and I decided to see if the low fares on Frontier Airlines were really that spectacular of a deal. For our 1st flight we arrived at the airport and were handed a piece of paper IN LINE saying our flight was cancelled - to fly with them again you would have to wait 3 days (depending on the city, Frontier can have very limited scheduling). It also gave instructions for seeking a refund, etc. Apparently there was a problem with the plane coming in and no other planes were available(?). The staff person from Frontier was unwilling to help anyone make arrangements and referred people to Frontier Airlines Customer Service #. In the end, they reimbursed the cost of our tickets with another airlines and we received a $100 travel voucher. That led to this fiasco.
We booked Frontier again to get to Denver using our voucher (plus $500). We arrived at the airport to join a VERY LONG line for check-in. There were no kiosks, nowhere to quickly get luggage tagged & head for security, and only 1 Frontier employee to check-in all of us. You could tell this staff member was in a bad mood based on her facial expressions & body posturing - her general disposition did not improve as the line got longer. My husband and I had prepaid for everything and our boarding passes were on our phones. We were ONLY in line to get 2 bags checked. As time passed, the line went nowhere. The people at the front of our line had already been in line 30 mins. There were probably 20-25 passengers behind us. It took 20 mins for the Frontier employee to get 3 persons/families on their way. She never called anyone for add'l help.
At one point this employee expectedly decides to stop checking people in and holler/yell at everyone in line. Keep in mind the line of passengers was growing anxious & murmuring about the time/delay but by no means was anyone disrespectful or even speaking above a tone that one would use in public. No one was even talking to her except the family she was dealing with and that random person who generally believes it's not a problem to cut the line and ask questions. Her behavior was completely uncalled for. She yelled, “I am closing this line in x number of minutes! So all you people should have been here earlier!! You aren't going to make it onto your flight so you should probably look at alternative airlines for a flight out tonight!” I was appalled to say the least.
I have never in my 25 yrs of traveling as an adult had someone checking us in who treated others this way - literally scolding other adults, and instigating dissension amongst the passengers of their airline!!! Of course this triggered some passengers who started yelling at her because for some of them THIS was their rescheduled flight out when a previous flight was cancelled. There was even someone in line who was a previous employee of another airlines who started telling the Frontier employee how the line could be expedited, how no one needed to miss the flight, and how some of things she was doing were not standard practice of any airlines.
This staff member’s choices escalated things unnecessarily which resulted in people getting out of line, panicking on their phones, going to the counter with their paperwork to ask questions or beg...it was a mess. The Frontier employee didn't stay on task with the family in front of her and stopped to go talk to them/look at their papers/etc.
Now she's got 5 families glued to the counter and everyone else bemoaning their decision to fly on Frontier. Then she decided it would be helpful to holler “6 Minutes! I'm shutting down in 6 minutes! You aren't going to make your flight. Everyone in line needs to make different plans..." or something to that effect. I couldn't believe it - Madness. I was surprised there wasn't a full-fledged passenger riot at that point.
We were the last family she checked in (even though the flight had closed - which made no sense to us), but for us and the multiple families before us, she put different tags on our luggage and told us to "try to" take them through security. She knew (due to our disclosures & frustration) full well every single one of us had items in our luggage that would result in extensive delays in security due to searches of our bags with questions/discussion/removal/discarding of items needed on our trips. But we just needed to get on that plane. I don't know what happened with everyone else behind us.
My husband and I got down to the security line as quickly as possible (I have a spinal cord implant so sprinting was not an option). I could tell the minute we saw the security line that we weren't going to make it onto the flight. All of the people in front of us from the Frontier line were only 1/2 way through the security line, even the couple with a baby who had been rescheduled when their previous flight 3 days earlier was cancelled. Passengers were still running down the corridor towards security. Within 5 mins of looking at my husband and saying, "We are actually going to miss this flight.", they issued "Final boarding call for Flight###".
I have no idea how many of us missed that flight because of this Frontier Airline's staff member. Her incompetence, lack of professionalism, inability to stay focused, and willingness to engage in a confrontative & assuming manner with passengers was unbelievable. That's not even including her poor problem-solving abilities. On top of this, the airlines provided no other avenues or resources (such as kiosks) for those of us that just needed to check a bag or 2. This entire situation was avoidable and frankly, void of common sense. Unfortunately, there was not another single airlines offering a flight to Denver that evening.
So what did Frontier Airlines unwillingness to set their passengers & employees up for success cost us? $2200+. Yes - $2200. We paid $501 for flight tickets with Frontier, $1275 for a last minute rescheduled flight on another airlines early the next afternoon, $300 in missed accommodations for that night, $75 in missed use of rental car, etc. So all I can say is fly Frontier if you have no luggage to check, can arrive 3 hrs before a flight's departure (passengers in our flight who were there 2 hrs before departure missed it), and don't really have to be where you booked your flight to on that particular day.
For anyone else? The low fares add up and in the end are really not worth it. I don't need a 3rd experience to know this is not how I want to travel. We saw nothing that closely resembled their mission statement - “Our commitment to you is supported by more than 3,000 professionals who are hard-working, fun-loving and passionate about delivering on the “Low Fares Done Right" promise.” Save your money. Low fares are not enough- Customer service still counts!
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019
I booked a ticket for a week from now and checked the itinerary on my phone. I was confused to see a ticket listed with a date for tomorrow, assumed it was my error, and accidentally cancelled the ticket that I needed for a return flight the next day. I called customer service right away to explain the error. There was nothing they could do. I don't think that's right. One wrong click of the mouse, and you're screwed out of your ticket.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
Flight 668 departing from SFO to Denver was initially delayed due to weather in Denver (10:33 AM to 11:15 AM), but then it was delayed AGAIN by the PILOT SHOWING UP LATE. Departure was delayed until around 12:30 PM. This caused us to miss a connecting flight with Frontier (flight 466) to OKC. At least 12 other passengers and I from 668 watched the aircraft leave the gate even though we were assured by Frontier staff that the flight would hold for us. We then spoke to Frontier customer service and was told that the delay was "uncontrollable" due to the weather, despite the fact that had the pilot been at the airport on time we would have been able to make the connecting flight with a half hour to spare.
We were offered flights to either Tulsa the following day or OKC on Tuesday, with no compensation for accommodations for the wait, or half of a refund for that portion of the flight and no assistance with further booking since this delay was deemed "uncontrollable". The refusal to take responsibility for their own staff's inability to be at the airport on time cost my girlfriend and myself both a workday and the cost of lodgings. I can accept that there are things out of their control, but employees not coming to work on time and then refusal to take care of customers is completely on them and inexcusable.
Their actions and treatment of me have lost a customer for life. I can accept unreliable service at a low frequency, but refusing to accept responsibility for their own operations or to follow through with their own customer satisfaction policies is appalling. Furthermore they lied about the type of delay in order to prevent having to follow through with their own customer service policies. Frontier has lost all future business from me and hopefully everyone that reads this review. This business does not deserve to have any patrons ever.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2019
Worst experience. Always delays. Uncomfortable seats. Always crowded. They charge for everything. Pay extra and fly Southwest. It's unreal how unreliable this airline is. I've had enough. Just not worth saving $50-100.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2019
October 12 I had the worst experience with Frontier Airlines. A lot of people said they lose luggages a lot but didn’t believe it until October 12. I flew from Minnesota to Denver. On a layover paid for my bag to be checked in. When I got to my Destination and that was Miami I had no luggage. I waited from 5am to 230pm for my bag. Me and my family was going on a 7 day cruise. October 13 I talk to baggage. They said will have my luggage flew to the next port. No sign of luggage. Talk with them again October 14. Said will have luggage flew to the port. No sign of my luggage. Here it is October 19 no luggage. Back from me cruise. Still no luggage, no clothes, no nothing. I feel they didn’t care at all. Didn’t give me no money back. Will never fly frontier.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2019
I booked a R/T Mobile to Chicago...The price was too good to be true, and as it turned out it was too good to be true. About two hours prior to leaving for the airport I received a text indicating that the flight from Mobile to Chicago was cancelled. I called Frontier and was advised that the next available flight out was three days later, or exactly on the date I was booked to return from Chicago. Since it was pointless to wait I told the CSR to cancel the entire booking, and assumed that would be the end of it and Frontier would return my money....Later, I received a note that they cancelled the outbound flight from Mobile but still had me booked for the return flight from Chicago. (As if I would spend $500.00 to take a one way to Chicago just to take their return flight.)
There are numerous emails back and forth on a simple issue of returning $38.00, lots of excuses but no refund. Before booking with Frontier consider if it is worth the aggravation of dealing with these people just to save a few dollars. Unless you have no alternative consider spending a few extra dollars and avoid putting up with incompetent people who have no desire to help their customers.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2019
I flew from Denver to Los Angeles and paid for carry on and I had my personal item free. On the way back from Los Angeles to Denver came in to the airport 3 hours before my flight time waited in line for over an hour. No front desk attendees and their self check in is out of service. I just wanted to print my boarding pass after an hour and I already paid for my carry on the night before and at the airport help desk want to charge me for my personal item as a carry on and for my carry on as luggage. Really. I flew with the same items and I only paid for carry on and now I have to pay for a carry on and a luggage. The worst customer service experience ever. Will never fly with Frontier Airlines again. I don't care for the price of your cheap which it was not with all the extra charges for carry on and seat selection and luggage fee. Will not recommend for anyone. Terrible experience!!!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2019
Got the email that we needed to check in now that there was 24 hours or less before our flight. So when we go to check in, there's an additional charge to choose seats right? I figure I'll just get assigned a seat at the terminal, avoid the charge entirely. However, directly underneath the button that lets you continue without choosing a seat is a paragraph telling you that you will be charged at the terminal when you are assigned a random seat. This is not the case, if you are assigned a random seat you are not charged. The website is horribly worded and the whole thing reads like a seedy used car salesman tactic to get you to pay extra money for a seat. After the money that you pay to bring a carry-on bag (which is included in other airlines) this company isn't even worth it.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019
I purchased a one way ticket from SFO to ORD. After I purchased my flight ticket, I received an email confirmation with the breakdown of the carry-on baggage fees as follows: BEST VALUE! At booking on web/mobile $25. After booking and up to 24 hrs before departure on web/mobile $28. 2 days prior to my flight, I logged into my Frontier account and after a while I found the link on how to buy carry-on luggage (not straightforward) and lo and behold the only option for carry-on was $45!! I called Frontier and redirected me to Travelocity since I did my booking there. Then after explaining the situation to Travelocity, they personally contacted Frontier so they deal with the baggage fee directly.
The Frontier rep (John) told me that he was unable to do anything for me. But directed me to the "Feedback" form and present my case. And I asked how long will this take because my flight was in a few days... He assured me it would be no more than 6 hours. After 8 hours went by, I called Frontier (again) and again stressed they could not help me... Only the "back office". So I politely asked to please transfer me to the back office. They put me on hold while she reviewed the incident I sent (PDF of the email confirmation with all the breakdown prices for carry on plus screen capture of web baggage price).
After about 10 min on hold, the back office manager reviewed my email (with PDF of original confirmation with lower bag prices) and did indeed honor the $28.00 and I promptly paid over the phone. She thanked me for bringing this to her attention and will be fixed for new customers. When I received the updated confirmation email, lo and behold, the baggage prices went up! I hope the process was much streamlined. This took me part of my morning and afternoon trying to resolve this.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2019
Flight from Denver to Phoenix 10.6.19 was delayed 2 hours for maintenance then an additional 6 hours because flight staff was over their allowed hours. Customer service was atrocious, unsympathetic, and completely unobliging. I feel their business practices are unethical and that I have been scammed for my money. I have never worked with or been with a company that cares so little about their customers or the Quality of service they provide. I would NEVER recommend Frontier to anyone and would only recommend to NEVER fly Frontier. It's worth the extra money to fly with anyone else.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2019
I was a very loyal frontier customer until I had to fly for a family emergency. A court order forced us to change our return flight. Upon arrival for this flight, we discovered only one of our reservation changes held so we were forced to spend the night in the airport with 3 kids under the age of 5. The customer service agent could not and would not book another flight for us so we booked the first flight on another airline. We received nothing for our troubles, which I expected, and I have not and will not fly this airline again. I have contacted customer service multiple times and they simply dismiss my concerns.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019
The worst experience ever, I missed my son's wedding due to delay of flight and they will not, refuse to refund any of my money, the flight is horrible. Don't provide courtesy bottle of water, flight attendants are rude. This is the worst flight I have ever been on.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019
This airline is a total rip off. My flight was changed without my knowledge, my elderly mother and I were promised that if we paid out of pocket for another flight with another airline we would be reimbursed. So far I am getting the run around. They lie, they cheat and they are the worst airline.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2019
These guys are thieves! They try to deceive and lure you with their low flight prices. They lie to you on customer service so that you get charged $119 for any cancellation you make. Plus you don't get the money back. They make you book another flight or lose your money entirely within 90 days! If you booked with Frontier, don't expect even a dollar back if you cancel your flight.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2019
My husband and I were booked on a flight from New Orleans to Denver on 09/19/19 departure time on my trip confirmation was 2:56 p.m.. Upon arriving at the airport to check our luggage we were advised by the ticket agent the flight had left at 1:24 without us. I was also told I was the 3rd person to come to the counter with this same departure time. They were no help whatsoever, I contacted J.J. with customer service who advised to re-contact the agent and see what my options were. We were told to "go home and re-book". J.J. also advised I was sent an e-mail at 8:31 that morning advising us of the change still waiting on that.
My son who purchased the tickets booked through Frontier and not a third party and was never advised of the change. When I inquired about a refund I was told I missed my flight so there would be not refund. Can't tell you how disappointed we were to miss our visit with our son but the total disregard for the customer of Frontier was even more disappointing. No "we are sorry", no reason why the time was changed, nothing. This is a very poor way to run a business.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2019
Beware, if you're due a refund, as I was, you will not get but a fraction of what you paid. By fraction I mean, I 725 and was only refunded $88. Judge Judy, here I come! This was my first and last time flying Frontier and I will never leave Delta again.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2019
I bought my flight ticket at Frontier Airlines from SFO (San Francisco) to ORD (Chicago) almost three weeks before departure, however, when arriving at the airport to check-in at 10pm, 19th Sep 2019, I saw that my flight was cancelled with no any reasons. The departing time was 00:59am, 20th SEP, and I even got a confirmation mail 19th Sep, however when arriving at the airport, I saw that it was cancelled just three hours before the flight, without any notice and reasons. And even at the Frontier Airlines desk, nobody showed up, no answer to phone, no guide to how I shall confront it.
Because of appointment at the Chicago, I decided to buy a new ticket first, at another airline but even the soonest one at the moment was 8 hours later than the Frontier Airlines ticket, so I can not meet my appointment time at the Chicago. Also, I faced to stay at the airport the whole night, which totally ruins my the next day and these whole things are too annoying, too stressful.. I will file compensation for my lost time, money, psychological stress, cancellation of appointment at the Chicago but even this procedure makes me too mad.. How come the Frontier Airlines does not notice passengers the cancellation just before the departure with no reasons? #frontierairlines #victim #mad #flightcancelled #noresponsibilities
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019
Needed a cheap flight at first. Most uncomfortable seats, rude crew, weird seating/baggage policies and NO entertainment whatsoever, but got me home on time. Decided to give it another try to beat the system with padded seat and laptop with movies. Hurricane came through and they gave me a refund no questions asked so 2 stars now. Tried to book another flight with the credit could not retrieve credit, put in flight info 3 times, decline 8 add-ons 3 times and called 3 times each had a different story. You cannot use a credit, you cannot book on the phone to use the credit without forgoing the online discount, you cannot get voucher or credit card refund. Absurd airline. There is nothing good to say about it, except it did not crash.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2019
On 9/5/19 my sister, I and my two children were traveling to New Orleans to visit family via Frontier Airlines. My sister and I each had our purses (i.e. free personal item) and one checked bag, at a (whopping, in my personal opinion) $50.00. We went to the baggage counter to check the suitcase and my card declined, for some odd reason, maybe because it was a prepaid debit card, but it had plenty of money on it. The agent asked me to try a different card, so I used my bank card and the purchase went through.
While we were waiting for our flight, I checked my prepaid card balance online, because I had an uneasy feeling. Sure enough, there was an authorization pending for the ostensibly “declined” purchase of a checked bag with Frontier Airlines. I called the card company and they told me to watch and see if the purchase fell off because it hadn’t actually posted yet. But sure enough, on 9/8, it posted to my account. I called my card company again and they told me that I’d have to attempt to get a refund from Frontier before starting a dispute.
Long story short, the first Frontier CSR I spoke to tried to insist that I was NOT double charged and that I was charged $50 for my checked bag and $50 for my “carry-on.” LOL... $50 for a carry-on that nobody had, as my sister and I were carrying our purses... and charged to a different card, at that?? I had to recount the events multiple times and still I was gaslit and told that they did nothing wrong, I was NOT double charged, and that I MUST have had a carry-on.
I finally had to escalate to asking for a supervisor, which I hate doing, but $50 is $50 and I felt like I was being accused of trying to pull a fast one on Frontier. I’m not trying to claim a refund on a service that was provided in good faith, I’m an honest person. I’m just trying to get my $50 back that was wrongfully charged TWICE. Sorry, I’m not paying twice for a checked bag which is already too expensive to begin with. $50... that’s a crawfish po’ boy and three cocktails on Bourbon Street.
After 25 minutes of back and forth, being interrogated and trying to explain and clarify and basically BEG for my money back, the charge was grudgingly refunded to my card and the supervisor seemed really put out about it. This whole experience left a sour taste in my mouth and I doubt I will use Frontier Airlines for my next trip. Southwest might be a little more expensive but at least you don’t get completely hosed with baggage fees.

Reviewed Sept. 10, 2019
Purchased trip to Fla with Frontier. When at the airport, Fort Myers, we heard another traveler gasp and say that her flight was cancelled. I stood up and looked at the board and yes, it was our flight, this happened 2 hrs before departure. They handed us a letter stating we had two options to be compensated for the flight. They did not provide another flight out of Fort Myers. We booked a hotel and began to look for other options and file our paper work to be refunded for the other airline we chose to fly home on. That happened June 25th, 19. It is now Sept. 10th and they still have not fulfilled their commitment to refund us. Have filed complaints with BBB of Denver, Frontier reported sending a refund. They had not done so.
