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November 13, 2006
Frontier vs. AirTran
When my research heard about something brewing between Frontier Airlines and AirTran i started to think of the ying and yang and come to the conclusion that it is pretty easy to say this is a huge plus to each program. While there are a few caveats, I'm all for it and here's the advice:
- If choosing one from the other - go with Frontier Early Returns. Frontier has miles that do not expire with some sort of activity within a two-year period. AirTran on the other had has credits that expire 12 months after being posted.
- AirTran members gain tremendously because they already have the ability to redeem their awards out on any airline they choose, even if it is not AirTran. That award for a domestic ticket is currently 32 credits. By having Frontier as a new redemption partner, if you can redeem somewhere in the Frontier network out west, then the ticket is now 24 credits, a savings of 8 credits.
- Frontier members if they play their reservations right, can gain access to a two-class partner, that is upgrade to a business class seat when traveling. AirTran has one of the easiest and friendliest ways for members to move forward in the plane.
- While Frontier members can redeem on AirTran for 20,000 miles (5K more than redeeming on Frontier) it's an easy price to pay for the extra advantage of more places to earn miles and besides, the 20K award is a better deal than the 25K award with United, Frontiers main competitor.
- While billed as the first merger/relationship of its kind for low-cost carriers, uh, I really hate to take on the spinners for this angle, but i think they are now just under one year after Southwest and ATA announced a similar relationship. But ask AVIS, being the second into these types of relationships isn't all that bad.
- What I like about the deal is that the analysts on Wall Street were all predicting that Frontier and Spirit might make good merger partners because of the compatibility of its fleet, but as we see here, alliances for the second tier airlines can also be played out and with even better gains. Frontier may still be able to play the field for another or others partners and they gain significantly with this virtual merger.
- One caveat, so don't blame me if you mess up after reading this. The only way this works is if you do indeed book your travel on the airline partner, either Frontier or AirTran, within the airlines Web sites. Going to Expedia, booking a ticket and then trying to get cross program credit is not going to get you anywhere. This is similar to some of the restrictions that hotel programs have in that you won't earn credit when booking through a third party agent. So, bonus miles and credits beware.
And in closing, there is one more silver lining to this: all those dumpster divers who earned credits in the AirTran program by collecting used drink cups at Wendy's will have somewhere else now to fly.
Bottom line: No one is harmed and everyone should be very happy with this reciprocal frequent flyer deal, i know I am.
Posted by Randy Petersen at November 13, 2006 5:51 AM
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