Speaker 1: One of my favorite people.
Speaker 2: Her name is Amy Leak. She is a fellow travel
Speaker 2: lover like I am, and last year she and her
Speaker 2: husband bought one of these frontier passes that allow you
Speaker 2: to buy flights for just the cost of taxes and
Speaker 2: fees and luggage and stuff like that, and you can
Speaker 2: do it for a year and they're only two hundred
Speaker 2: ninety nine dollars. They're on sale for like seven more
Speaker 2: hours today. So if you're thinking about this, I thought
Speaker 2: i'd bring Amy on to talk about what she experienced
Speaker 2: with this. Amy, First of all, let's talk about let
Speaker 2: you guys, let you travel a lot, right.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, not just for work but for pleasure.
Speaker 2: So you guys bought this pass last year? Was that
Speaker 2: the first past? The first time you'd ever bought that?
Speaker 2: Was that the first time they'd ever offered it?
Speaker 1: This is well, we bought it as soon as they
Speaker 1: offered it, and it was We've had it for two years.
Speaker 1: This will be our third year. But we don't have
Speaker 1: any kids, So I think that's a disclaimer people need
Speaker 1: to know.
Speaker 2: So tell me how the process works.
Speaker 1: You buy the pass and what you buy the pass,
Speaker 1: and then if you're flying domestically, you book within twenty
Speaker 1: four hours and then you pay only taxes and fees. Now,
Speaker 1: the caveat is that there are blackout days like a
Speaker 1: ski resort, so you can't fly, you know, the day
Speaker 1: before Christmas for fifteen dollars. But it's been pretty flexible.
Speaker 1: I've never had one outside of a blackout day where
Speaker 1: I can't get on a flight.
Speaker 2: So really nice to really Now where have you used
Speaker 2: this to go?
Speaker 1: We've on to Chicago, Washington, DC. You can go to Mexico.
Speaker 1: Now for Mexico travel, you get to book ten days
Speaker 1: in advance instead of twenty four hours. So that's kind
Speaker 1: of nice. If you're going to Cabo, wherever you want
Speaker 1: to go.
Speaker 2: Now, when you pull up the flight that you want
Speaker 2: to take, can you see how many seats are available
Speaker 2: so you know whether or not it's even They don't
Speaker 2: black out specific flights right, just.
Speaker 1: Dates correct, just specific dates, and when you log in,
Speaker 1: like sometimes I'll go two days before and I'll see
Speaker 1: how many you know, seats are open still just to
Speaker 1: make sure I'm good. But if you're going from DC
Speaker 1: to Denver, there's three flights a day, so even if
Speaker 1: I miss one, I can get the one later you know.
Speaker 2: So you said you don't have kids, you feel like
Speaker 2: that could be a problem if you were trying to
Speaker 2: book all family.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's hard to schedule. Like if you
Speaker 1: get in a situation where you do need to stay overnight,
Speaker 1: you know it might be expensive. The other thing I
Speaker 1: have is the Frontier credit card, and so I get
Speaker 1: to pick my seats, I get a free bag, right,
Speaker 1: so I stuck the benefits, which has been good for me.
Speaker 2: So you're obviously doing this again this year. How much
Speaker 2: do you think? How many flights did you have to
Speaker 2: take to pay for this thing?
Speaker 1: Well, they're one way flights when you book them. You
Speaker 1: can't book round trip either, so think about that. But
Speaker 1: I have probably flown thirty or thirty five times using
Speaker 1: the pass YEP.
Speaker 2: This is I mean, you know, I'm not a super
Speaker 2: fan of Frontier. They left me hanging a few years
Speaker 2: ago and I've never forget in them for that. But
Speaker 2: other airlines have left me hanging. And so I also
Speaker 2: don't like being nickel and dime to death, which is
Speaker 2: another thing. Now you still do you find yourself paying?
Speaker 2: You have to pay for luggage, right, so what is
Speaker 2: bag fees on Frontier?
Speaker 1: Now you don't. If you have the credit card, you
Speaker 1: get two free checked bags. Now, so credit card they
Speaker 1: give you it costs one hundred dollars a year or something,
Speaker 1: and you get one hundred dollars flight credit. Like it
Speaker 1: does pay for itself. It's been a great little card
Speaker 1: for me.
Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate you making time today. And this is
Speaker 2: not an ad for Frontier in any way, shape or form,
Speaker 2: but I figured if we could get somebody on that
Speaker 2: had a little experience with this, it would let somebody
Speaker 2: else know if they think this is a good idea.
Speaker 2: Are there any downsides that you have experienced that you
Speaker 2: would say, Okay, you just need to know about this.
Speaker 1: Their customer service is horrible, so you know, don't expect
Speaker 1: that you're going to call and talk to someone. They
Speaker 1: they're not always very helpful, but they do give you
Speaker 1: your money back if you're delayed like things like that.
Speaker 1: So it's worked for me, but it might not be foreveryone,
Speaker 1: that's for.
Speaker 2: Sure, Amy Leak, I appreciate your time today and your
Speaker 2: expertise on the Frontier Pass.
Speaker 1: I will talk to you soon, sister, my pleasure. Thank you.
Speaker 2: Bye,