After ongoing communication with BBB I am still waiting for Frontier to respond to them. On 8/30/19 a handwritten check, with no stub, no letter or any other communication was written, mailed Sept. 3rd. Received the check and the amount is $220.00 less than the cost of the flight with another airline. I have read many complaints on the Denver BBB site experiencing similar results. How is this business continuing to engage in such unethical practices. Also, how is such a large corporation disbursing checks that are hand written, no documentation identifying what the check is for or how the amount was calculated nor any other information provided for a paper trail for the company! Dianne
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2019
At the very last minute, Frontier flight was cancelled from STL-MCO. We scrambled to get my brother on another flight booking SW on the same day which was very expensive. Frontier refunded the $133 of the cancelled flight and gave him a $500 voucher to be used by 9/9/19. He rebooked a flight using $200 of the $500 credit and when I went back to book another flight using the $300 balance, they said he could only use the credit for 1 flight! It is their policy and they would not budge. I find it very poor customer service to offer a credit to somewhat make up for the inconvenience and cost incurred when they cancelled a flight (for no apparent reason... not weather related) and then turn around and not honor the credit that was offered. "Future travel vouchers"... should be for future travel until they expire. Period.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019
I have flown 3 times round trip, Portland to Austin, for less than $100 each time. I caught their 50 or 75% off sales, which was only good on nonstop flights. All my flights left late and arrived in Austin around 4:00 a.m. but who cares when it's so cheap? I still have my permanent residence in Texas, so I never took luggage either way. Nice not having to bother. It's a no frills type airline but for me to fly that far, nonstop for less than $50 each flight, I can put up with a little inconvenience for 3 1/2 hours. Definitely better than driving the 2500 miles!
I was late arriving for one of my Austin flights and the plane was taking off. I was told I could take the next available flight for $79. I should have looked to see what the next flight to Portland was before calling. I got back to Portland the next day after spending 10 hours in Denver and 2 other stops with long layovers. But, since I could only blame myself for missing my original flight, I didn't gripe. I get their emails and always check their sales. Flying inexpensively is much more fun than driving! They get you where you're going--just leave the whiners at home.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019
Good flight and comfortable however trying to change and book new flight on web omw back was maddening!!! Would not let me put in date. Called them for help and just said website worked. My friend had similar experience trying to book on phone thru their website. Horrific waste of time. Booked with United where there is not hidden bag fees. Frontier is cheaper if you add bag online yet booking they never ask!!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019
I purchased my ticket for 8/18/19 on 8/16/19 online. I go to the ticket counter and the lady said that my flight is for 9/1/19. I told her no it’s not, I made sure it was for aug 18 before I bought my ticket. The lady said that this has happened 30 times that day and to call customer service, so I did. Chris in customer services told me I made the mistake and I need to pay an extra $163 on top of the $155.30 that I have already paid for to be on the flight for 8/18/19. I had to be back so I paid it.
I called back customer service and told them what had happened and they still proceed to tell me it was my fault even if 30 others did the same thing. Now I get if it was one or two people it would be on my end but 30 in the time that an employee worked, I’m sorry but it is something in the company’s end. They will not give me a credit for the second plane ticket I bought for the same day when I shouldn’t have had to. Beware of this company. I honestly will not be using them again or recommending them to anyone.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2019
We checked in two hours early. The staff at the check in counter was friendly, but very slow. It took an hour to get through a short line. We checked a single suitcase for $50, which they lost. A representative at the next airport traced it and it never left the first airport, despite such an early check in. All throughout the flight, a stewardess who also worked the boarding operations, kept threatening us with "Federal Law" that we WILL get prosecuted if we try to sneak anything on. They pulled a guy off for having a carry on, which he got to avoid the $50 checked in baggage fee, and embarrassed him in front of everyone, and made him pay $35.
Everywhere, they had signs warning customers not to be a sloth, slowing down everybody by not pre-paying for luggage (which they will then later lose). All throughout the flight, she kept on threatening everyone in a very angry tone, about trying to sneak. Anything on. Even drinks and snacks are charged. $2 for water. $3 for a snack or soft drink. $8 for a beer. The seats are very hard and uncomfortable, and unusually tight. Tray tables are smaller than a small iPad, and they boast about it! They take pride in having a smaller carbon footprint. After all the rudeness, abusive treatment during the flight, lost luggage that I had to pay for, I ended up paying $20 for a few adult beverages, which did take the edge off my growing anger. I will never fly Commie Airlines...err, I mean, Frontier Airlines again!
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
Where to even begin. So I was scheduled to fly into Orlando 8/31/2019. As anybody living in a first world country now knows Florida has been declared a state of emergency due to hurricane Dorian. I have several family members there who have cautioned me in detail to stay home. Gas stations for miles are out of fuel. The stores are out of water and food. Businesses are closing everywhere. The resort we were to stay at is closing all pool decks and amenities effective 8/31. It’s a literal disaster area. And residents are being encouraged to evacuate. 12-16” of rain are expected. Winds from 75-130 mph depending on where you are. It could be one of the largest storms to hit Florida in years. Now one would think that a refund on your flight would be in order. Or at the very least a voucher to use for an upcoming trip in April. You know, due to the NATURAL DISASTER and all. But not so for a Frontier customer.
We were told l that since the hurricane isn’t supposed to make landfall until Sunday, we COULD still fly in. And since it will be over before we fly home on Wednesday 9/4 we are not eligible for any such thing. I’m sorry but this is a deplorable joke. I will NEVER fly Frontier air again if they offered me free flights anywhere on the globe for life. So to clarify I’m supposed to fly myself, my wife, and four kids INTO a known disaster or lose $800 that I spent the month of July on 12 hour days to earn. My only wish is that every single person possible could read this and see what unbelievably shocking poor customer service this company champions. Disgusting sub human indecency.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
I was traveling to NY from DEN and had bought my son a small POP! toy figurine. I had already paid for a check in bag $55. They did not allow me to board the plane with this toy that literally is the size of a bottle of water without paying them $80. I had to throw the toy away since it was only a $10 toy. It was my first time flying this airlines and I will honestly never use it again. It was by far my worse experience. Do not let the cheap prices fool you as you will make up for it in additional fees.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
Frontier is a fraud. Run away from their website. They lie about the dimensions accepted as a personal item and fraudulently charge a carry on bag or they don't let you board the plane. Check-in is a mess. They are rude and nasty and decide if they will help you or not. If your flight is cancelled you can forget about getting home the next day. They will make you wait 3 or more days to acquire a new flight with no food or hotel accommodations. They left me stranded in San Juan airport with my children 3 and 12 and told me to ask the airport for cots and blankets because there was nothing they could do for me even though they cancelled my flight. Horrid and horrible. No other word for this very awful airline. The prices they show do not reflect so many more additional costs. You're better off using a brand airline who offers more perks and much better customer service. Frontier is by far the WORST experience I have ever endured when taking a flight.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019
What a horrible experience! We arrived at the check-in counter slightly later than anticipated but still in plenty of time before the flight but they refused to let us check-in. We offered to not take our baggage (that I paid for in advance) just so we can get on the flight but yet nothing! We finally gave in and decided to reschedule even though we had PLENTY of time to board but they could only fly us out 2 days later! We were willing to fly to a nearby airport if not the one in our state but even then they weren't able to fly us out the same day. ALL THIS AT 7AM IN THE MORNING! I could understand if it was the last flight of the day but we were on the very first one of the day and yet there was no possibility of getting home with Frontier until 2 days later!
After reading other similar reviews I realized that we were not the only ones who were send back from check in counters. If only I had paid more attention to those reviews before booking with them. You really do get what you paid for but in my case I didn't get ANYTHING for the money I paid other than the stress and cost of having to buy tickets with a more reliable airlines! I would NOT advise ANYONE to fly on Frontier. They do not care at all about customer satisfaction! I lost both money and time with Frontier. Lesson learned to NEVER EVER fly Frontier!
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2019
On August 10th we arrived at check-in at Philadelphia International but were refused. They said we hadn't been there in enough time. I've never experienced that before. We were there an hour before the flight. Others who were in line longer were also refused. A clerk at check-in said she walked the line to announce they were ending check-in for our flight. The staff member who guided us to the front of the line apparently never heard such an announcement. Further, they attempted to charge us for a change in flight! I made a fuss and they acquiesced. In their note to me, in response to my complaint, they acted as if they'd done me a favor by not sticking it to us twice! We had to return for a much later flight that day. We arrived in Vegas at nearly midnight their time, so we lost the tickets to the show we'd planned to see. The extra cost of day - hotel, car rental, having to pay for parking at the airport twice - all lost. And in their note they.
If you are using the airline for say a one day trip where you can carry on luggage (which they charge for) then perhaps they're ok. I wouldn't count on it. Their own attendant said we should get there several hours before the rescheduled flight. A domestic flight. If you don't mind seats that feel like wooden benches then they're fine too. Keep your interaction with them short. With everything I've read and this personal experience I will never fly them again. Thankfully we flew American on the way home... and they didn't charge us for soda or coffee on the flight. As an aside, in their note to me, which they sent twice, they didn't get my name right and it was apparent the sender did not have a command of the language with multiple typos and incorrect use of tenses. Poorly trained staff from the front line to the customer service end. Never again.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019
Due to weather, I missed both flights with Frontier. I paid for bags and didn't fly. When I called to see if they would get my bag check in fees back, they wouldn't do it. I was told I was a no show to my flights. I called KIWI.com and was furious. They stated that Frontier knew I couldn't make the flight. I am not sure which one is lying to me, but someone is lying. Frontier got $62.00 from me for luggage. I never got to check in. I called American Airlines to get my receipt to receive some money back after having to pay for another ticket, they give you your money back for luggage if you miss your flights due to weather.
Frontier is a horrible terrible airline. Shame on you for not giving people their money back due to the weather. I will only fly American Airlines from now on. I have told everyone what happened and will continue to blast Frontier Airlines for the scam they run on your luggage. Someone needs to put a stop to this. If I didn't fly your airlines and missed my flights due to weather I should receive my funds back.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019
2 years ago my son and I were on a Frontier plane in Philly. After sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours, we returned to the gate, deplaned, changed gates and were told the flight was cancelled. Other carriers were flying that night. Got my money back but what a way to treat customers. Just the other day, Frontier in Charlotte never sent 1 of our 3 checked bags to Trenton with our plane. My wife and granddaughter had no luggage or items for our beach vacation. That was on a Saturday afternoon. And at Trenton airport at 3 pm on a Saturday, there was no one at the Frontier deck. NO ONE!
I called their 800 number and filed a claim. Finally, on Tuesday, they called and said our bag is in Trenton. We were going back to Charlotte that next day so I told them to hold it for us. From Saturday thru our trip, I spent $500 at stores to cover the items Frontier screwed us on with the lost bag. Then, on Wed when we check our bags in Trenton to go home, our extra items that we bought because Frontier lost the bag caused our one bag to be overweight. They charged my $75 for an overweight fee. I will be in touch with their Denver admin people very soon and will never, ever fly with this pathetic airline again.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2019
I flew out from Denver to St. Louis August 8th and my flight was delayed about six times. Each of these times I was lied to about the reason for the delay until finally (10 hours later) we were told it was cancelled with no explanation. The result was that I had to book a last minute hotel for about $200 and come back to the airport the next day. While at the hotel I looked up the next flight out of Denver and it was not until 2pm the next day through another airline and the only tickets available were for first class. You can imagine that this flight was not cheap, but it was imperative that I reached my destination so I sprung for this ticket.
When I approached the Frontier kiosk to discuss my refund for the cancelled flight the manager on duty was excessively rude to me and offered me a flight voucher for less than was my original cancelled flight. When I expressed to her that this was unacceptable she shoved a letter at me to send in to the airline to cover up to $400 dollars for the cost of my replacement flight which didn't come close to covering my replacement flight. All in all I ended up paying $200 for the original cancelled Frontier flight and $600 for a same day first class flight through Delta. Not to mention the entire day sitting at the airport waiting for my flight which would never arrive and the hotel room for $200.
All in all my trip ended up costing nearly $1000 for a one way flight and they were only willing to reimburse me the $400. Furthermore the customer service representative on the phone was horribly rude to me and refused to allow me to speak with a supervisor. When I sent in an e-mail to request my refund they took hours, and sometimes days to respond. It seems to me that Frontier does not care in the least about their customer service or their reputation. I will never fly Frontier again and do not suggest anyone else does either.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2019
On 5/8/2019 I purchase 2 Round Trip tickets from ISP to FLL for July 24 and on 5/16/2019 I received an email from Frontier that my flight had been revised so now I would lose half a day. On 5/30/2019 I received another email from Frontier stating that my flight had been revised again, losing more time from my trip. On 7/20/2019 I tried to cancel the ticket for my friend who accompanies me on this trip every year. She was scheduled for a medical procedure that would take place on July 26th, 2019 so she was no longer able to make the trip. I called Frontier's customer service and asked them to cancel it which also resulted in a cancellation fee! I was then told to send in a doctor's note and my money would be refunded minus that cancellation fee.
On 7/21/2019 I noticed her ticket still had not been cancelled and called back. Frontier then divides our ticket so this way they could cancel her flight but not mine. Again there is a cancellation fee for this as well! I then upload the document Frontier told me to send in - simple, a letter on doctor's letterhead stating she was having a medical procedure and could not fly signed then signed by the doctor. On 7/22/2019 I then receive a denial of my refund for her ticket because the letter did not state that she would not be able to fly within the next 90 days. I was not told it had to say that so I was still denied the refund!
On 7/24/2019 - I get to the airport to leave for my flight to FLL only to find out that my flight was delayed again! No explanation was given and by this time I had lost a whole day of my trip due to Frontier changes and delays. Still waiting is ISP, an hour later - I get another notification, there is another delay! Now I will not even arrive in FLL until after my hotel Check in, office is closed! Lost the whole day of my trip due to Frontier schedule change and delays, was not refunded for the ticket I purchased for my friend due to customer service giving me inaccurate information. I got to the hotel around midnight - after the office was closed and had to make other arrangements so I lost money there too! Checked in the next morning after 12 and now half of that day was wasted.
On 7/27/2019 I get a call that my father in law had taken a turn for the worse and I needed to get home right away. I called Frontier and just wanted to switch my existing return flight home for 1 day earlier and would even go to a different airport. No. They charged me to cancel the existing flight home to ISP for July 29th and would not refund that fare either (SO NOW I LOST THAT MONEY). On top of that, they would not even assist in getting me on a different flight! I found a flight online, had to pay again for a new flight home out of West Palm Beach which cost me another 171.98.
At this point I've now lost over 800.00 with Frontier - Airfare for my friend's round trip ticket, my original return ticket, the cost of my hotel for the night. I couldn't check in due to Frontier's delays, having to book a completely different flight because Frontier wouldn't change my existing return ticket to a day earlier so I could get home in time to see my father in law before he passed away and to boot you charged me for every cancellation!! My trip was ruined from the day I booked Frontier and got the first flight change email. After all of this I get home and email Frontier for days about this experience and they gave me a refund of $119 & Frontier credit of $75! Are you serious? I have never been more disappointed in an airline. UNPROFESSIONAL IN EVERY WAY!!! DO NOT FLY FRONTIER!!
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019
They cancelled our flight “because of weather”. At the gate they told us we can book flights in another airline and we will get reimbursed. They also told us at the gate that it was because they overworked their employees and they had no crew to come to the Austin airport to service the AUS-SNA flight, believing in the people at the gate we book another flight for $594 and now they refuse to reimbursed us that money. They would only reimbursed the connecting flight (about $50) or the other options is re-book us in another of their flights which are not available for another 2 days and they won't give us accommodation vouchers! BTW is 79 degrees in Austin and in Santa Ana! Please save yourself the headache. Book with a real airline! Also worst customer service ever. The manager at the gate was yelling because we were asking for names!
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2019
The airline takes no accountability for their errors. Our departing flight was delayed due to their staff having let on the wrong passengers at the location where the plane was originating. In addition to this delay, we (myself and at least 20 other passengers) missed our layover due to Frontier misrouting a plane to our landing gate (which consequently had mechanical failure and could not move from that gate). They then refused to adequately rebook us, and most people just ended up buying a ticket with another airline to actually get to their destination. In addition, all this took place after 10:30 pm when we finally arrived in Denver, and they refused to cover any food or hotel vouchers. It is frightening to think that, with this many logistical errors, how safe their planes actually are. Not to mention, their customer service is appalling, and it is shocking that they are able to stay in business.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2019
Six of my friends from Ohio purchased a ticket from CMH to RDU for 10/31 and returning 11/3. They were just notified that not only was their flight cancelled, but Frontier does not have any flights scheduled after 9/5/19 to and from these locations. This is pretty unbelievable, especially following their "going green" campaign offering free flights to anyone with the last name "Green" or "Greene". Of course your carbon footprint is going to decrease if you're not flying the planes...
The only reason my friends and I chose this location to meet (Raleigh) was BECAUSE Frontier flights were so cheap. Now we have hotel reservations and car rentals that we are unable to cancel, and now they have to find another flight. Out of all of the budget airlines I have interacted with (I have flown Allegiant & Spirit personally) this one is definitely the least reliable and customer service has been terrible. I would recommend this airline to anyone who enjoys wasting their time with purchasing plane tickets that will just end up getting cancelled.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2019
On August 8th, 2019, Frontier Airlines stranded the passengers of Flight 280 to Saint Louis in Denver at 1:30 in the morning. They proceeded to handle the situation what was, in my opinion, the least professional and empathetic way possible. After an initial delay of 2 hours due to thunderstorms in the midwest, which the entire airport experienced, Frontier Airlines proceeded to delay the flight every fifteen minutes because “we were waiting for a flight crew from Oklahoma.” By the time the flight was cancelled, the flight from Oklahoma had been on the ground for several hours. Eventually, an attendant did arrive at our gate, but then turned around and left. Shortly after, around 1:30am, we were told they flight was cancelled due to “routine maintenance.” Again, this came after several of hours of being told that we were waiting for a flight crew.
We believe that by the time the crew member arrived, she was fatigued and could not fly, and frontier need to create an excuse that sounded better than “We had you wait several hours for a crew that can’t fly.” Currently, Frontier will acknowledge that it was their error that the flight did not leave, but will not reveal why. We were told to wait in a customer service line of over 100 people to see what could be done for us. Frontier had 1 person working the counter. We were not given a baggage claim number. Several of us called frontier and were on hold for an hour or more.
A Frontier representative told me over the phone that the Flight had not been cancelled and he could not do anything, and did not change until I strongly protested and let him listen to the more than 100 angry people around me. When a representative did finally show up much later to pass out letters that were supposed to explain tickets and lodging, we attempted to ask her about bags, and she literally ran away. No frontier representative ever told us where our luggage would be. At 2am, there are very few hotel rooms left nearby in Denver, and public transportation has stopped (or at least does not run to the airport, I checked with an airport employee).
