Sometimes. It depends on where you fly.
On the 729 days we compared, Discount Den was cheaper on 706 of them (97%), by $13 on average. Count the days it saved nothing and that's about $13 per one-way trip.
A quick test: divide Frontier's current yearly fee by $13. That's roughly how many one-way trips from Miami a year, booked close to departure like these, before the membership pays for itself.
Paid off most often
- Baltimore: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Cincinnati: 100% of days, $27 when cheaper
- Denver: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
Barely helped
- Atlanta: 41% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Houston: 82% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Cleveland: 88% of days, $1 when cheaper
Since oct 26. Fares we saw on checks made 0 to 2 days before departure (0 to 10 for Guatemala City). Fares booked further ahead can be different.