Every all you can fly pass has an asterisk, and for GoWild the biggest one is blackout dates. Roughly 40 days a year, mostly clustered around holidays, the pass doesn't work. Buy it knowing this and you'll never feel ambushed; discover it at the airport on July 4th weekend and you'll write an angry review.
New here? Our series starts with what the GoWild Pass is and how the booking window works.
The 2026 blackout dates
Here is the list circulating for 2026. Frontier can adjust these, so treat this as a planning reference and confirm the current calendar on the airline's site before you count on a specific date.
| Month | Dates | What's happening |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1, 3-4, 15-16, 19 | New Year travel, MLK weekend |
| February | 12-13, 16 | Presidents Day weekend |
| March | 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 | Spring break weekends |
| April | 3-6, 10-12 | Easter, spring break tail |
| May | 21-22, 25 | Memorial Day weekend |
| June | 25-28 | Early summer peak |
| July | 2-6 | Independence Day |
| September | 3-4, 7 | Labor Day weekend |
| October | 8-9, 11-12 | Fall holiday weekend |
| November | 24-25, 28-30 | Thanksgiving |
| December | 19-31 | Christmas and New Year |
The edge-date strategy
Experienced passholders don't fight blackout dates. They fly the edges.
Every blackout cluster is bracketed by wide open days. Fly out on December 17th instead of the 20th and come home January 2nd instead of December 31st, and you just built a two week holiday trip where both flights were pass eligible. Even better, the edge days tend to have excellent GoWild availability because everyone else is flying inside the peak.
What if I have to travel on a blackout date?
You can always buy a regular ticket like anyone else. Passholders sometimes forget this. If Christmas Day is non-negotiable, buy that one flight with cash and use the pass for the other 300+ days of the year. The pass doesn't have to cover every trip to pay for itself.
Do blackout dates make the pass a bad deal?
Run the numbers. Around 40 blackout days still leaves you 320+ eligible days. If your travel life revolves entirely around Christmas, Thanksgiving, and spring break week, the pass is fighting your calendar and probably isn't for you. If you can travel whenever, the blackouts barely register.
Next in the series, we tackle the question everyone cares about: is this thing worth the money?
Quick answers
Can I be at my destination during a blackout period?
Yes. Blackout dates only restrict the days your flights depart. Fly out before the blackout starts, stay through it, and fly home after it ends.
Can I still fly on a blackout date if I really need to?
Yes, just not on the pass. You can always buy a regular cash ticket for that date like any other traveler.
Do GoWild blackout dates change?
The airline publishes the calendar in advance but can adjust it, so always confirm the current list on the official site before locking in plans around a specific date.
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