To this date, Frontier is only willing to compensate $150 for a hotel room. A letter passed out by them said that due to the “high demand area” (this is the same area their corporate office is in, fyi) they could not provide us accommodation. The cheapest room I could find was $170 ($196 with tax and fees). I strongly believe this was the cheapest available, as I received the cheapest room, and the desk attendant said that the last 40 people to enter were from my flight. The hotel was 25 min from the airport, everything closer started around $300. Due to the lack of transport, the only option was Uber or similar. After many hours and effort, Frontier agrees to pay transportation costs, but not the tip, despite tipping being a standard and expected practice, and $5 on a $31 fare being extremely reasonable.
Some people I spoke to had to sleep in their car, and many could not get a flight until Monday, potentially taking on over $1k more expenses if they were a group. Frontier flat out refuses to pay reasonable meals for the extra day in Denver, totaling $27.88. Had I made home on time, meals that day would have cost maybe a quarter of that. When mentioned to Customer Relations Agent Joshua, he made a comment that knowing food is required for survival, he expects to eat daily and budgets for it, a remark I found extremely rude.
I have spent 5-6 hours total on the phone with frontier, 80% of that time on hold. Average transfer time between parties is 50 minutes, in my experience. I have had several agents laugh at my agitation, and one agent invoke her family’s welfare for some reason. This also happens to be the same agent that hung up on me after waiting to speak to her for 1 hour and 6 minutes. Joshua refused to give me this agent’s first name when I called back.
On the flight I booked the next day (Flight 282, Aug the 9th), of which a handful of people were from the cancelled flight, they kept a seat empty because “It would not recline.” (This was according a flight attendant). I want to stress this. Over 100 people were stranded in Denver the night before, and Frontier kept a seat Vacant on one of the next flights because it could not recline.
In summary, Frontier cancelled our flight for what appears to be negligence on their part, causing us several unexpected expenses that they refuse to fully compensate for, despite the expenses being objectively small and reasonable. In my opinion, these expenses were brought about due to fraud on Frontier’s part. Frontier gives me no reason to doubt this, as they refuse to reveal any details on the cancellation. Additionally, many frontier employees seem to have put first minimal effort to assist customers. Though I have received emails stating frontier strives to provide the “best service,” and Joshua even something similar at the beginning of our call, when I asked if this is what Frontier considered “Best Service,” he refused to answer me.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019
Charging for soda. You cut out cookies and now you are cutting out soda. This is outrageous. Bring back the free soda with the flight. To boot you made it so you charge for additional bags. New Model: Be like Southwest. They give crackers at least. You guys don't give squat. Rectify this somehow. Is the CEO that greedy to take the money of everyday flyers? Stewards and Stewardesses were all great.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019
They say when you buy a bundle for seats & baggage you are saving $, but you really are not. You don't get a refund if you don't use the baggage needed. Also, be prepared for your flight to get delayed 6-9 hours.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019
I have never experienced a less customer friendly airline than Frontier Airlines. They may have cheaper flights but don't let that fool you, just wait until you experience their online check-in! Make sure you give yourself at least 30 minutes to check in, as you will be interrogated and flooded with information about their strict policies. Even though you have purchased a ticket they want you to pay for your seat and if you don't you will be at their mercy where you sit. As I was going through the check in process, you could only have one personal item on the plane and they are very specific about size and it MUST be placed under your seat! They also make it appear that you will have to check in any other bags you might have (at a fee of $38.00 per bag). I had one personal item and only one other small bag which I planned on carrying on. No, I had to pay to check it in right then and there.
As I continued to go through the check in process *(approximately 12 steps) and be offered different services to purchase singly or you could purchase a pass for $78 which would package some of the single items offered. As I continued through the check in process I find the bag I had to pay to check in could have been carried on for the same fee. I called Frontier (and was on hold for at least 30 minutes) to see if I could transfer the bag from a checked bag to a carry-on bag and was told the only way to do that was to pay a $14 dollar fee for each leg of the round trip ticket. What does it matter whether whether I check it or carry it on? The fee is the same and it meets their restricted size. But no, as you continue to check out you have to "swear" that you are not carrying on a bag.
So to reiterate, if you want to fly Frontier, you cannot select a seat at check-in unless you want to pay an extra fee from $28 to $60+ for a seat, pay extra for a carry-on, and your personal items size is restricted must be placed under the seat in front of you! I can't wait to see what they charge to board the plane (will I be charged if I bring my own drink or snack?) and what is the fee to use the restrooms and what will they charge for the toilet paper, soap and water to rinse my hands??? I will NEVER travel Frontier again. I am too close to my departure date or I would have gladly donated my ticket and flew on another airline so I wouldn't have to business with them.
Reviewed July 31, 2019
This company is abusing the rules about when a flight can be cancelled due to weather. This company practice is harming consumers. Frontier cancelled our flight from Chicago to Denver 10 hours before flight. No one answered our phone call for four hours and the website did not allow rebooking. Company claimed next available flight was four days later and this was weather-related because the plane the night before was unable to reach Chicago. Checked all flights from Denver to Chicago night before- Frontier was only cancelled flight. Checked weather report - wind 9 mph. Checked all flights leaving Chicago back to Denver next day - Frontier was only cancelled flight.
Reviewed July 31, 2019
First time flying this ** airline and will never fly it again. To begin with, the seats are hard as a rock and they don’t move at ALL. Landed in Denver where we were supposed to be hopping on our connected flight. Ended up sitting in the plane once we landed for over an hour. Our connecting flight got cancelled for God knows why, as well as 100’s of other people's flights. Stood in a line for HOURS with 100’s of other people for customer service in hopes of getting on another flight. We were sent to the ticketing center to change our flight there after waiting for hours to do the same.
Talked to the manager who was a straight up **, she did not help us whatsoever. They refused to give us another airline, as well as pay for a hotel when they expected us to stay for three days longer than expected. We were then told we would be put on standby with 20 other people. Not gonna happen. This airline is a straight up joke. The only thing they did for everyone was email a 50$ FOOD VOUCHER. In which you can only use within 30 days. Thanks for the food voucher but you will never see half of your customers again. xoxo. Go ** yourself.
Reviewed July 29, 2019
Booked round trip flight on Frontier Airlines and for convenience, we booked a Budget rental car through their webpage as well. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to cancel our flight. We obtained a refund for the fight and bags but there was no option for canceling the car. We contacted Budget and they said they had no control over “third party rentals” and we had to go through Frontier. We contacted Frontier and they absolutely refused to refund the rental car fee of $311.00! They said the car rental “no refund” clause was in the “fine print” and we should have read it more carefully. Our argument was their policy made no sense. If we cancelled the flight, why would we need the car? They basically said “too bad” and reiterated we should have read the “fine print” carefully.
We expressed our dissatisfaction and stated we’d never fly Frontier again, to which the woman basically responded, ‘Ok’. Granted, we did not see anything in the “fine print” but you’d figure Frontier would want to exhibit “goodwill” with its customers. Instead, Frontier Airline is basically ripping us off for $311.00. We are going to file a dispute grievance with MasterCard and hopefully get at least some of our money back. DO NOT EVER BOOK ANYTHING THROUGH FRONTIER, NOT EVEN A FLIGHT.
Reviewed July 28, 2019
Flying out of Raleigh/Durham on a Tuesday morning. Flight canceled in the middle of the night. Made it to West Palm Beach on another airline that same day at considerable expense. When I went to fly home on my return trip with Frontier, flight canceled with no reason given, leaving me high and dry with no flights available to get home to Raleigh on the same day. Will NEVER fly Frontier or recommend to anyone.
Reviewed July 28, 2019
My family had a terrible first time experience, be mindful of you get what you pay for....Spend the extra money and fly another airline. Customer service is very rude from the time you get there and the time you get off, they were rude when I tried to call customer service for a complaint....We will never use this airline again.
Reviewed July 28, 2019
Frontier will nickel and dime you to death and their policies and customer service leave much to be desired. We had to cancel an upcoming trip due to circumstances beyond our control. Frontier charged us HALF the paid fare just to cancel, and then the rest is a credit that has to be used within 90 days! NO exceptions and no concern for the customer. Their response to everything is: "it is policy". Just disappointing that they are not more gracious and customer friendly. They charge for every little thing with no exceptions. Will no longer be using Frontier. I'd rather pay a little more for an airline who looks out for their customers.

Reviewed July 25, 2019
Frontier Airlines delayed our flight 4 times and counting! The company didn’t bother offering compensation like a free meal voucher. I’ll missed work due to these delays! Pissed me off! I demand a free meal voucher and RT ticket for each in my group. **! I hate this bunch of CEOs pocketing travelers money. Bunch of leeches! I’ll be traveling with SW from now on.
Reviewed July 23, 2019
I signed up for their discount program 'Discount Den' for $59.99. It was worth it at the time to get better seats or early boarding. However, on hindsight, I will not fly Frontier Airlines or sign up for any programs. I received an email today that indicated I would be billed August 8th, to renew my account at $59.99 but it stated I could cancel at any time. I checked the website, googled it, and even called their own customer service but they couldn't tell me how to cancel it. I had to get the customer service account to cancel it over the phone. I gave him my account number and he needed additional information to cancel it. CS# ** 'Andy'. I deleted my stored credit card but when I went back to my account the information was still stored on the website. I asked the customer service rep to delete my CC information and he said he couldn't delete it.
Reviewed July 22, 2019
My first experience on Frontier will be my last. I have flown countless times on various airlines, including budget airlines in Thailand, Guatemala, and Panama, and have never had such a horrendous experience. After being delayed over an hour we finally boarded our plane, I was content thinking my checked bag was safe and sound under the plane. It is nice boarding with a small personal item not having to find room for a carry-on bag. The flight landed late into Houston and I began the rush to the baggage claim, anxious to get some shut-eye in my own bed. After waiting for close to an hour for my bag, me and three others were left bagless. Moving upstairs we found some Frontier representatives on their phone confused as to how our bags did not arrive.
Over the next three days, I was put through endless circles of atrocious outsourced customer service representatives. Throughout this time I chatted with about 20 different customer service reps and various airport staff; hearing different stories. My bag had been found and lost again once, and then permanently lost, with zero concern, assistance, or assurance from Frontier. On day four I took matters into my own hands and begun contacting airport baggage service offices. Finally, I was dealing with friendly and understanding airport (not airline) staff. I seemed confident my bag may indeed be found.
Day 5. My girlfriend and I began to compile an Excel spreadsheet with all of our missing items in the checked bag with the corresponding dollar amount to bring to a Frontier supervisor at our closest airport because we still had no news about our bag. Frontier had told me every day I would receive an email and phone call within the hour pertaining to my bag and I never heard a word. Day 6. I receive a call from IAH (Houston) baggage service department that my bag had been found! Another airline sent this bag on their plane when Frontier brought it to them days later. I still never heard an apology or was refunded for any submitted expenses from Frontier. After a stressful 6 days I leave you with this .... don't @FlyFrontier.
Reviewed July 22, 2019
We paid insurance to protect us for any reason. Dealing with them back and forth and they don't cover **!!!! You want cheap airfares be ready to be ** if you buy the cancellation insurance. They can shove their ** up their **!!!!
Reviewed July 20, 2019
My flight from SLC to Austin has been delayed for nearly 6 hours. No agent was present at the gate to address concerns, make necessary flight changes, or explain delays. Frontier has seriously disappointed in both delays and in their utter lack of customer service.
Reviewed July 16, 2019
If you want to travel quadruple the amount of travel time and be constantly delayed with zero care for service this is your airline. It took our family 9 hours to get home when it should take 2. And the absolute worst part is how the staff have absolutely no care about their customers. What a disgrace this cheap, bottom dollar company is. I will never give this organization another dollar and will tell everyone I can how absolutely terrible they are. I’m going to log a review. Apparently I’m not the only one. The CEO should go online and see how his customers feel about his organization. Save your money and run! Fly Southwest!
Reviewed July 14, 2019
My niece's mother died and I bought tickets for her to attend the funeral in Iowa. The flight was at 5 am. My grandfather and niece waited until 6 am at the gate. No one showed up at the gate, there was no announcement, and NO notice on Frontier's app that the flight had been cancelled. Finding a real person to talk to was difficult. They didn't have any other flights, so they offered to cancel the flight and refund, or reschedule on another day. I had no other choice but to cancel and book another airline for double the cost, because the flight was last minute. Customer service agent's helpful response was, "It isn't my fault". They gave us $50 vouchers for an airline I will NEVER book with. If I had gone with a more expensive airline when I first booked the tickets I would have saved $500.
Reviewed July 13, 2019
I knew there were problems when I showed up to my gate at boarding time and the signs didn’t mention my destination and the flight ahead of us still hadn’t boarded yet. Frontier’s website as well as the flight boards indicated we were still leaving on time when the desk attendant assured us that our plane was 20 minutes behind schedule. Not 10 minutes later he gets on the intercom and says that plane isn’t coming anymore and now it’s going to be 5 hours until our next flight. I park a seat at the bar and start my wait while Frontier pushes our departure even further about every hour. Such is life, right?
Well finally we’re able to board 7 hours later and we’re all on the plane. Finally headed to our destination. I pop my headphones in and watch an entire 30 minute Netflix show with the overhead bins still unlatched and open, no updates from the cockpit. Someone jumps on the intercom 5 minutes later to tell us we haven’t located a captain for our flight yet. We sit in the plane another 30 minutes just for them to tell us that the flight is cancelled and we need to go home. NEVER. I repeat. NEVER BOOK A FLIGHT WITH THIS TRASH COMPANY. On our way out the employees were more interested in feeling sorry for themselves having to deal with our logistics than trying to actually help. I will rent a car and drive across the country before I deal with this company again.
Reviewed July 12, 2019
7/11/2019. Flight Number: 2314. Confirmation Code: **. My flight was set to depart at 7:50am on 7/11/19. I arrived at the check in at 6:50am. There was one 1 customer in the line and one Frontier representative present. The customer was very belligerent with the Frontier representative and was cursing and yelling over a bag check in charge.
I waited and at 7:07 another Frontier representative came out and finally asked to help me. I asked to check in and he said I could not because I missed the 45 minute check in timeline. I told him that was two minutes ago and I was the only one in line behind an irate customer and had been waiting since 6:50am. He did not yell at me and wasn't curt but in a very un-caring and unsympathetic tone told me, "we recommend you being here 2 hours early". I said “isn't there clearly something you can do. I am two minutes past the deadline and I was here on-time but you were somewhere in the back and showed up to help service me 2 minutes past the deadline”. He nonchalantly and with zero concern said there was nothing he could do.
I have 4 children and am very busy at work. I typically check in on my mobile app when an email is sent to me reminding me to check in. I never got the email. I found out after this all happened that the email was sent but it was sent to my junk mail. When I showed up initially I didn’t know where the kiosk was and I honestly should have cut in on the conversation with the irate customer but she was cursing and babbling so loudly that I didn’t want to interrupt her to push the issue of being serviced. Also, I really didn’t know that they would not let me check in if I missed the 45 minute deadline. If I knew that I would have interpreted the irate customer. I have never had this sort of issue with another airline. This is my first flight with Frontier and it was not very pleasant. My concern is:
1. That my confirmation email didn’t state boldly that if I didn’t check in 45 minutes prior to the flight I would not be able to be admitted “no exceptions”. That I would receive an email or I need to manually check in a day early to avoid issues. Clear instructions would be nice for people that are very busy. It would also clue me in to investigate in the event my email was sent to junk email.
2. I was on-time. In fact I was 60 minutes early. There were no lines at the gate and there was only 1 person who was in the frontier line in-front of me but there was only 1 Frontier representative available that was occupied with an irate customer. The second representative (Prince) was not available at 6:50am and did not come out of the back office until 2 minutes after the 45 minute deadline. This would have been a non-issue if he would have simply been available to service customers.
3. I explained my side of the situation to Prince and he lacked any empathy and quite frankly seemed unconcerned. He came across lethargic and presented very poor customer service. He seemed to not care at all.
4. I just can’t believe Prince could not process me into the flight 43 minutes prior to the departure when there were very few people in the airline security gate and I would have been 25-30 early to the flight. I have been much later to flights in the past with other airlines and never had this issue.
5. The only next available flight was the following day which forced me to missed my cousins wedding reception.
Thank you, Tyler **
Reviewed July 11, 2019
We booked flights out of TTN to ORD a month ahead of the departure date and paid $1200 for 4 tickets in addition to baggage fees. They are prompt in collecting all fees in advance, without any commitment to fly the passengers out. Due to weather conditions in ORD, we were told flight was delayed flying out of TTN. We stayed in the airport for 6 hours after which the flight was canceled. The only option that was provided to us was refund of flight fare back to the card I paid with. The next flight out of TTN or any airport +200 miles was 2 days later... I lost money with car rental in ORD as well, as it was a non-refundable rental car for the week.. Airline is prompt in charging the flight fares to the card immediately upon purchase of ticket, but to get their refund, I am asked to wait 5 to 7 business days. Why???
Other friends of mine that had experienced similar flight cancellations were offered a free travel voucher for the hardship, in addition to the refund of the money. I was not offered anything at all... I understand the airline staff were working to clear the airport and chose the easy route out to refund the money back.. but the customer service can be better. They can understand the hardship of the passengers and have some heart to compensate and earn their trust back, but they are heartless as best as they can be to turn anyone off.
Reviewed July 11, 2019
This airline is terrible! Tried to fly home from Trenton Mercer to RDU on Monday, July 8. Arrived at the terminal the 4:15 pm... 2 hour before departure at 6:19 pm. As I am checking my bag I am told my 6:19 flight is now 8:30 pm... no text, no email and of course my ride is gone. Flight at 8:30pm is delayed until 9:15pm. We literally watch people exit the plane we are to board, as they are announcing our flight is cancelled! They were not flying out again for 2 days!! I missed work and a work conference that I paid for!
We were on our own! Not even a cup of water was offered! I spent the night in the airport until someone could come to pick me up at 4 am. We got a crappy $100 voucher! I tried to use it today and there are a ton of restrictions!!! So it is useless!! I hung up on the operator! USELESS!! When I was finally able to fly out on Wednesday, July 10 that flight was also delayed several hours!!! NEVER EVER FLY FRONTIER!! WORSE AIRLINE THERE IS! CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE!!! HOW ARE THEY EVEN STILL IN BUSINESS! I will make sure EVERYONE I know NEVER flies Frontier... EVER!!
Reviewed July 9, 2019
I tried to fly Frontier Dallas to Philadelphia on Sunday June 7 2019 on the 11:26 pm flight but to no avail. After 5 text messages on delays, delays, delays they finally cancelled the flight at 1:11 AM on Monday morning. After sitting in the airport all night into the early morning Frontier cancelling the flight after Spirit and, and American Airline arrived from Philadelphia who departed nearly the same time as Frontier would have from PHL all arrived in Dallas. You certainly cannot blame the weather.
