Sometimes. It depends on where you fly.
On the 703 days we compared, Discount Den was cheaper on 701 of them (100%), by $5 on average. Count the days it saved nothing and that's about $5 per one-way trip.
A quick test: divide Frontier's current yearly fee by $5. That's roughly how many one-way trips from Minneapolis/St. Paul a year, booked close to departure like these, before the membership pays for itself.
Paid off most often
- Atlanta: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Denver: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Las Vegas: 100% of days, $3 when cheaper
Barely helped
- Dallas/Fort Worth: 88% of days, $2 when cheaper
- Atlanta: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Denver: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
Since oct 27. Fares we saw on checks made 0 to 2 days before departure. Fares booked further ahead can be different.