Sometimes. It depends on where you fly.
On the 742 days we compared, Discount Den was cheaper on 727 of them (98%), by $7 on average. Count the days it saved nothing and that's about $7 per one-way trip.
A quick test: divide Frontier's current yearly fee by $7. That's roughly how many one-way trips from Raleigh/Durham a year, booked close to departure like these, before the membership pays for itself.
Paid off most often
- Buffalo: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Denver: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Detroit: 100% of days, $1 when cheaper
Barely helped
- Philadelphia: 71% of days, $1 when cheaper
- Atlanta: 76% of days, $4 when cheaper
- Fort Lauderdale: 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.