We were offered re-booking on Frontiers next flight out of DFW, on TUESDAY. You of course would have to sleep 2 days in the airport because Frontier does not offer any compensation for hotel, rental car, food... NOTHING. We were told by the gate agent that you can get a refund in 5-7 business days, just go on Frontier website and fill out their forms. Just seems a little suspicious that 2 other airlines flying the same route did not encounter any "bad weather". I think that Frontier just has bad logistic planners or perhaps pilots that are just not skilled enough to fly in the rain.
Reviewed July 8, 2019
DO NOT FLY FRONTIER!!!! Would put 0 stars if I could! I bought a ticket from Frontier to fly to Denver from Nashville and then return tickets for myself and my elderly and disabled mother. My 2 1/2 hour direct flight from Nashville was scheduled to depart at 6AM on a Tuesday. I was at the airport by 4 that morning. While in the line through security I opened my email. I had an email (mixed in with the daily advertisement emails Frontier started sending me) that said...
"Frontier Customer, We need to inform you that your upcoming Frontier flight has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience this has placed on your travel plans. We look forward to assisting you in re-accommodating your travel plans on our next available Frontier Airlines’ flight. Please see an airport customer service agent or contact our Frontier Reservations center at 801-401-9000 for assistance in re-booking your travel. Thanks for choosing Frontier. We apologize for the disruption to your travel and we look forward to seeing you on-board soon. This is a one-way message, any reply to this message will not be seen. If you have questions, please visit www.flyfrontier.com or contact Frontier Reservations at 801-401-9000."
As you see there was no flight number included in the email. I looked up at the flight board and it said that my flight was still on time. So, I finished going through security and headed to my gate. There wasn't a flight attendant there. I went to the Frontier website and it still showed that my flight was on time. I assumed it must be something with the return flight and decided I would figure it out once I got to Denver. A handful of passengers arrived and we waited. When no employee showed up by 5 we started worrying. Only a few of us had received the vague email. None of us received a text update. All of us were looking at the website and flight board while trying to get customer service on the phone. Both still showed that the flight was on time until 5:20 when it changed as we were looking at it. One man exclaimed, "This is the 3rd time Frontier has done this to me!" Several people stormed off at that point.
I was following a myriad of prompts while trying to speak to a human on the phone. Apparently the passenger near me got ahold of someone because he shouted, "Friday! I can't wait until Friday!" Then he stormed off too. I was looking at the flight board. Every other airline still had flights to Denver. Some of them had several flights. So, I couldn't understand what Frontier was doing. I finally got ahold of someone. They said that the flight was cancelled due to weather. It was lightly raining, which I can add, had stopped by 6AM and the sun was shining again. "Sorry, we can issue you a refund in 7 to 10 business days if you want." I told them what I wanted to do was get to Denver and asked how they were going to help me get there. "All we can do is give you a refund in 7 to 10 business days." She told me I could go buy myself a ticket from another airline!
Well, not only did I not have the money I gave to Frontier, the cheapest last minute ticket was $600! Which I didn't have. They said they sent the email at midnight. Ok, then why didn't the website or flight board not show it until 5:20? I asked several times why there wasn't a Frontier representative in the airport. By then I had walked to the main Frontier counter and there wasn't anyone there. They never answered any of my questions, they just repeated the same thing to me about getting a refund. They said they couldn't help me get on any other flight. They didn't offer me a hotel, cab or so much as a cup of coffee to assist me. They just stranded me at the last minute in the airport with nothing. It was important for me to get to Denver, not only because my brothers and I were moving my mother to Tennessee, but also because that was possibly my last chance to see my frail father before he passes.
Needless to say I was angry and upset. I felt cheated and abandoned by Frontier. I felt like they couldn't care less about the situation they had put me in. Thank God my husband was able to leave work and take me to my car and that I had a reliable enough vehicle to drive. Since I drove out there, I had to drive back. Which meant 5 hours of flying turned into 4 days of driving. I obviously didn't have as much time to spend with my family, but at least I got to see my dad. It was a long trip for my mother but she was a trouper. Frontier refunded my ticket, but not my mother's. So, they made several hundred dollars off of me. And I didn't receive the money until after my trip. Thankfully I had credit cards and my brothers to help me. I will NEVER fly Frontier again. I warn anyone reading this to save yourself the trouble and spend a little more money to fly with a legit airline.
Reviewed July 6, 2019
This is the worst airline I have ever experienced. My wife and I had a 7:00 AM flight from RDU (Raleigh/Durham) to PWE (Portland Maine) on Monday, July 1. We arrived at 5:45 AM when I tried to check in for the flight at the kiosk. The kiosk would/could not check us in, and said we needed to check in at the counter. When I got to the counter (approximately 6:11), I was told it was too late to be checked in and that I could not take the flight. I told her I had tried to check in at the kiosk, and she stated that we had to be checked in at least *two hours* before the flight (note that this is NOT what the airline says in its legal blurb). She was then done with us, and had nothing else to say. I called "Customer Service", and was told they could re-book us on Friday the 5th, but that we would have to pay a $100 booking fee and any difference in ticket price. We ended up spending an additional $1300 to get to our destination that day. These people are horrific.
Reviewed July 5, 2019
DID NOT PUT ENOUGH GAS IN THE AIRPLANE!!! Took off and had to turn around because they couldn't handle a 10 minute rain shower in SLC - the destination airport. Told everyone they would fill up and try again, then kicked everyone off the plane (they had now been delayed either at the airport or on the flight for several hours!) and told them they cancelled the flight. NO VOUCHERS, no apologies, nothing. My family missed out on a great Father's Day and had to cancel tons of reservations due to this.
Reviewed July 5, 2019
After 8 hours of saying our flight was 'delayed', they finally cancelled it. They printed a letter stating we had two options - one to book another flight with Frontier and receive $500 in travel vouchers, or book with another airline and receive $500 in travel vouchers. I found another Frontier flight online for the next day (24 hours later), however the representatives at the flight desk were telling all of the other passengers the next flight wasn't available until TWO DAYS LATER. I brought my computer and the flight I found to the receptionist and she pulled me aside and ASKED ME NOT TO TELL ANY OF THE OTHER PASSENGERS THAT THIS FLIGHT EXISTED!! And told me NOT to book it with my card and kept pushing that she would book me personally. They were so shady about the whole thing, but we were desperate to get home.
They were nice enough to book us a hotel for one night - not two nights. So, we checked in at 5AM and had to check out at 11AM! We had to pay for the extra night, food and transportation to the hotel ourselves!! After all was said and done, I called Frontier about my $500 travel voucher they promised and was told I no longer qualified because the receptionist booked my flight - not me! Looking back, she purposefully conned me into booking the flight herself so Frontier wouldn't have to give me any sort of travel voucher. I'm out over $400 from the extra day/night in Las Vegas. WE WILL NEVER FLY FRONTIER AGAIN.
Reviewed July 5, 2019
I haven’t flown in several years and was looking forward to my 20th wedding anniversary trip with my husband. Frontier cancelled our flight. First we get the “maintenance” excuse for the delay and now we get the “weather” excuse for the cancellation. No other flights have been cancelled and the weather is clear. It would be nice to get a straight honest answer and some consideration in getting us to our destination. All we were offered was a refund. Frontier is not affiliated with any other airlines so rebooking is not an option. Also they claim that since it is the 4th of July that there are no maintenance crews working. WHY would you run flights without having a maintenance crew available? Something is very fishy here. Totally unacceptable. Will save myself the grief and spend the extra money for a reliable airline in the future. Totally ruined my anniversary.
Reviewed July 2, 2019
Girls trip planned since April to go from Orlando to San Diego on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. We were told we could finally board plane an hour late from our original departure time, we boarded, sat in seats to be told by the pilots they were in overtime and couldn't fly us and that there was no one else to fly the plane. We were instructed to get off plane and go back to the entrance of the airport and speak with Frontier desk. Next flight offered to us was 3 days later on Saturday.
We had already paid for an Airbnb and rental car for June 19-23, all they offered was a sorry and they could refund us. We had to cancel and find another flight with another airline that flew out the next afternoon which didn't offer a straight flight to San Diego so we had to fly to New York and sit at that airport for 4 hours. We finally arrived that evening at 9 at night. This airline cost us hours of our time, money and a day and a half of our vacation. Talking with others they have had similar experiences.
Reviewed July 1, 2019
Frontier cancelled this flight an hour before departure due to their issue and due to having no partnerships with any other airlines, offered next Frontier flight available 2 days later!!! Missed 2 days of work and paid for extra pet care and hotels. After over an hour on the phone with "customer service," escalating to the supervisor, their only offer of compensation for the "inconvenience" was a $25 travel voucher. Stay as far as away from this airline as you can. Worst customer service I've ever experienced.
Reviewed June 30, 2019
My flight from Seattle to Cleveland was canceled with no explanation and/or options given. I couldn’t reach customer service to find out what my options are and had to book the new flight though another airline. The new ticket cost $600.00 which Frontier is refusing to reimburse. They are 0 stars!!!
Reviewed June 24, 2019
I booked a ticket 8 months ago. I am traveling with a small child. Our flight was leaving at 9:30 am. I received a text message at 7:00 am saying the flight was cancelled. That they would give me $400 per ticket to rebook on a different airline. Well the only flight that was available to get me in at a decent hour was $1,200 and I had to fly into a different airport. I debated on flying the next day but I had bought hotel and park tickets and would have wasted it. So I paid it. THEN I try to log in and check in for the return flight to find out that there isn't one. I called and couldn't get a live person but the automated system said there was no flight. So I had to book another ticket at $1,000 for the trip home. The drivers told me they are constantly canceling the flights. If you have something important do not fly with them. HORRIBLE!
Reviewed June 21, 2019
Yet another customer whose flight was cancelled last minute with no apology or assistance to make it right. Customer service is pathetic and I have no idea how this airline is still in business. Run away fast!
Reviewed June 21, 2019
Same story you see on here over and over. Was flying to Omaha to catch the end of a family reunion over the weekend. They cancelled our flight citing "weather" (despite no other flights being cancelled) and offered to fly us out on flight 5 days later (after our return flight) or take a refund. Long story short, we ended up stranded and missed the reunion.
Two strange things with this: 1) As I mentioned, flights on other airlines were unaffected. Nearly all flights into Omaha and neighboring cities were still landing without delay. Same thing along the entire flight path. This seems to be a common occurrence with Frontier. 2) While there was a small storm near Omaha (which didn't seem to affect other airlines at all), the storm was completely gone in a matter of hours. If weather was the issue why didn't they just delay the flight for two hours until the storm passed, rather than stranding everyone (and only offering flights 5 days later)?
Not sure if Frontier has under-qualified pilots (not allowed to fly in mild weather?), cheap planes, or is just straight up lying about reasons for cancellation (do they have less liability to passengers if they claim weather problems rather than mechanical/logistical problems which actually caused the delay?). Not sure, but considering how often this happens, seems like this bears looking into.
Reviewed June 21, 2019
Let me preface this review by saying I am a pragmatist with high hopes and minimal expectations. I don’t like to complain and try to be as understanding and compliant as possible under most circumstances as my career has been in the hospitality industry so I get it. Having said that… On a return flight from Seattle to Atlanta, while attempting, and failing, to check in to our flight, we were forced to approach the ever-dreaded and $10 extra understaffed-overworked-irritated check-in counter. Without prior notice we were informed that our flight was cancelled and it would be 4 DAYS before we could book another flight back home. Of course I came back at them (politely and respectfully) with the old “Are you serious?? We have jobs and responsibilities, there has to be a better option?!”, but my plea was cut short by a defeated “There is nothing we can do for you, I can give you a refund.” And that was the sum of our entire conversation.
No compassion. No respect. No consideration. Literally nothing more than “I can give you a refund”. And god forbid you have to call them for anything at all. The amount of money this cancellation cost us in food, lodging, loss of work, and more importantly loss of time solidifies my resolve to not only never fly Frontier again but to warn anyone of the deplorable “service” they provide. Spend a little more somewhere else for peace of mind.
Reviewed June 19, 2019
I ended up missing my flight because they wouldn't print my boarding pass. After paying for a last minute flight on another airlines to get home I reached out to Frontier to at least refund my baggage costs. They refused to help in anyway. I ended up out my original flight costs, baggage on that flight and the expensive cost of a last minute flight home. I would not ever use the app for your tickets. We were travelling and not near a printer. This was the first time I tried to use the e-ticket on my phone and then the website glitched and my boarding pass was lost.
The Frontier front desk employee would not print my boarding pass because after trying at security to get the app to work and then waiting in line again, it was to close to boarding. We were checked in and had seat assignments. I tried to explain this but she would not help in any way. The flight ended up delayed an hour and there should not have been any problem but we could not get any help from the desk agents. Upon going back to try and re-book on another flight I was told that they couldn't get me out for two days and that the desk agent was new and should have printed my passes. That did not make me feel any better.
Reviewed June 18, 2019
Absolutely low budget with so few gates available that you sit on runway waiting to unload for long periods of time. They have wasted my time, money and caused more stress than the few dollars saved flying with was worth. Frontier has infrequently been on time and doesn't update passengers on when they're delayed. If you're not in any particular hurry and don't mind landing or departing at any time, I highly recommend flying Frontier. They should spend more money on timely flights, better customer service and less on expansion and painting their overrated planes. Anyone who flies them does so strictly for budget experience. Shape up or get out of the way for better-managed airlines.
Reviewed June 18, 2019
My little sister's flight from Nashville to Denver was cancelled today 6/18/19 due to rain (everyone else was still flying). Frontier basically said they would refund the flight in 5 to 7 business days and **. No help with a new flight, nothing. We've been planning this family reunion in Denver for months. A ticket the same day was now $600. Frontier is the generic, get what you pay for airline. No wonder they have to sell seats so cheap, they are cheap. And they will leave you stranded, smile and give you the middle finger.
Reviewed June 17, 2019
This company was the worst experience I've ever had in my life. Customer service of them is horrible, the planes are a **. And another thing, they do not even have respect for the passengers. My aunt is now with my two children, a 5-year-old girl and a 3-year-old girl abandoned in Denver, who was scheduled to leave Florida for Reno, Nevada. I had to spend $1200 now to buy new tickets from Denver to Reno. This is disrespectful. A board for anyone who will read this review, never use this ** of FRONTIER AIRLINES.
Reviewed June 14, 2019
FRONTIER AIRLINES WAS A JOKE!! I finally made it to Vegas flying for my first time with Frontier Airlines.. PISSED OFF! The flight from Wichita to Denver was delayed an hour and a half due to weather. (Understandable). When we landed in Denver, someone took our parking spot so we waited another 45 minutes to get a parking spot. My layover was short so I ran to the front desk of frontier in the terminal and the girl said the plane left and shrugged me off.. literally.. and started talking to another person I thought was a customer but in reality, it was her friend.
I walked with another passenger to try to find more help. There wasn't any... I went back to the area of the lady and noticed the other passengers waiting for another flight were still sitting there. (10-15 min later) I went to the lady, interrupted her and her friend again. I pointed at the plane and said "are you sure that isn't the Vegas plane?" She said "omg, I think it could be!" She called and opened up the doors and chuckled... By this time I'm super pissed this Frontier. Who do you guys hire? I'm a customer and I'm telling your employees how to do their job? Anyway, I walk on the plane, ask the young girl for her name, she says "haha why"? I said because I'm your customer and I'm asking for it." A flight attendant asked me my name, I told her. The lady that wouldn't help us said "at least you got on dude." I said "yes thank you for letting me do your job".
The flight attendant asks if where my seat is. I said f13 (window seat extra leg room". She looked at the other flight attendant and said, "You're going to have to go deal with that.." (I'm thinking what the ** is going on now?!) We get the ** back there and she says "here just sit in that open seat" (f12) (no window, between a big guy and the ** that's in my seat). He looks at me knowing he is in my seat and smiles. (I'm livid) I can cause a scene you see on the videos floating around or the stewardess can ask him to move since I'm there. She does nothing. I'm in ** fire.
I sat down and thought to myself "first time flying with this company, I guess all this ** is normal for Frontier." I kept my mouth shut even though I was boiling and everyone knew it. I sat down and both the ** elbows were hanging over for me to run my ** against when I sat down and the whole rest of the flight.. She asks if I want to put my backpack overhead because the guy in my seat had his stuff where mine SHOULD HAVE BEEN! I said no thanks.. She didn't know what to do.. blah ** blah..
After we take the ** off, the Steward comes back and asks me, "do you want to sit in the front of the plane? There is a window seat" I said, "No thank you, I want my window seat with my leg room." (She walks off). I enjoyed no apology but I did get enjoy being smashed between one bigger guy and a **. Both had no respect that I was there. And bumped me with their elbows the whole time. The flights were late, I couldn't lean against the window to sleep. The whole team was a bunch of "not giving a ** employees". Why would I or anyone fly Frontier?! -Steve your first time customer.
Reviewed June 13, 2019
It's June 12, 2019, the first time I am booking with Frontier Airlines for a future trip from Philadelphia, PA to Orlando Fl, scheduled for November 2019. First, a couple of praises for Frontier because I feel they are trying to do some things right! Note that I am not a professional reviewer, nor am I being compensated in any way (other than some self satisfaction) for sharing my thoughts. I rarely write reviews but Frontier's website experience compelled me to write this one.
Finding Frontier. I found Frontier thru the Google Flights search. Google does a decent job of finding low rates. The last item in my review discusses a little more savings you might be able to get. You can jump there now if you want, but think of all the good stuff from my experience you will miss! What I needed. My requirements were to depart in the morning, between 7:30 and 10:30 am and return late in the afternoon after 4PM. I'm traveling with friends, and they asked me to find the flights! Many discount websites make it difficult to see all the airline schedules, and instead prioritize flights by price or specials they claim to have. I skipped going down that rabbit hole for now. For this review, I focus on Frontier Airlines.
Account Signup. I found Frontier's website to be mostly straightforward and easy to use, which compared to other airline websites, was a delightful surprise for me. Setting up an account was easy and automatically opted me into their frequent flyer miles program. The password requirements were a bit stiff to conform to, and there is no 2 factor authorization for login.
Flight Selection. Selecting a departing and returning flight was simple and straightforward. Like with some other airlines, you cannot easily get the lowest displayed price unless you are willing to fly during off hours. After choosing the return flight, the prices for each leg are averaged together and show up as exactly the same cost for each leg. Again, nice and simple because other airlines show one price for going and another for the return flight, making you constantly second guess your choices. Unlike American Airlines, selecting the flight does not result in an immediate up-sell to the "main cabin" for an additional cost. I appreciated Frontier's streamlined approach. In other words, I got the price I expected. I kept checking to see what I was missing!
