Sometimes. It depends on where you fly.
On the 626 days we compared, Discount Den was cheaper on 604 of them (96%), by $18 on average. Count the days it saved nothing and that's about $17 per one-way trip.
A quick test: divide Frontier's current yearly fee by $17. That's roughly how many one-way trips from Charlotte a year, booked close to departure like these, before the membership pays for itself.
Paid off most often
- Baltimore: 100% of days, $2 when cheaper
- Denver: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- New York City: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
Barely helped
- Miami: 64% of days, $12 when cheaper
- Fort Lauderdale: 77% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Houston: 88% of days, $1 when cheaper
Since oct 26. Fares we saw on checks made 0 to 2 days before departure. Fares booked further ahead can be different.