Frontier Airlines

Annual fee: $99
Network: mastercard
Type: personal

Earn 5x miles on eligible purchases made at flyfrontier.com, 3x miles on restaurant purchases, and 1x miles on all other purchases.

Heads up: Rates, fees, and welcome offers below are pulled directly from the issuer and refreshed continuously. Confirm final terms on the issuer site before applying.

Perqt Analysis

Three ways to value this card. Only one of them is yours.

01Published

$240

What the issuer advertises.

02Realistic

$140

Pays out with no hoops.

03Yours

Open your wallet

From your real spend and redemptions.

$100 of the advertised value — 42% — comes with strings attached.

Why Perqt says this

$240 advertised across 2 benefits.
$100 (42%) needs a booking, enrollment, or deadline.
Biggest credit — $100 Flight Voucher (Spend Tier), $100 — comes with conditions.
Two Free Checked Bags ($140) posts automatically. No hoops.
No-hoops value covers 141% of the annual fee.

Better fit if

You'll actually use $100 Flight Voucher (Spend Tier).
You'll actually use Two Free Checked Bags.
17× on eligible Frontier purchases matches your spend.

Probably not if

You won't use $100 Flight Voucher (Spend Tier).

How Perqt calculates this

Welcome offer

Earn up to 60,000 Travel Miles after qualifying account activity: 50,000 Travel Miles after spending $500 on purchases and paying the annual fee in full within the first 90 days of account opening, plus 10,000 Travel Miles after adding at least one authorized user who makes a purchase within the first 90 days.

Minimum spend: $500
Within: 3 mo

Earning rates

All other purchases
1×
miles
Frontier Miles
Top earn
Eligible Frontier purchases
Mileage earning differs for Basic Fares. Cardmembers earn 12 miles for membership/non-Basic Fare and 5 miles for using the card.
17×
miles
Frontier Miles
Eligible restaurant purchases
3×
miles
Frontier Miles

On-card benefits & credits

Two Free Checked Bags
$140
/Annual
Primary cardmembers receive two free checked bags on Frontier Airlines operated flights. Tickets must be purchased directly from Frontier.
$100 Flight Voucher (Spend Tier)
$100
/Annual
Unlocks after $2500 calendar-year spend on the card. Receive a $100 flight voucher every account anniversary.
Instant Elite Gold Status (Spend Tier)
$0
/Annual
Receive Elite Gold Status for 90 days after your first purchase. Keep it for 12 months by spending $3,000 within the first 90 days of account opening.
Miles Never Expire
$0
/Annual
Miles never expire as long as your card account remains open and in good standing.
No Foreign Transaction Fees
$0
/As needed
No foreign transaction fees on international purchases.
Priority Boarding
$0
/Annual
Enjoy Group 4 priority boarding on Frontier flights.
Award Redemption Fee Waiver
$0
/Annual
Award redemption fee is waived when using your card to pay related taxes and fees on award bookings.

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