Fees - That's what I missed! I don't know about you, but I hate fees, upgrades and options. I always opt to the bundle when possible. My life is too short for me to spend time figuring out these things. Just sell me a ticket, tell me what you think I should have, and let me be on my way. PLEASE make life simple! Some other airlines have various fees that drive me nuts! Things like first and second baggage fees, premium seat charges, carry-on baggage fees, cancellation or schedule change fees. I think American Airlines has lengthy policies written to explain their fees. Who has the time to read all that? Who can really understand all the moving parts that seem to take into account bag size, weight, season. Too much for my brain to compute! FRONTIER MADE IT SO EASY!
The Works Bundle. Frontier has two fee bundles. I chose "The Works"! So simple This bundle includes everything I could want or need. It cost me $68 each way. I figured without this bundle, I would have paid at least $100 for the same stuff. More importantly than the money saved, I saved time!!! My only "upgrade" came at the very end for a $10.95 insurance that is provided, billed by and paid to AIG (but automatically added to the total price) to cover some stuff like lost baggage, etc. Even the final invoice was simple:
The Negatives: I read a couple of reviews here on this site about how bad Frontier is as an airline and how bad their employees mistreat their customers. Shame on those Frontier's employees for their lack of empathy, sarcasm and inhuman behaviors. I figure the karma of "what goes around will come around" will take care of them, one way or another. And I am hoping for a more pleasant experience than some on this site have had.
I have a couple of negatives regarding the Frontier Website: 1. Frontier's online payment processing does not permit the use of multiple payment methods, so traveling with buddies that pay their own way is not so easy. That needs improvement. If it were possible, I would have booked everyone in my party using different credit cards.
2. After signing in, I did a dry run to get some comparison prices. When I signed in a second time a few minutes later, I noticed that "The Works" bundle price changed from $86 to $68 along with a message that the price was only good "Now". I signed back in several times and always got the lower $68 price. (YES LOWER.) However, when when my buddy signed up for a new account and booked his travel about 1 hour later the price for the same bundle went up from $68 to $83.00. Frontier should keep their pricing consistent. This got me thinking and I played around with different flight times, I found that this bundle price does change. It almost appears to me that as the flight cost goes down, the bundle costs go up. I feel this is shamefully and deceivingly tricky on Frontier's part. Because of this I am sharing a my trick that saved me $62 on this flight and could save you even more. See below.
Summary. I am so used to seeing trickery in airline sites. They are almost as creative as some wireless companies in coming up with fees and new things to charge consumers for. Will they ever learn simplicity (think Apple) wins out in the long run! (look at Apple, T-Mobile, etc). Because Frontier surprised me with changing their bundling fee (albeit to a lower amount), and did not give my friend the same discount, I am sharing my tip on saving a few dollars. This saved me $62 on my trip. This may not sound like much, but it's a dinner at a decent restaurant!
Tip: When I booked with Frontier I noticed the promo code, but found none readily available online. I happen to use the "Honey" app extension with my Google Chrome browser. This extension detected the promo code at checkout and found me the best discount code to use. For me, it was "KAYAK". I hope you found my little review here helpful.
Reviewed June 12, 2019
Earlier this month I did a balance transfer online to take advantage of zero percent interest. This transfer was to go to my Comenity Capital Bank (ULTA) card. When I finalized the transfer it was showing Saks 5th Avenue. I triple checked the number and had to assume they were an affiliate. When I called a few days ago I was told to check with Saks since they could not do anything for me. I don't even have an account with Saks, so there was nothing they could do. I called back and then was told I could file a dispute, which I did.
Just to do a little test I tried doing another transfer (without finalizing) from and to the same accounts as what caused the issue to begin with. It again showed Saks 5th Avenue. There is obviously a big issue with their website with large sums of money potentially going to the wrong person's account. I took screen shots and called Frontier again earlier today to see if they could look at it to see it is truly a problem. I explained that they should be aware this is an issue and it could be impacting others. They seemed to care less and just said my dispute is in process and I can also check the status online. This is totally unacceptable. If a company's website is not working properly and there is a chance large sums of money could be sent to the wrong place wouldn't you think someone would care or try to fix it?
Reviewed June 12, 2019
I had reservations for a flight out of Houston, TX on 6/10/2019 at 11:59 PM going to Philadelphia. I first got a notice of 2 hour delay while on way to airport. Shortly, delay was changed to 3 hours. In another few minutes, the flight was cancelled. I was already at the airport and at Frontier's counter. Everyone on cancelled flight got a piece of paper offering options: 1. Full refund plus $500 travel vouchers 2. Re-book with another airline with up to $400 refund on re-booked ticket price mailed to you within 2 weeks, as well as a $100 travel voucher.
I chose to re-book using the site Frontier provided, choosing American Airlines flight at 8:00 AM the next morning. Flight was $443 one way, so not too bad. Only $43 out of my pocket (in addition to original cost to Frontier). Approached American Airlines counter next morning and they could not find where I had paid for booking, but did have record of it. Since it did not show paid for, booking had been cancelled, but I could fly out by re-booking at almost $1000. I called Frontier. They looked at site and found where I had re-booked with American, but stated they did not know why payment did not go through. So they simply said, so sorry, try again. Only re-booking site would not let me back in.
I drove home since my trip was to attend a funeral and timeframe had been critical. I contacted Frontier's Customer Service to find out about refund. The CSR told me she would be glad to process a FULL refund of the almost $600 I had paid. I specifically asked her if the refund was for the full amount, she replied it was for the entire $597. The Flight itself was about $400 because I took Frontier's "The Works" package for $196 to reserve seat and have free baggage carry on or checking. Frontier refunded the $407 for the flight and "The Works" package, but not for the almost $200 car rental, stating it was non-refundable even though booked at the same time on Frontier's site. The CSR I had talked to said the entire $597 would be refunded.
The email I got next day said the car rental was not refundable. They offered refunds to all passengers, even though website stated that passengers without "The Works" package who cancelled reservations would not receive refund, receiving voucher for future travel within 90 days only. Website also stated car rentals were non-refundable if cancelled. I did not cancelled reservations, they cancelled flight and caused me to be unable to pick up car reserved in Philadelphia. They cancelled my flight, screwed up my re-booking and lied to me about how much I would be refunded. Think twice about this "cheap" way to fly. Everything costs extra.
Reviewed June 10, 2019
This was my first and last trip on your airline. From the headache of checking in forcing me to pay to pick my seat after an hour of checking in online. You lose my bag on a direct flight from Denver to Pittsburgh. They had us in our line for our flight and me and one other girl didn’t get our bag, every one that checked in before and after did. Then the lady in Pittsburgh tries to tell me she worked for you for years and you won’t pay to have it come on another flight. I will get it Thursday at best.
So now I has to buy dress shoes for work since my tennis shoes and dress shoes were in my bag so I can go to work. Then the lady questioned whether or not we were checked in an hour before like I was to blame. Which is a bunch of bs. Because everyone else in that line got their bags. This is your fault yet I felt like I was to blame. You should be doing everything in your power to make this right yet you're too cheap to get me my bag. Piss poor experience all the way through with this airline. Nickel and dime people to death for terrible customer service.
Reviewed June 10, 2019
The worse airline I've ever flown. Planes were dirty. Seats were so uncomfortable they did not recline and the help had no class. It was awful. I’m surprised they didn’t charge to use the bathroom. Lord knows they did for everything else..overall I won’t give them not even one star. They were so bad...and the tickets very expensive. Frontier sucks.
Reviewed June 10, 2019
The flight was delayed an hour without enough lead time or notice to prevent me from arriving at the airport on time. Then they board everyone, and yet the pilots were not yet here. Waited an extra hour sitting on the plane. Then they push back from the gate an extra 1/2 hour later only to have to return because they could not figure out an issue. Flight attendants were clueless and helpless throughout the process and seemed to have no idea what to do. They were more interested in helping a pilot from another airline get a better seat than the rest of the paying passengers. Suggest you choose another airline if you need arrive in a reasonable time, or to make a connection. Will try to change my return flight so I get to my destination the same day.
Reviewed June 9, 2019
BEWARE!!! DO NOT FLY FRONTIER!!! This is the absolute worst airline out there! Saving a few bucks isn’t worth it. Plus, those cheap flights are never as cheap as they advertise. You have to pay for your SEAT, CARRY ON, CHECKED BAG, BEVERAGES, SNACKS, etc. NOTHING is free & they’re rude! I got to the terminal & no one was at the front desk!! Everyone knows how frustrating it is to feel like you’re going to miss a flight. Well imagine having enough time but no one is there to check your bag!!! Which I paid $32 for!! I bought a flight with Spirit because I knew I would never make it to my flight.
When I get to the other terminal I see that my Frontier flight got DELAYED. I still could’ve made my 1st flight if a worker had just told us what was going on. But they left a line of like 10 people worried sick for who knows how long because I left. When I found out the flight was delayed I had a panic attack & started hyperventilating because I really needed to be home. My arms & teeth went numb.
This was the worst anxiety attack I’ve ever experienced & it’s all because Frontier is the worst company ever! I got so sick I missed both flights! The difference with my second flight is that Spirit kindly canceled my flight for me & even fetched my checked bag from the room in the back & now I have a flight credit with Spirit. I tried to get a refund from Frontier & they didn’t even give me a reason why. JARED just said NO because I missed my flight! NEVER AGAIN!!!! I'M BOYCOTTING FRONTIER!!! There’s a reason why this ridiculous company filed for bankruptcy in 2008. They suck & they should’ve just closed down!! -Belinda ** (flight 1834 from Austin to Detroit, $142.30 paid & stolen!)
Reviewed June 9, 2019
Had round trip tickets for 4 CMH/DEN Dept. 6-8-19, returning 6-12-19 confirmed, with boarding passes printed. We were meeting 6 other couples for a weekend function and concert at Red Rock. Frontier had already sent notification that the 7:30PM Friday dept. was moved to 9:30 PM. 4 hours before departure we received an email the flight was cancelled with the next available flight Monday morning after the concert. When my wife called - she was hung up on. I called back, they would not find any other flights with other airlines to get us to our function sooner than Monday.
While they did refund us the full amount of our airfare, we were unable to get the condo rental fees refunded because of the short notice of cancellation. This was the first time I've had an airlines attempt to find flights to accommodate a customer needs. We will never use Frontier Airlines again and will recommend to all our friend that they do not fly Frontier Airlines. Please a customer and the customer tells 10 people--do the customer wrong--they tell between 100 & 500 people. I'm sure my wife & I will tell at least that many how poor Frontier Airlines is.
Reviewed June 8, 2019
Our flight was delayed once from Detroit Airport two hours later than expected. Our connecting flight in Austin was delayed twice having us wait five extra hours in the airport before it was cancelled completely. We were left with no hotel accommodations by the company and told Frontier did not fly to Vegas for 3 more days with no options besides $150 voucher which I’m sure we will not receive. We had to pay double through JetBlue because it was a last minute flight. We are told we could get that back but have heard nothing since we sent the email to Frontier asking for options. No help with accommodating our nights lost in Vegas at our hotel. Overall a horrible experience and would NEVER fly again or recommend this airline.
Reviewed June 7, 2019
They canceled the flight just 10 minutes before it. And they offered a flight 5 days later after. If you want to book a flight, then go ahead but you are lucky if you can get your money because I havent been able to do that yet!
Reviewed June 4, 2019
Lady I spoke with over the phone told me that I should wait all day till someone answers. Was not understanding at all. I had already waited 2 hours for someone to answer and she didn’t understand my frustration at all. She was very rude and demeaning. Will never fly with this airline again.
Reviewed June 4, 2019
This airline maybe cheaper than other airlines but the quality of customer service is below one star. There have been multiple times with Frontier Airlines (especially the ticketing folks) that I have encountered with have bad attitudes. No smiles, no “may I help you”.... just angry rude folks working behind a counter. What’s your problem Frontier? Today I gasped in awe how an ticketing counter agent treated multiple customers with her rudeness and snide comments. People were standing to get help, but she was “too busy” looking busy so that she didn’t have to work. At one point she told a customer to “do it yourself” when the customer approached her for assistance. Poor customer just stood there in frustration and shook her head.e told a customer to “do it yourself” when the customer approached her for assistance. Poor customer just stood there in frustration and shook her head.
Two other ladies ahead of me expressed their disappointment of the agent’s lack of care and demeanor. The two ladies clearly stood there and we all watched the ticketing agent act like she was working and ignoring the customers. When it was my turn, her tone was rude and condescending when I asked for a gate pass to pick up a minor from the gate. You would of thought I asked her to dig a hole and fetch water for me. It’s all in her tone and lack of respect for customers that caused people like me to be disappointed in Frontier. I said to her “why are you being so rude?” I think she was shocked that a customer was standing up to her! She Is Bully! She yelled back “I’m not rude, YOU are!” I was shocked that this Frontier employee acted so unprofessional! She wanted to argue with me. We all observed her nasty demeanor. She refused to give me a gate pass because I called her out.
Frontier don’t care about customer service because people are going to fly with them due to their cheap airfare. Employees can be dirtbags and treat customers with no respect - it’s accepted at Frontier. When I confronted the manager about the situation, she refused to give me the ticketing employee’s name and said she CAN’T give me her name! She is protecting a horrible employee and as the manager at Frontier, she failed to do her duty to address the situation.
This is Frontier counter in Denver, CO at DIA. The manager’s name that worked on 5/3/2019 is Paola/Paula at 4 pm shift. Frontier, please train your people to smile at least and act like they enjoy working there. Frontier folks, if you hate dealing with people - you need to quit your job and go work underground where people don’t exist. Paola needs some soft people skills training along with her CO-worker that she is covering up for. The sad part is that a TSA agent commented to me “Frontier has the worst customer service!” The only way Frontier will change - if we the consumer take our business elsewhere. Pay more dollars for another airline that will smile, help you out and treat you with respect. I will never fly on Frontier again and waste my hard earned money on people like Paola/Paula and her team! Low Price = Low customer service
Reviewed June 3, 2019
I arrived 2 hrs as flight directions noted on an email. I checked in, however stepped away to use the rest room. Im a diabetic and need my insulin. I let the women know. After my return from giving myself insulin I was told I could not check my bag and most leave it behind or dont get on my flight. I have never experienced such discrimination. Why would I leave my luggage behind with my medication. I was told sorry and this airline couldnt even find me another flight to my destination. I had to fly with Southwest and paid 600 to get there one way however free bags free snacks and these people were nice, able and willing to help with anything.
Frontier was rude, discriminated against me and only wanted to give me a credit not credit my credit card for the inconvenience of not letting me fly with my bag. Why would I want a credit to fly again with your uncredited airline? Everyone was clueless, disrespectful and not willing to make a customer happy. I will never fly with this airline. If they were only airline left I guess I would not fly. No one at the administration office helped. The women spoke over me and didnt allow me to be heard.
I am contacting my lawyer and also have footage video of what they have not done to me but others as well. I have 8 witness who also said they called to complain and nothing was done. We are all working together to file suit chargers. Also people they try to sell you a Frontier credit card while you are in the air flying with them. Dont do it. They are truly not professional.
Im telling anyone please the money you think you will save you dont. You have to pay for everything - bags, snacks and then they bribe you to buy their Frontier card. Dont do it. They will not credit anything. You will not get your money back. Im contacting Eyewitness News to share my story. I have live footage video as to how you get treated on 1 of their flights. They even wouldnt allow a young teen to sit with an older teen only person he knew because of seating. Dont do it. Save yourself the hassle. I'll fly Southwest, Delta, American Airlines never Frontier.
Reviewed May 31, 2019
Flight from Nashville to San Jose via Denver. Had already purchased one carry-on and two check-in bags while booking. During check-in at Nashville, both the checked bags were showing 55-60 lbs on the scale and was told we had to pay for extra lbs. We were surprised but thought of removing stuff from the bags. After re-arranging and purchasing another carry-on at check-in, again the bags showed 52 lbs. So we decided to weigh the bags in the neighboring Alaska and Allegiant baggage check stations. Both showed 47 lbs! So our bags were not overweight in the first place! Told the agents at Frontier that their weigh scale was faulty and they seemed least concerned saying it’s not their fault if the scale is not working correctly! They seemed least apologetic and took our money anyways.
They did not reprint the boarding pass showing we purchased a second carry-on. At Denver, when we asked for reprint of our boarding pass to SJC, the lady at the counter was barking at us saying, "You should have asked the agent in Nashville to reprint". How hard is it to reprint the boarding pass when you have already cheated us of our money? And to be yelled at for no reason. Low-cost airline sure - but low ethics/unethical/illegal practices to fleece people of their money? Used to have no problems with Frontier and have flown before, always ensuring to buy bags, seats, etc. But after this experience, never!
Reviewed May 24, 2019
My family of 4 traveled home yesterday, 05/23/19 on Frontier Airlines from Orlando to Memphis. The concerns began soon after arrival. We checked our baggage and started toward the gate that was assigned on the board. When we arrived at the gate there was no Memphis gate assigned and when asked the airport employees they would answer rudely, "We don’t know where you will be leaving from." Still no announcements close to 2 hours later, finally the gate was announced and we were rushed on... again very rudely as if it were our fault for this delay and lack of information.
Once the flight began we had reached cruising altitude when a long gray cord fell from the ceiling hitting a man in front of us. Flight attendant assured was nothing serious but moved the individual to another seat. In a few minutes the attendant used his fingers and forced the wire back into the ceiling and said to the other attendant.. We will just get it checked out when we get back to Orlando.
3rd concern, my son sat in seat 21A and I was next to him. We looked up after the wire dropped and under the light cover there was significant amount black mold. By the time we landed his eyes were watering and coughing. We have flown this airlines for years with no complaints or concerns but I felt unsafe as well as unsanitary following this flight. I feel these tickets should be refunded or another ticket provided. Q.
Reviewed May 24, 2019
DISASTER EXPERIENCE WITH FRONTIER!!! This was my first ever experience with Frontier and I can tell you I will NEVER fly with Frontier again! No price is worth the experience I had, including the unbelievable unpleasant customer service. I was, admittedly, late and running to catch my flight, only to find the gates locked and the plane leaving a full 20 minutes early! I had trouble "checking in" online the day before (the site was not working), but I was able to check in about 1 1/2 hours before on the way to the airport. After missing this flight, I went to the ticketing counter and the agent confirmed that the gates were indeed locked and the flight left early!!! WHAATTT?!?!?! I have NEVER missed a flight before....EVER!
