Sometimes. It depends on where you fly.
On the 571 days we compared, Discount Den was cheaper on 564 of them (99%), by $11 on average. Count the days it saved nothing and that's about $11 per one-way trip.
A quick test: divide Frontier's current yearly fee by $11. That's roughly how many one-way trips from Philadelphia 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
- Charlotte: 100% of days, $2 when cheaper
- Chicago: 100% of days, $3 when cheaper
Barely helped
- Raleigh/Durham: 69% of days, $5 when cheaper
- Fort Lauderdale: 94% of days, $1 when cheaper
- San Juan: 94% of days, $1 when cheaper
Since oct 26. Fares we saw on checks made 0 to 2 days before departure (0 to 10 for Punta Cana and Cancun). Fares booked further ahead can be different.