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Getting to fly Frontier Airlines for the first time

July 24th, 2009 at 10:45am Thomas V. Bona

Leaving soon on vacation to Denver and then Santa Fe, and other than a possible outbound trip report I won’t be updating the blog until the first week in August. There may be a couple more posts today, though.

So, as a transportation dork, I managed to convince my wife to let us drive to Chicago Midway International Airport to fly Frontier to Denver (”DirecTV!” I said. She rolled her eyes.)

Never flew on them before. As far as I can remember, the airlines I’ve flown on are: Aer Lingus, AirTran, Allegiant, American, ATA, Continental, Eastern, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and United.Only two deceased ones.

I’ve also never been to Colorado and New Mexico, so looking forward to that. The downside to all this, of course, is the drive to Midway. But the airport has improved over the years (way better than my just-out-of-college days of taking ATA out of there), and we got a good deal on parking.

(You know how RFD’s slogan is “The way flying should be”? Chicago airports should go with “The way flying is. Deal with it.”)

Any Frontier fans out there?

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3 Comments Add your own

1. renita | July 24th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Midway is way better than it used to be. And has fewer problems than O’Hare. But that is a haul for you guys. Plus the landings can be slightly terrifying.
2. Sally Hanks | July 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Why didn’t you fly from MKE?

Frontier is the best. I am amazed, yet happy, that they have been able to survive both the current economic climate as well as the DEN battle…..a testament to the superior flying experience that they offer.

If you’re connecting to ABQ, there is a Mexican restaurant in Concourse A that’s pretty good.
3. Thomas V. Bona | July 26th, 2009 at 10:47 pm

Sally - the times from MKE didn’t work for us. Or the prices. I dont know, it made sense at the time

We just flew to DEN, saw a ballgame, spent the night at a NICE hotel (yay Priceline) and drove down today.

Thanks for the tips though.