Frontier had no other flight options to Tampa until 2 days later, so I was forced to rent a car ONE WAY....a decision forced upon me that cost me almost $400! Frontier also marked me as a "NO SHOW", which cancelled my return flight as well! I had to call and BEG them to let me keep my return flight. They would not refund any money, give a flight voucher, or even apologize! They just would not admit that they had left early and caused my pain and suffering! They kept putting the blame on me! Whether a person is 3 hours or 3 minutes early, it shouldn't matter. An airline should never leave early without contacting the customer (I received no calls, texts, etc).
So I did get my return flight, which was another unbelievable experience. The plane was, at the most, 1/2 full and THEY LEFT EARLY AGAIN! I made this flight, but the flight attendant made the announcement that "the doors are locked and we're leaving 10 minutes early". WHAATTT?!?!? As I heard this, I could only think of my experience 2 days earlier and of another poor soul running to miss their flight! I guess this is just something Frontier takes pride in leaving their customers in the dust. Punishing them for not being there an hour early. This is just not real life. People run late for various reasons: making tight connections, getting stuck in traffic on the way to the airport, etc.
When I called Frontier about this situation, I talked to both a first-line agent and a supervisor. After getting nowhere, the supervisor actually told me that Frontier locks their doors 45 minutes prior to departure! WHAATT?!?! She actually told me this! I hope the conversation was recorded, as they claim, so someone higher up in the company can actually listen to this to prove what she said to me! This was just simply false....so incredibly stupid on her part.
So, to summarize simply, I was at the gate to board 19 minutes early, there was no agent at the gate, the door/gate was locked, and the plane was pulling away. I missed my flight, forcing me to rent a one-way car for $381, having to beg to keep my return flight, and being blamed for not being there early enough and no one at Frontier thinks there is anything at all wrong with this. Just beware. This WILL happen to you if you are held up for any reason at all and Frontier actually seems to take pride in leaving early leaving their customers. They have absolutely and forever lost me as a customer. They will never make it! (And their so-called bargain prices? Read the fine print!! They nickel and dime you for EVERYTHING). Just beware!!! Read less. Date of travel: May 2019.
Reviewed May 22, 2019
I know why Frontier is rated in the top 5 worst airlines. Just yesterday flying from Philadelphia to Atlanta was delayed from 1:26pm to after 5pm. They gave us two different planes with maintenance issues, the first plane couldn’t be fixed after waiting over 2 hours and the second had a broken a/c that took another 2 hours to fix. By law they had to take the elderly out of their wheelchairs because they were sitting for so long. Customer service was not informative and rude. Then when we landed in Atlanta, we were stuck on the taxiway for another 30 mins. Then our bags were delayed for another hour! This was a Tuesday (yesterday), and didn’t offer a refund and they said they did not have another available flight until Sunday!
Customer service over the phone was even worst and worthless. Full of false information (saying it was a 2hr delay and bad weather) and didn’t care to offer anything more to remedy the situation. This was my second bad experience with Frontier, and it’s not really cheaper when you have to pay for everything a-la-cart, with so many delays and cancellations. I will never ever fly them again and I hope you don’t either. Save yourselves. And to Frontier I say....shame on you!
Reviewed May 16, 2019
My son was traveling from Tampa to Islip with a few friends. On the day he was supposed to return to Tampa, a Tuesday, his flight was canceled as he arrived at the airport. He was told the earliest flight they could rebook him on was on Thursday but it was into Orlando (a 2-hour drive to pick him up). He reluctantly rescheduled his flight and stayed in NY for 2 more days at our cost. When he arrived at the AirPort on Thursday he found out that his flight has been delayed for an hour and then another hour.
I contacted Frontier and explained that My son is a Type 1 Diabetic and he is out of insulin and needs to get back to Tampa. They refused to put him on another airline leaving in 1 hour. With much confusion I asked if they were ok with him potentially having a medical emergency due to lack of insulin. The response I received was unbelievable! I was told, "If your son should have a medical emergency while in the airport, there are EMT's available". What?! So then I asked, And what should happen if he has a medical emergency in flight? No response. So, with no help from Frontier, I booked my son a $515.00 one way ticket back to Tampa.
Reviewed May 13, 2019
I am not one for writing negative reviews but I am not only angry, but I feel very cheated by Frontier. Their ticket prices seem like a great deal but there are hidden fees everywhere. I didn’t love that a check in bag was $50 but I figured I got a great deal on my ticket so it was fine. There was a sign directly outside my Kiosk in Utah that said “Two free items!” Which included a carry on plus a personal item (backpack, purse etc) I got on my Utah flight to Denver with no problem. When I got to Denver and was boarding my flight to Greenville I was stopped at the gate and was told I needed to pay $60 for a carry on. YES, A CARRY ON. It is absolutely ridiculous to have to pay MORE for my carry on than my check in bag. I explained I didn’t have this issues at my last connecting flight, and the attendant didn’t even listen to me. She just told me I needed to pay the $60 or I wasn’t allowed to board the plane.
Excuse me? If you need to charge for carry on’s when you already have the storage for me, then you have a financial problem as a company that shouldn’t be compensated with ridiculous fees. I’m not done.
Frontier’s staff during my flight were completely incompetent. You can tell they’re money first and people second. Last thing. The plane was at least 80 degrees, we were told to open up all the vents to ensure airflow but there was hardly air coming out. For 3 hours and 49 minutes we all sat in 80 degrees with no air flow. It was miserable. Pay the extra money for a ticket so you can make sure you are taken care of. Frontier really doesn’t give a crap about you.
Reviewed May 12, 2019
From the people at the check in desk, customer service desk at the airport and the people answering the customer service phone are the worst. I don't have the words to describe the nightmare that we had to go through. To sum it up, we had a printed boarding pass to our connecting flight and SOMEHOW our itinerary was erased on their computer. They did not let us board our connecting flight and left us stranded. Not ONE supervisor/manager/customer service rep could help us, let alone tell us why it happened. It was a complete disaster. Not sure how this airline is still in business. Unbelievable.
Reviewed May 10, 2019
Just start by saying I knew better, but learned the hard way anyway. Wanted to go to Austin and this is the only airline direct from Cleveland to Austin. On the day of my return I and about 20 others got a text saying the flight was delayed an hour. Apparently this was a “technical difficulty”. We arrived 1 hr and 45 min before the flight was supposed to have taken off, only to find out that there was no delay. We were still 45 min before the original schedule but the lady at the desk said they aren’t taking any more passengers at the desk. You had to have checked in online. But the app wouldn’t allow me to check in online.
It was an absolute CLUSTER as people kept coming in to find out that the delay text was not their fault, it was the fault of “Denver”. So 20 of us watched the plane board helpless. They said all we could do was rebook and that as a courtesy they would “waive” the $80 flight change fee. Are you freaking kidding me? The kicker is they didn’t even have a flight that left the next day, we would have to wait until Saturday. The other option was driving to San Antonio, and flying with a connnector to Vegas the next day. LMAO! I watched as people called and struggled to find ways to get to see their kids Graduate.
One lady faced a suspension from her job if she missed work the next day. I had important business that requires me to be home the next day. I paid $1000 for my wife and I to get on an American flight. After all that, Frontier essentially flipped everyone the bird as far as compensating the customers which I knew would happen. I am going to go write on a chalkboard 500 times. I WILL NEVER FLY FRONTIER AIRLINES AGAIN IN MY LIFE. Save yourself the aggravation. Don’t do it! I knew better, but I paid the price.
Reviewed May 4, 2019
Heading to Vegas for my wedding. It was close but had time. Line at the counter so we were checked in and went thru security. The plane was still boarding, I can see the line but it was past the boarding time now. It's still boarding... sorry not sorry. I had to pay a different Airline $500 to make it. They still charged me for the flight, the seat price, and baggage. None of which I received. My option was to pay a $120 for rescheduling, 120 for new baggage, and $45 for a new seat. Dont do it even for free because it wont be, Avoid this airline if the trip and time is important.
Reviewed May 2, 2019
My daughter flight was delayed 10 hrs from original departure time, while having to hang around the Myrtle Beach airport for 10 hrs her flight was delayed once again for an additional 4.5 hours. They only compensated her a 10.00 and 15.00 food voucher for the inconvenience and could not rebook because they had no more flights leaving Myrtle Beach to any other nearby city. Worst airlines ever and I would never ever fly with them again or refer them to anyone. This is the third time I’ve had a bad experience with them and I tend to go on all social networks to share my bad experience and how unprofessional they were even the manager.
Reviewed April 25, 2019
The ticket prices look very attractive. However, the additional costs for baggage (which is included in the price of many other airlines' tickets) usually ends up costing more than the entire ticket cost with competing airlines. What's more, when I did arrange to bring three bags on my most recent visit and then realized I did not need that many, I called back within 24 hours to learn I could not cancel any of the bags I originally reserved. I will use Southwest rather than Frontier every chance I get in the future. Price transparency is an honorable approach to business...one which I care to reward.
Reviewed April 13, 2019
I had a return flight from Orlando to Little Rock on 12th of April 2019 and I am a single mom with a little kid and just one 18 inches bag that is supposed to be free. I had the same bag on my flight from Little Rock to Orlando that was free. However, on my return flight they stopped me at the gate just 5 min before departure and I was told that I must pay 60 USD or they do not let me in. No explanation that why 18 inches bag is not free on my return flight why it was free on my original flight. They closed the gate and told me it is what it is and I must pay!!! Imagine I was with a kid in a vacation and understood how stupid are these people and they were talking in Spanish that I could not understand. So I paid $60. When I called Frontier Airlines to share my experience with them, response was that "we do not believe you"!!! Thanks for respecting your flyers! You are... absolute pain and suffer???
Reviewed April 11, 2019
Stranded me / had to pay $1000 to get home. The morning of my return flight I received an email informing me I was to go to the departures desk and request my complimentary meal voucher... because my flight was canceled with no explanation. When I called Frontier it took 4 agents, and 2 hours to be told that they could rebook me on a return flight SIX DAYS LATER. I had to book a flight through another airline to the tune of $500 a piece. I received two $150 vouchers for future flights through Frontier which I will absolutely never ever fly with again.
Reviewed April 11, 2019
My flight was cancelled due to a snow storm. It took me an hour to actually get ahold of a human to speak to. Since the airline cancelled they were able to refund me but that’s it. Didn’t help me more than that. The representative I spoke with, you could barely understand him. No other flights were going out for days. Ridiculous. I understand that there was a snow storm going on and they needed to cancel their flight but my thought is... Where is the customer service?
I had to make the representative stay on the line and send me the email confirmation of my refund. Terrible customer service. Hours of trying to talk to the insurance and airline leads to “you’re not at a loss because they refunded you.” I am. I wasted my time. I am now having to drop hundreds of dollars to get another flight. I should have just used another airline. Will not be working with them again. They charge for everything as well. Why pay for a company that doesn’t actually want to help you.
Reviewed April 8, 2019
This airline is the epitome of false advertising and hidden fees. They show up as the lowest fare until you go through the process to book. Then the highest additional fees of any airline kick in pushing the fare higher than competitors. Not to mention their "discount den" savings membership costs $60/yr and doesn't even lower the fare to what is advertised. Classic bait and switch. And if you're planning on getting on the plane with anything but the clothes on your back, you better be prepared to pay an additional $35 for a carry-on bag per flight. Literally showed up to be hundreds less than Delta for flight with connections. By the time it was all said and done Delta nonstop ended up being well over $100 cheaper per seat. Buyer beware, Frontier Airlines is a false advertising scam. Completely dishonest, I will never book on this airline just due to their unethical practices.
Reviewed April 6, 2019
I bought 2 round trip tickets for my husband and I to go to see friends in Orlando back in November 2018, reserved car and house to stay at. Supposed to leave this coming Friday April 12th and they call to say our return flight was cancelled. Told we can fly out the next day, not an option as we have to be back to work. This was the first and last time we will ever look to Frontier air for travel!
Reviewed April 5, 2019
I booked a trip through Expedia to Vegas on Frontier Airlines, despite the gruelingly awful reviews they got; just trying to save some money for a fun family Spring Break trip. Well, true to form, Frontier cancelled our flight the morning of the trip, leaving us to scramble and find an alternate flight. Thanks to Southwest Airlines for saving the day! The plane was full of stunned and disbelieving (former) Frontier passengers in the same predicament as our family. NEVER, NEVER, EVER book a Frontier flight unless you're a ** who loves pain.
Reviewed March 28, 2019
Travel at your own risk! We paid the "extras" and checked our bag in on our way to Phoenix. Coming back we checked our back early and I asked the rep at the Phoenix airport if we were checking it in too early and he replied - "No. We do this all the time." Well we get to Colorado Springs and no bag! They took a report and told us they would contact us later that evening. After no contact, we contacted them the following day and was told that the bag never left Phoenix. We were then told that it would be in COS at 5:48 that day and we would be contacted when it arrived.
So the next day still no contact and we called again and the same snotty little girl answered the phone and told us she was the supervisor. She put us on hold and came back with "the bag is no longer in Phoenix and I can't call Frontier at COS because they are not working today" (It was a Tuesday). We asked where it was and got the same reply. So we are on day 4 now and still no contact from Frontier.
We called again and finally got someone with customer service skills. She tracked down the bag and got it to us that day. Now why did the bag go from Phoenix to Denver to Las Vegas and finally to Colorado Springs?? Everything in the bag was a mess with bottles leaking. We have always flown Frontier but no more. There is no savings when you add up all of the hidden costs and on top of that the poor customer service and communication. What did we get for all of our inconvenience and aggravation? A $100.00 voucher. You know what they can do with that $100 voucher. We will accept nothing less than a full refund for the flight. I don't even understand how they are still in business.
Reviewed March 26, 2019
My wife and I were to fly Frontier from SC to Providence RI in September to a Grandson's wedding. Wife have a violent Dizzy and fainting spell one week prior to flight. This continued over a couple of days. Got a credit for cancelling to be used in 90 days. Her problem continued though we made plans to go to Denver to another Grandson's wedding this April. After a Dr checkup he still does not want her to fly and issued a letter for indefinite period. Cancelled again.
Frontier WILL NOT RETURN MY MONEY $319.80. But issue another credit for a flight booked in the next 90 days OR the credit cancels. This is how Airline sell cheap. "ROBBING" other people's money. We're both well in our 70s. This is NOT easy for us. We are grounded. I can't leave my wife for a minute So this Poor Airline gets my $319.00. A person robs that amount of money they go to jail.
Reviewed March 19, 2019
I received an email telling me I had 0 miles earned. Six weeks earlier I had received an email telling me I had 68,560. I am diligent about buying an extra 1,000 miles every six months to keep my miles active. My next purchase wasn't due until May 27, 2019. I had a receipt for the last one made in November. I called Frontier and spent about an hour explaining I had made the purchase. Why had they just canceled all my miles and with no warning even though the agent said they always give a 90 day notice? They never have in all the years I've flown with them. Fortunately I had kept the email receipt for the November purchase with its confirmation number. I gave that to the agent. He said the airline would investigate the matter. What's to investigate. I had bought the miles and could prove it. He said it would take several days. He'd call me when a decision had been made.
Four days later, he called all happy because my miles had been reinstated as if they had done me a big favor. They never should have been dropped in the first place. I said they should give me some credit for this undue hassle. He put me on hold another 15 minutes and then returned saying they would give me 2 more months before the next purchase was due, now July 27, 2019. I checked a week later. They had not extended my due date. It's only 2 months but it's the principle of the thing. I called again and was put on hold for 20 more minutes. The new agent promised they would extend my date as explained by the first agent. They had his name on file! I just checked and they haven't done anything except take up about 2 hours of my time. I'm done with this airline after being a loyal customer since 2002. It's the absolute worst customer service.
Reviewed March 18, 2019
The fees for luggage was super high, higher than any other airline, I was very unhappy with the fees they charged for the luggage. The airline stewardess were ok but the clerks where you drop your luggage were a bit indifferent.
Reviewed March 16, 2019
The purpose for reserving our flights was resolved beforehand, so I cancelled our flights 3 weeks in advance. Not only do I have to pay full fare for the flights I won't use, but I have to pay a cancellation fee on top of it all. Does this sound right to anyone? Frontier has a chance to sell my seats again, which is currently listed for a higher price. Oh, I can use some flight credit for another flight within 90 days. Great. I have no reason to fly anywhere. And, I'm not looking to spend more money on top of what I lost. I hope Frontier will reconsider their slogan about low fares *Done Right*. Not seeing it.
Reviewed March 16, 2019
Great airlines for immediate or unexpected travel. Always available seating and great customer service on the ground and in the air. On time departure and arrival also outstanding. Would recommend to friends and relatives.
Reviewed March 15, 2019
I like this airline because it is close to a local airport. Where parking is easy and cheaper. The convenience overrides a lot of small issues that are encountered with flying and using airlines and airports along with long TSA lines and wait times.
Reviewed March 12, 2019
I traveled recently on Frontier and though the delay was minimal from Las Vegas- Denver- Tampa, my brand new checked baggage was damaged due to gross negligence. This was two weeks ago and I have yet to hear from any person that I contacted. Every time I called or went back to the airport to make a claim, no one was available to and others who were promised to have the manager call me and to no avail. No wonder people don't take any luggage when they travel with them. Worst experience ever and I feel disrespected and humiliated that they just keep giving me the runaround instead just informing me that nothing will happen. Rocky.
Reviewed March 10, 2019
I don’t usually write reviews but this was so bad I thought I should share my experience. I planned a getaway for my husband's birthday to Las Vegas. Arranged to have 2 of his brothers, one from Houston and one from Seattle meet us there. We had a show booked and paid for the night we got there. Our flight was delayed causing us to miss the show, called Frontier and was told to still be at the airport at the scheduled time and they would refund us $25, find out that $25 is in the form of a voucher that needs to be used within 90 days...worthless! The show was $300. So we finally get to Las Vegas. His brothers had already called it a night so we missed the show and spending time with family that night. It doesn’t stop there!
The flight home was also delayed, 3 hours, again. Told to still be at the airport to check in at the scheduled time. We are at the gate waiting, the gate gets changed, never announced, we just happened to check the board. So we move to that gate, then the gate is changed again, at least they announced it this time, so we move again. We finally got on the plane and headed home 4 hours late. This morning in my email I had 2 vouchers for $25 each, that doesn’t even come close to compensate for the lost show tickets, time both directions, and the time we missed with family. We could have flown with another airline that cost a little more upfront and still be cheaper.
Reviewed March 10, 2019
My son and I were flying to Tampa from Chicago on a Sunday morning. We were 5 minutes late to get our boarding pass (online was not working) and were told, "Sorry there is nothing we can do." I rebooked for Monday morning at my expense. Our flight was delayed 5 hours due to mechanical issues. The mechanic actually left our plane to work on another plane. The attendant told us that delays of that long are refunded, false. I had to fight with customer service just to get vouchers for compensation. We both ended up getting 2 vouchers $75 & $50 which cannot be combined or transferred. This was my first and probably last flight with Frontier.
