Frontier Airlines Hidden fees Denver Colorado

OK! I think I am at the end of this challenge. I continued to do some digging and found a web site, www.farecompare.com. I did discover that my "personal bag" will not incur a fee for carry on. That means I will have one unexpected luggage fee in each direction of the round trip. Supposedy, I can limit this fee to $20.00 by using web check in, that is on line baggage checking. Right now, I can't find how to do that on FlyFrontier.com. So, I will have to wait until tomorrow, Monday, to talk to a human and figure out how to do that. Assuming all ends up as expected I can dispense with this saga and add nothing more.

All in all, as I said at the beginning I am a highly infrequent flyer. This was a very unpleasant flying experince, for me, and I haven't even gotten to the airport yet. I have had my concerns about the perceived problems with flying and this far exceeds those concerns.

Hopefully, signing off, Terry

It is the next day, after filing this report it occured to me that not only would I have to pay a fee to carry my bag on the plane but they may also charge a fee for carrying on my briefcase. Wouldn't that be abso,lutley the end. So, I decided to try FlyFrontier.com again to get to the bottom of these fees. First, after some additional searching I did find how to supposedly get to a human. This was, like most everything on their site, seriously buried and this option was not presented on their phone line. I will have to wait until Monday since they only answer this line during normal business hours.

Second, I went and recreated an on line order to once again try to find where they spelled out additional fees. I will say, once again after additional serious digging, I did find this inforation prior to confirming the tickets. The bottom line is I feel I am stuck with what looks like at least an additional $80.00 in fees. This could be more, a lot more, if these fees appliy to each leg of the flight. (There is a plane change in Denver.)

Further, these fees will be increased if I choose to carry my briefcase on board instead of checking it. I am curious to know what the fee will be for carrying my e-reader on board. Incidentally, I find it interesting that Frontier, maybe all airlines are like this, is more than willing to work with the various web sites that assist them in obtaining bookings. At the same time, they seem to have decided to stick it to the consumer if you do use a site like Orbitz. The carry on fee is less if you book direct on FlyFrontier.com and more if you book some other way.

All in all, I feel, in honesty, I have to rescind this Rip Off. I am not happy with Frontier, not happy at all; and I haven't even made it to the airport yet. The fact is, in spite of what I considered a diligent search for hidden fees, those fees were out there prior to committing. I feel "over a barrell" on this one and responsible for paying. That will e a shame if these fees put the costs of travel out of my meagre budget. (I am a senior living only on Social Security.) There is the possibility that Frontier will recognize my plight and cancel the booking. For that matter, I am going to notify Master Charge if I decide the tickets will not be used. In either case, if I do get some satisfaction I feel obliged to post those results.

Thank you to those of you who have listened to my diatribe,