Reviewed March 8, 2019
I like this airline for best rates! Seats are a little small for far travel, but it's great for shorter distance travel. Don't think you should have to pay to pick your seat or carry on. Overall I would recommend.
Reviewed March 7, 2019
Found the staff very friendly. The Airbus had lots of leg room but the seats don’t recline so hard to get a rest. The online reservation system was very user friendly. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a good discount airline.
Reviewed March 6, 2019
This is the first online review I have ever written. It is not normally my style but my experience with Frontier Airlines was so bad I cannot contain myself. Briefly: they canceled our flight because of a problem with the plane after making us wait for five hours on a Friday night. We only found out because it was listed online. I had a business trip but about a hundred kids were anxiously waiting to get to Disneyland. Not one agent was at the desk and at about 11:30 I think it was a maintenance person that came up to finally agree with the online cancellation listing. Not one person was there to help reassign or assist anyone so people were stuck and unsure about how to get their luggage.
I have called several times but the system is automated and the call eventually ends with a: "please call back later”. I received an email telling me they would refund my money and give me a $500 ticket voucher with them or $400 with another airline. Ok fine... However, they will not respond with my refund for ticket or any type of voucher. I have emailed them six times and now have realized I am being ignored intentionally. If their service is this bad I would imagine this cheap backwards airline cuts corners on plane maintenance as well. Please research carefully before flying with them. Sincerely, a very level headed person pushed to the limit over being scammed by Frontier Airlines.
Reviewed March 6, 2019
It is always clean and well stocked. Staff have been extremely friendly and helpful. Seat are comfortable. Usually can move seats if needed. I use extender and they are always available. They run on time and many times I get to where I am going early.
Reviewed March 5, 2019
They changed my flight time prior to flying which was unacceptable to me. I called the customer service number to request a refund (which they claimed they would offer online). After waiting 40 minutes on hold (really? no callback option?) I was told that our time change was only a "minor" time change and didn't qualify for a refund. So what happens when I accept this time change...and then you change it again? I'm now hours delayed because of minor time changes that you imposed? Not Ok. I had to jump through hoops and raise my voice to first get to a manager. Once I was speaking with a manager, he tried several different times to NOT offer me the refund but finally did. FOR A $50 SERVICE FEE.
This company is criminal. I have hated flying them before simply because of the rude staff, but figured we'd give them another shot because of the cheap price. NEVER AGAIN. My experience with customer service has just proven to me that they DO NOT care at all about their customers and are just out to steal your money. I will be disputing that $50 service fee with my credit card company. At least they value their customers and customer service.
Reviewed March 5, 2019
My biggest first step I have for you, is to go ahead and pay for the extra stretch seating. It's an extra $25 you will be so happy you did. There are many people saying you can take a gamble on the seating but I really would not do it. The planes are tightly squeezed and packed due to the great prices! I sat in seat 13A on both trips. It's window seating. I got a water and I carried some crackers in my purse with me because they only take credit cards or debit cards up in the air. They do not accept cash. The pilots were joking and friendly. I am usually terrified to fly but they put me at ease. I did not even have to say anything. Just go for it! Fly Frontier Airlines because they are caring and very prompt! Plane ride was smooth - hardly any turbulence and we were on time. Actually early. Do not let the bad review scare you away! Some people just expect too much from basic things!
Reviewed March 5, 2019
Flight attendants and overall service was excellent. The flights were comfortable, the cabin and seats looked very well maintained. There was leg room between the seats. The atmosphere, mostly created by the pilots, flight attendants, and ticket agents was very pleasant.
Reviewed March 4, 2019
Extremely tight seating. Was seated in the first row behind first class and as a “reward” my carry on (purse) was taken away and placed in an overhead 3 seats back. I was unable to access my personally provided snacks and as a result had a very low sugar level during the flight. The snacks provided by the airline were woefully inadequate. I was in a window seat and could not get out conveniently. In addition, there was a lot of turbulence meaning the seatbelt sign stayed on most of the time, further restricting any movement. The only seat I would ever ride on Frontier in the future would be outside on the wing. It would have to be better than the one I had.
Reviewed March 3, 2019
We booked tickets on Frontier for a vacation. We booked all our accommodation and most of our sight seeing attractions. All which cost money out of pocket (a portion to hold reservation). Today we get an email from Frontier that have changed our flight dates. We are now leaving later on our departure. And we are now returning a day earlier. Putting us out a day earlier on our family vacation and. We’ll have to pay a penalty on our accommodations and we will be out the money we spent on attraction we booked ahead of time. Thinking we had that day that we lost.
What is the point booking a vacation and making plans of things to do. Putting down money to hold a spot if the air can just come in at the last minute and change everything. I don’t think this is way to run a business or treat your customers. It’s no wonder Frontier is a horrible company. This will be the last time I’ll book travel with them. If we all stop traveling with Frontier we can really make a difference.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2019
Frontier offers these great deals, not only on price but offering direct flights (and with young kids, a direct flight is the way to go). The issue though is once you book flights with Frontier they constantly have flight changes. So you book this great priced, direct flights only to be told a few weeks later that now your flight is leaving on a different day and that it is no longer a direct flight but that it now has multiple layovers. (So a direct flight of a few hours went to 10+ hours). To make these dramatic schedule changes is unacceptable and has caused a lot of undue stress (and financial stress). Be very cautious if you book with Frontier...
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019
I purchased tickets for a flight for my family (4). Five days later I receive an email from Frontier offering a promo of 75% off certain flights (of which ours was included). I contacted Frontier, which took an hour in itself, and even the supervisor was unwilling to help. I simply asked him to change the promo code on my reservation and he would not. If I canceled my existing reservation and booked a new one they would charge me over $450 in cancellation fees. Basically it boils down to Frontier Airlines punishing customers for purchasing early. They have the WORST customer service I have ever encountered. I will never be flying Frontier again. Neither will my family. I will continue to share my review with others.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2019
Sometimes they will text or email you if there's a delay and other times they won't tell you. They won't print you a boarding pass even if their online site isn't working at the time of attempted check in. Purchasing tickets online won't work most of the time. You have to call in but mention that it's not working and they will waive the $10 fee. They are huge sticklers about baggage size. They'll charge you after you're seated so there's less room to argue. Customer service is pretty terrible. They'll just ignore you and continue their job if you ask them questions they don't know. Relatively unprofessional.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2019
First of all, we live in Denver their hub. Our first flight Denver to Las Vegas was scheduled at 7 pm on a Sunday February 16th. The website sped delayed by 30 minutes. We checked in a suddenly the flight was not delayed, great expect if you had counter in that in timing your arrival, which we did. Flight back from Las Vegas to Denver Wednesday night 7:30. Left for the airport at 4:30, on the way there received an email marked as Do NOT REPLY stating "Sorry your trip do not go as planned.” Imagine your shock. There was no notice of delay or cancellation, just a $150 voucher.
I went on the website (because we could it get though by phone) and saw that our flight was marked CANCELLED. No reason, our friend was with us and had booked Southwest, his flight left on time. Tried to rebook, nothung for 2 days. No help from Frontier accept to show us a printout that we Should have received including a travel voucher for air or car rental. With no other fights to Denver for 2 days, we were forced to rent a car and drive the 13 hours to Denver. It was snowing in Las Vegas when we left and the drive back was in a blizzard conditions for the first 5 hours.
A bad situation is defined by how it is handled. Frontier needs to take a good look at Southwest Airlines, never had a problem with them, always had good flights and amazing service. We saved a little money by flying Frontier but in the end paid much higher price. Paid with our own time, safety and moneyI agree with the other reviews, Frontier has been failing for a long time but has no empathy or human compassion for their precious cargo, the clients who hired them. Seems like the animals on their tails are more important than the people in the planes. Try Southwest, all included and better attitude in their altitude.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2019
Reality is flights do get cancelled - the social media feedback had scared me when my flight was cancelled but I had a good experience with the customer service of Frontier Airlines. It does take a little time and patience but if you follow the instructions given in the letter handed to you when your flight is cancelled the reimbursement is handled quite efficiently. The customer service was prompt and helpful and once the all documents (invoices, application etc) were furnished, they promptly processed the reimbursement.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019
Flew out of Austin on Feb 13th to Vegas. My wife and I got there on plenty of time and the boarding pass people were so slow. By the time we got to the desk with half hour to go they told us we missed our flight, I was confused so lady told me we would never make it through security on time, I said, "Let me try," but they refused to give me a pass, but would put me on stand by for a flight leaving 2 hours later, wasn't looking good getting on but we made it (only good thing that happened).
So made it to Vegas, great trip, so two hours early for flight home, about 10 people in front of boarding pass gate messing around for at least 30 minutes, and I finally said something and they moved, told us we missed our flight again, it was 3 and flight left at 4:15, so this was Saturday and they couldn't get me home till Monday. Can't do that. We both have jobs, so got flight to Denver and they wanted to pay 80 bucks for that, I refused, so 3 hours we left, and had 12 hour layover in Denver, love sleeping on the dirty floors, people sleeping everywhere. Got to San Antonio Sunday morning, got a rental car to Austin. Bottom line they wanna charge you for everything, customer service sucks, planes are filthy, and return plane flight all the power went out on the plane. If you wanna live go another airline, or rental car, never again will I give them money. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2019
My flight from Detroit to Orlando was cancelled at the last minute with no reason given (was NOT weather-related). Next available flight was not available for a full 24 hours later. Lost a full day from a four day vacation.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2019
Horrible customer service. Dirty planes! Was denied boarding for my first flight, was told to rebook, long story short do not waste your time or money with this airline. They refuse to refund any of my money! Waited TWO hours for my luggage after landing. NEVER again. Highly recommend you STAY FAR FAR away from this airline!!!
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
I received a piece of luggage from my family for Christmas 2018. I’d yet to fly with said piece of luggage. To escape the cold Wyoming winter, I surprised my family with a trip to Orlando out of Denver. First time the piece of luggage flew. Having a nice piece of LL Bean luggage is a nice thing to own. My return flight I was surprised to see the handle broken off. The baggage claim representative told me it wasn’t covered but to call “feedback or concerns”, she even commented on the fact that the piece of luggage was brand new.
Initially the claim lady was helpful and asked for pictures of the piece of luggage; her name was Krisha. She told me that while the luggage was normally not covered, she noticed how new it was and offered a settlement. Settlement options were:1. if I produced a receipt the frontier would cover the cost. 2. Give me $75.00 or 3. Award a $100 flight credit. Seems reasonable for a $365.00 piece of luggage doesn’t it?
Not that this truly matters, but needs to be mentioned. I am a disable combat veteran. I use a cane the majority of the time. Can you imagine how difficult it is to walk without another crutch, but to lug a piece of luggage across Denver’s airport without a handle and trying to use a cane for balance and mobility? I’ve spoken to two supervisors of Krisha (Olivia and Beverly), both commented on the situation that terms would be reworked with Krisha to replace the new piece of luggage.
Because of Frontiers (Indiogo LLC) formation as an LLC, consumer beware as there no real legal litigation you can pursue. It’s why folks love LLCs so much. You can be treated like crap and nothing you can really do about it, but boycott and pray that the company fails and falls flat on their faces. I would love to post pictures of the piece of luggage for evidence but site will not allow that. We will never be using Frontier again. I often wonder whatever happened to business 101? Treating customers like dirt only yields lower increases.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2019
Frontier Airlines advertises itself as a "low cost" airline, and indeed when you see the ticket prices, you think, "Gee this is great!" THEN you discover they have lied all along. You have to PAY for a seat-- EACH WAY. Seats range from $14 at the very back near the bathroom to $50 up front. THEN you go to check in, and discover that a CARRY ON BAG, FREE at all other airlines is $40 EACH WAY. I decided to cancel my whole trip at that point, but then they charge you $114 to cancel. You are stuck. I will NEVER NEVER NEVER AGAIN EVER FLY FRONTIER AIRLINES. AND ANOTHER THING. No one speaks English, you can't understand a thing any of the reps say, and they won't let you talk to a native English speaker.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
Have flown Frontier many times with no issues about my within the guideline carry on. Recently was charged $60 at the gate for the same carry on I’ve taken 6 other previous round trip flights. The young lady at the tunnel taking boarding passes was so rude and unprofessional every time I tried to speak. She cut me off and spoke louder. I called Frontier and they told me too bad on getting my money back for the charge, very disappointed with their customer service. I have decided I will never fly Frontier again! I guess human error doesn’t exist with their employees only their customers. Weak sauce Frontier!!!
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
My wife booked me a flight on frontier from Orlando to Detroit in October 2018. Flight from Orlando to Detroit was good but when I arrived there my bag was not there. There was no one from Frontier available to help me either. I returned the next day and had to file a missing bag report and was told my bag had been sent to another destination. To make a long story short I was headed to northern Michigan and had no warm clothing with me. I had to purchase new clothing for the trip as my bag never showed up all week. I finally told the airline to hold my bag in Detroit and I would pick it up on my return flight to Orlando.
When I arrived at the airport my bag was there but my flight was canceled. I was told I could not get another flight for two days. I am a 82 years old and was obviously upset so the ticket agent said there was a flight in half an hour to Tampa. I was given a slip of paper saying I could get a refund from Frontier for using American Airlines. That ticket cost me 345.31 plus 60.00 in EBC and FTF fees. We submitted a claim online and called customer service to be sure that they have the claim and have phoned customer service about 4-5 times as to the status of this claim and have been reassured that we would have a check in the mail in two weeks. The last time was the beginning of January. This has gone on now for 3 1/2 months and we have received NOTHING, no communication no check or anything!
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2019
Very unprofessional. Flight will always have delays and you will never be compensated if you want to be on time or remotely close to it. Choose another airline. I’m very disappointed??? In this airline after multiple attempts to get it right they won’t and they don’t care. Stay far away!!!
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2019
I booked a round trip flight on Expedia which had the return leg on Frontier. I booked the trip with the understanding I could cancel within 24hrs. I tried to cancel my flight an hour after booking but Frontier would not honor that agreement and gave me a credit only that expires in 90 days. This is very deceiving.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2019
Monday, 17 December, my 70-year-old mother and I got to the airport at 12:30 pm for flight 613 scheduled for 10:15 pm, hoping to check in and possibly get an earlier flight to Seattle. We found out the Frontier ticket desk did not open until 7 pm. As soon as we saw people at the ticket booth, we checked in and checked our bags, and were notified that the departure time had been revised from 10:15 to 10:50 pm. We proceeded to the terminal which still had our departure as “on time.”
I received text messages at 7:53 pm that gave a departure time of 10:26 and 10:14 pm, respectively, leaving me to believe the flight was again on time. Not until after 10:50 pm did they make an announcement that the flight had been delayed and we were waiting for the arrival, disembarking of passengers, and quick cleaning of the airplane. The plane finally arrived at around 11:30 pm, and they quickly loaded us onto the plane. My seat had not been cleaned, as there was garbage in the front pocket.
As I sat in my seat, I immediately smelled a stench of an overwhelming mechanical-type odor. I asked my mother if she could smell something, and she said, “yes.” My eyes began to burn, and my lungs began to burn, as well as my throat and the inside of my nose. My mother was experiencing the same sensations. We sat in the plane for almost an hour while the flight crew scurried around spraying Febreze or some kind of air freshener to mask the overwhelming odor, which made it worse. This added to the discomfort we were experiencing, especially when trying to breathe. We were very concerned at this point.
They pulled a couple of gentlemen dressed in pilot uniforms from their seats on the plane and brought them to the very front one at a time, and they never sat back down. The flight crew was making phone call after phone call, and the ticketing agents at some point came on board. They did not seem to be taking it very seriously, as chuckling and chattering was happening. The flight crew clearly knew early on that there was an issue and kept whispering to each other so that no passengers could hear them or read their lips, as well as discreetly covering their mouths and noses.
We had pulled away from the terminal at some point and sat on the tarmac. At 11:55 pm, I turned my phone back on and received text messages that the revised time was now 12:13 am and 1:30 am, respectively. A little after midnight, Tuesday, 18 December, a young male stood up and demanded to get off the plane, because he could not “stand it anymore.” At around 1 am, the pilot finally made an announcement that due to an odor in the plane that the flight crew noticed upon the start of engines, the plane was going to be deplaned, but the odor was clearly there before the plane started.
The plane then made its way back to the terminal and we got off. We were told that maintenance was going to fix the plane and it was now scheduled for 1:30 am. This was the first announcement made by the flight crew when I had already received the information by text almost 45 minutes prior. It became clear that communication to the passengers was not a priority.
Approximately 8 to 12 police showed up from the airport and stood at the back of the terminal, which seemed a bit odd, because the airport was closed. We were told to stay in the area because TSA was gone and there was no way to get back in. We were basically held hostage with no offering of water or food of any kind, or further explanation. At some point, the flight crew left, along with the 2 gentlemen dressed in pilot uniforms that were sitting on the plane, all walking past us, quite jovially with no final announcement made until well after 2 am.
They finally announced around 2 am, after being bombarded with questions because we were waiting, obviously with no flight crew. They said they needed to have a 15-minute powwow to decide how they were going to deal with the situation. Minutes later, they finally announced the flight was canceled, they told us we needed to get our luggage from downstairs, there was going to be a plane coming to get us, but not until 2:45 the next afternoon, and we were to meet them at the ticket counter where they would give the out of town people hotel vouchers, and tickets for the 2:45 pm flight to Denver. Our connecting flight to Seattle would have long been missed. They told the Miami people to go home.
My mother demanded a wheelchair, because her pain killers had worn off, and she had not eaten in 10 hours. Another young passenger had also asked for a wheelchair and we sat and waited. The other passenger apparently ended up walking down to the luggage terminal and ticket counter, as she did not want to wait any longer for the wheelchair.
At 2:55 am, we proceeded to the luggage area. When we got to the ticket counter, my mother, who was being wheeled in a wheelchair, was wheeled to the front of the line where we attempted to resolve our issue. I had looked up other flights for that morning, and American Airlines had one at 6:45 am to Seattle, just 3 or so hours later. The lady who was dealing with us, and not very nicely, was also helping the other passenger (who had earlier asked for a wheelchair), and told me that was not an option, they did not have the power to do that, and my options were a refund or the flight at 2:45 pm. She proceeded to tell me that Frontier could not and did not have the power to put us on a flight with another carrier; that they did not have any type of relationship with another carrier. She gave me a little piece of paper with Frontier Airlines information and told me to call if I had further questions or complaints.
I walked away from the ticket desk and tried to call the number on the piece of paper. There was no option to talk to anyone. The 2 ladies who were pushing my mother’s wheelchair and luggage were from American and had said Frontier should be booking us flights and told us American Airlines ticket counter did not open until 4 am. I returned back to the Frontier ticket counter and waited to talk to the agent again. As I waited, I heard the passenger who was being helped earlier return and say, “I do not need a hotel voucher.” I had decided out of total frustration, to get a refund of my money, because we were going to American Airlines to get on an earlier flight.
There was a line of people from Miami demanding to have Ubers and rides paid for them, or some sort of compensation; I have no idea what was done for them. The ticket agents needed to be told not to help the people from Miami, as they needed to help the out of towners. We made our way to the American Airlines area with my mom being pushed in a wheelchair. When we finally arrived to the other end of the airport, the 2 women helping my mother took pictures of our Frontier tickets for compensation from Frontier, as they worked for American Airlines.
While we were waiting to check in to American Airlines, I saw the other passenger from the Frontier flight. I made my way to her and asked what Frontier did for her, because I was already frustrated that no compensation was made for either my mother or myself for what we had endured. She told me that Frontier had booked her on the American Airlines flight. Apparently, I was bold-faced lied to by the Frontier agent. I asked her how that came about and she responded, “I’m sick.” All of us had just been poisoned in a plane, we were all sick. Just because I did not reveal all my medical health problems and that the reason my mother was in a wheelchair was because she was recovering from 2 broken legs at the age of 70 years old, I did not get booked on an American Airlines flight.
When American Airlines ticket counter finally opened, I talked to one of the ticket agents and she said all Frontier has to do is call us to book a flight. She was powerless, but all it took on Frontier’s part was a phone call. We were not offered a hotel voucher by the Frontier agent; she never offered us anything, but the 2:45 flight or a refund. We got no compensation. She gave me my money back. I ended up paying $879.80 to get my mother and myself on an American Airlines flight so we could get back around the same time Frontier had obligated themselves when I purchased the tickets.
After the 5 hours wasted with Frontier, we had been at the airport for almost 24 hours, had not eaten for 12 hours, and had no water for at least 8 hours, and no access to get any of those commodities. Everything we experienced was total and utter chaos, a total absence of communication, and total absence of consideration.
When I finally got home, I had received 2 vouchers from Frontier for $150 a piece, which is useless to me, because after what we encountered I will never fly Frontier again. After stewing in my own thoughts and frustration of how this all turned out, I added up all of the vouchers everyone else was getting if they took the 2:45 flight (apparently); $150 each ($300) for future flight, $100 each ($200) for hotel accommodations, and $10 each ($20) for food vouchers. If they had not refunded my money ($376.80) and booked my mother and myself on the American Airlines flight I requested, they would have actually saved about $17. Instead of keeping customers happy, they decided to make it truly a nightmare.
My mother and I were returning from a cruise where we were treated like royalty, and then our quite expensive vacation was single-handily dismantled and destroyed by Frontier Airlines. This terrible occurrence is the only thing we have talked about since we got home, not about our tremendously wonderful cruise. I can only imagine they did the same to the other passengers in the plane; ruined vacations, or planned on vacations, as well the children and babies that were on board sucking in toxic fumes.
Since returning home, my mother has had worsening asthma symptoms, headache, burning throat, shortness of breath, and nausea. I have had a terrible headache, sore throat, shortness of breath, and nausea. I contacted Frontier in the expectations of compensation for my mother and myself for the turmoil spent with Frontier Airlines. I refused to accept vouchers, or future flights with Frontier, as I expected repayment of at least the money I was out for buying tickets to American Airlines to get us home ($503). The lady has refused to pay for our entire ticket (less $10 each) or the $30 each I paid for my baggage. They want to bicker about $80 instead of doing what is right and making me whole. I will not stop until I get my entire $503.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2019
I bought roundtrip tickets January 2019 from Denver to Los Angeles. The flight out there was delayed 6 hours, 4 of which we sat on the plane for an apparent update of a maintenance issue. This was well into the lunch hour when we were on the plane and I was traveling with a 1yr old and 12 yr old. Frontier still charged for snacks and beverage even though the plane was delayed so long. My baby ran out of water for his bottles and I still had to pay Frontier for a bottle of water to make him a bottle.
The return flight home the plane was filthy. My seat had ketchup (or I hope it was ketchup and not blood) smeared all over the back of the seat in front of me, there where crumbs all over the floor of the plane at which my son kept dropping his pacifier in, and there was a sticky residue on one of the arms to the seats which had hair plastered and dangling off of. I complained to the flight attendant and she replied, "Oh we don't have anyone to clean our planes!" So she got me a paper towel and handed it to me to wipe off the back of the seat that had ketchup. NICE!!! Then I also smelled smoke and complained of that to the flight attendants who quickly replied, "Oh we don't smell anything, if you continue to smell it let me know we can give you some spray to eliminate the odor!"
The guy that sat next to me was juuling **. I caught him and took a photo. My one-year-old is adopted and was exposed to drugs in utero and I feel like I was made to put his health in jeopardy over the filth and drugs exposure while on the plane. And seriously nothing was done about it while I complained. I deplaned and immediately went to customer service in which they issued a flight voucher which wasn't even the cost of my plane ticket of $88.
SERIOUSLY??? My husband and I once took a later flight with Frontier because of overbooking and received $600 a piece in flight vouchers. I feel like my child health and the 6 hour delay is worth more than the and overbooking fee of $600.... A measly $75 voucher is what I received for the problems I had with Frontier... Big Joke. I will charge them a hefty cleaning service fee!
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2019
I have never experience harassment from an airline employee until we fly Frontier. Here is the some background, this is our first time flying Frontier, when we arrived for our first flight in Orlando, we went up to the customer service desk to check in our daughter stroller, and car seat and carry on. But the rep there told us “Oh no you that bag wouldn’t be considered a paid carry on because it was our daughter's suitcase."
Now on our returning flight back to Orlando. The moment we went through security (literally a 5 minute process because the airport is so small) and sat down at our seat, an old lady came up to me without stating her name or credentials, she had a black coat on (no Frontier uniform on) and asked me to check in our stroller and ask me did we pay for our carry on (mind you, we arrived at 8:30 and the flight was not departing till 10:51. I immediately thought what is the rush, this airport is super small and we have plenty of time before the flight departs). When I told her we have time for all of that, she started looking at me with an attitude and said it’s best to do it early, "Please do it now." When I told her, we will take care of it when we are ready, she stormed off, rolled her eyes, and told the reps behind the desk about us.
When I got to the gate, they immediately said, “You need to pay for your bag” and the old lady with the blonde hair stood right next to her. At this point I looked at her and asked her to please stop harassing me over a $50 carry while I hold my infant. My husband who was behind me started telling the rep what the Orlando Rep said and that if it’s not the same case okay we will pay. Before he could even finish his sentence, the old lady immediately interrupted and said we have to pay or we won’t board. We weren’t even attempting to board but rather trying to talk, She literally stood in our, and harassed us.
I have never experience such a rude and disrespectful employee in my life. We had every intentions on paying for that bag but what was so frustrating was the fact that she would not let us finish our sentence, assumed we wouldn’t pay, and threaten us by saying she won’t let us board the flight. I should of listen to and sticked to my gut when I saw so many bad review about this airline. There’s a reason, their flights are so cheap! They are never on time, there’s an extra fee for everything, no snacks on the plane and ride employees! Needless to say we will never fly Frontier again. I would not recommend this airline to anyone. Stay away!
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2019
This is based on my own experience. Took a flight in Jan 2019 from NYC to Miami and I was highly disappointed, flight departed 2 hours late and arrived Almost 4 AM!! Carry on is $50 by the gate so it’s not a low cost airline and the SEATS are exceedingly narrow, don’t recline and very thin with barely any padding and extremely uncomfortable and No complimentary anything. All I can say is that it’s Disgusting and turned me off And to add insult to injury the Tray-table is comical- child like and that is an understatement.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2019
So, I booked a trip from St. Louis to Denver back in October of 2018. My return flight back home was canceled for no reason. And when I say no reason, I mean there was no inclement weather, no flight risks... NOTHING. Maybe the pilot didn't show up for work that morning. Maybe there wasn't a plane available... Who knows??? So, I get an email from Frontier saying they're sorry for the unexpected cancellation, and I was directed to rebook my flight through Trip Easy. I did that and had to come up with nearly an additional $400 to book a flight through American Airlines. I was told that I would receive a refund for the rebooked flight.
My flight was canceled 10/17/18. Today is 1/22/19. 4 MONTHS. Do you think I've received a refund? NO. I was told that the refund check was sent 10/18/18. I never received it. I called 11/20/18 asking about the refund. I gave my new address to the customer rep. I was told to wait an additional 10-14 business days. I called 12/3/18 and told a customer rep that I had still not received my refund check. I was told to wait again. On 12/11/18, I contacted Frontier Airlines yet again via email. Someone called me back and said they were reissuing a refund check and told me to wait an 6-8 additional weeks.
So, here we are today, 1/22/19. I've been getting the runaround for 4 months for something that is owed to me. I'm currently on the phone with customer service as I type this email. And I can guarantee you that I'm going to be told to wait again. At this point I don't know what to do. So here's what I'll tell you to do. Save yourself a headache, a possible stranding in a place that isn't home, and extra money that you really don't have available to spending... DON'T BOOK WITH FRONTIER. UPDATE!!! I was told to wait... *Drumroll* 8 MORE DAYS!!! Spare yourself a 4 month ordeal.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2019
BEWARE. THE FRONTIER MC BARCLAYS PROGRAM IS A SCAM. I signed up and paid $79 with the understanding that 40,000 miles would activate after my first purchase and I could apply them for a year. It is 5 months later (after activating) and the miles haven't accrued to my account. And, my account information states they will expire in another 2 months (7 months after I signed up). Friends of mine have expressed they've experienced similar problems.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019
I was disgruntled at the $50 fee for our carry on luggage. Granted if I had done my research I would of discovered this before booking my flight, but I still think it is a ripoff. The on flight service and amenities were terrible. There were no complimentary beverages or snacks. Even on our 4 hour flight. The trays were too small to play cards on or lay a book on for crossword puzzles. The seats did not recline. And to top it all off there were no monitors on the back of the seats. Which granted I could of done without the monitors, if I could of played cards or tilted my seat back to sleep a bit and make the time go by. I will never fly Frontier again. And I will not recommend it to anyone I know.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2019
This was our first time using Frontier Airlines and I can promise it will be the LAST. My son who was home from the Army on leave for the holidays booked his return flight with Frontier. His flight was scheduled to leave Orlando international airport at 8:55 pm. He arrived at the airport 2 hours prior to his flight like recommended. Unfortunately the security check line was astronomical and by the time he made it through security his flight was scheduled to leave in approximately 10 min. He gets to the Frontier gate and was told he would not be allowed on the flight. Of course he asked why and the very rude obnoxious gentleman told him he was late and could not board the flight.
My son explained to him that he was in the security check line for almost 2 hours and the man still refused to let him board. Fortunately a very nice lady who worked at the airport but not for Frontier overheard this conversation and politely intervened and told my son that she was very sorry he was being treated and talk to so rudely by the Frontier employee. She told him to go to Southwest, give her name and explain to them what just occurred between my son and Frontier. He did and they gave him a direct flight to Kansas and only charged him $100 for the ticket. Mind you he had already paid $298 for his ticket through Frontier.
As many of you may know, when you are in the military you have to be back to base on the date they give you by midnight. If you aren't signed in by midnight they can charge you with going AWOL. My son explained this to the Frontier employee as well, he told my son that wasn't his problem. My son filed a formal complaint with Frontier and may possibly receive a $99 refund, not holding my breath but we'll see.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2019
My daughter left her phone on a plane. I track it to Miami airport. After calling the phone, an airline attendant answers. Takes my contact information. I track the phone for three days at Miami airport until the battery dies. I fill out the forms to get it back. A week Denver claims they never got our phone. They claim lost items are sent to Denver daily but I tracked it for 3 days in Miami. Frontier should check into their employees as the phone had magically disappeared.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2019
I recently bought my first ever airline ticket with Frontier. Cost relative to the flight I thought was awesome, but I obviously didn't take enough time to read all the fine print in their policies. I bought the ticket 6 days out from my flight day. Later that day something out of my control changed and I had to cancel my flight. I did cancel my flight and noted the $99 penalty on the refund since I was canceling within 7 days. Since I bought 6 days out, there was no way around this.
However, the part I didn't fully understand is that it required two different steps to get an actual refund. And that second step needs to happen within the first 24 hours of the cancelled trip. So, to my surprise when my credit card bill came in, I saw the entire charge and questioned it, but then I saw I had a flight credit, and thought ok, that is not so bad, I might be flying again in the next couple months and can use it. Not, knowing that I had already missed the refund window anyways.
Then about 6 weeks later when I knew I wasn't going to be flying again, I submitted for the refund back to my card, and was promptly told I only have 24 hours to do that. I replied back stating this was my first time ever using Frontier and asked for reconsideration. They promptly responded again, there was nothing they could do. Now, I have flown 100's of flights, just never did on Frontier, so knowing that I think I can easily avoid flying on them again as a dissatisfied customer. But the fact that either they didn't believe me (although they have all my records or lack thereof to prove it), or they are so stringent that they would bend their rules for a first timer also speaks to the service they offer. I will avoid them at all costs after my experience with them.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2018
I flew Frontier back in October of 2018 round trip. First flight was fine. Return was TERRIBLE! Woman at ticket counter was just foul. Had a scowl on her face when I arrived (an hour and 15 minutes BEFORE flight!) and told me I was late! Would NOT let me board, rebooked me for 3 DAYS LATER, and acted like she did me a favor by waiving the rebooking fee!!! (Called the airline regarding this and was told there was "nothing they could do about it")
I thought I'd give them another shot and flew with them on December 26th 2018. Ended up sitting at the gate for SIX hours!! Yes. SIX hours! They told us the delay was due to bad weather from where the plane was coming from. So the plane itself was four hours delayed but we had no crew for our flight. So we had to sit for an additional 2 hours waiting for a crew. When we finally got on the plane, we were told the plane delay was due to a customer issue. Hmmm which was it...weather or customer? Don't lie to your customers FFS!
I just arrived back home and all I have to say is...never again! ANOTHER delayed flight. My flight was their first flight of the day and they boarded on time but we sat on that plane for an hour and 30 minutes before it actually left the gate due to (what we were told anyway) "TSA being backed up and a mechanical issue". When we were deplaning, after half the plane had already exited we were yelled at by one of the stewardesses to sit down immediately! They were afraid the plane might tip over because the balance between luggage and passengers was off!! Another lie? IDK, but that scared me. The ONLY reason I'm giving any stars is because the in-flight crews were very friendly and accommodating...and because I am grateful of the crew that shuttled over to Tampa from Orlando late at night so we could get to NY.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2018
Frontier Airlines has been the absolute worst experience we have ever had with travel. My family chose a direct flight from RDU to DEN via Frontier and received 3 out of 4 of our checked bags. The 4th bag never arrived and after speaking with a representative, we quickly learned that this was nearly expected of this airline. However, this bag happened to contain all of our expensive and necessary ski equipment, so it creates a much bigger issue than a normal lost baggage claim. We have attempted to contact Frontier several dozen times, and succeeded only a handful of times, only to receive the same speech stating that they don’t have a clue where our bag is, but that they are sorry and do not know what we should do about our belongings but they guarantee they won’t reimburse us or help at all.
We are now in Denver, paying for lodging, and unable to use the ski lift tickets that we’ve paid for because Frontier will not reimburse us for anything until a week has passed and they will then decide the bag is “missing.” Well, in a week we will be back home and short several thousand dollars because of Frontier’s carelessness and incompetence. Frontier has offered no solutions to their mistake, and has been very clear that they do not care at all. They are knowingly ruining paying customers’ vacations and making no effort to remedy the situation because they are more concerned with making money and cutting their costs.
Needless to say, we are never going to fly with Frontier again. In addition, we are making it our mission to warn as many friends and family as we can to avoid this airline at all costs, because it’s become so evident that they will cut corners to cut costs and maximize their profit off of their trusting and innocent customers. We simply do not feel safe flying at 30,000 feet on an airplane owned and operated by an airline company that has proven to value money and profit over the well being of their customers. I’d like to warn everyone reading this to avoid using Frontier, because a (slightly) cheaper flight is definitely not worth the costs of replacing your belongings, and especially not worth the risk it may pose to your safety.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2018
I have flown many Frontier flights over the years. I know they nickel and dime you and I know to pack real light (i.e. a backpack under my seat). I know that most likely we will not get there on time and I plan for that. There is always a delay. I think I’ve only ever had 1 of their flights leave on time. I expect this. However in the last year I have had not 1 but TWO FLIGHTS CANCELED ON ME. WE SPENT HOURS AT THE AIRPORT DELAYED AND DELAYED. The crew at the desk would make the announcements and just disappear with no answers as to why.
In this latest cancellation, the flight was delayed 3 hrs and now set to depart at 6:08pm. The other flight lands, deplanes, and we get ready to board. Then they close the gate. It’s been 30 mins and no one has told us anything. We see a Frontier agent and ask them what’s happening. They said they just need the captain to sign off on some paperwork and they can board the plane. Then we start seeing that the flight is saying cancelled online. We ask the agents, they know nothing.
When you call Frontier, they said our flight was in-flight! Are you serious? Finally they come out and announce that the flight is cancelled but they have no idea how we can get our bags and go about finding another way to get to our destination. We wait at the gate for another hour, HOUR, while they say their manager is coming with information. A manager never came. They still had no idea. They said the reason the flight couldn’t take off is because they were short 1 crew member. They couldn’t find ANYONE to staff their flight. Are you serious?
We finally get told our baggage will be in baggage claim and wait another 30 mins for it with, as you guessed, no one to give us any information. In the line for the ticket counter they give us a paper that says we can use a website to rebook our flight and that we will be reimbursed with the cost up-to $400. A new flight on American so I can get to my destination cost me $410. I’m now worried based off of other reviews that I may not see that money.
Things happen, I get it. However, you should keep your passengers aware of the situation in a timely manner so they can adjust their plans. PERIOD. Your staff should know what is happening and should be able to answer questions (BOTH IN PERSON, ONLINE, and over the phone). Being held hostage in the airport for 5+ hours with no idea what is happening, how I can get to my destination, and how I can get my bag is ridiculous. TL;DR DON'T FLY FRONTIER. Just don’t. The likelihood that your flight will get cancelled is high and in the end you will shell out more money than the $100 you saved. TRUST ME.
Frontier Airlines Company Information
- Company Name:
- Frontier Airlines
- Year Founded:
- 1994
- Address:
- 7001 Tower Rd.
- City:
- Denver
- State/Province:
- CO
- Postal Code:
- 80249
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.flyfrontier.com
