@rich, I've never flown either but I think the biggest thing is how many flights do they have. I had a friend who tried spirit and they cancelled her flight. The next flight out wasnt for three days.
3:13pm on 3/2/25 by
popupcamper
I also fly out of PHL. I've flown to MCO on Frontier many times over the past 5 years & have only had an issue once, which puts my experience of their reliability on par with my experience of AA. Tons of Frontier flights PHL to MCO in case of cancellation
3:20pm on 3/2/25 by
JoeyPotter98
My sister flies Frontier out of PHL to all over the US and has only ever had one problem since 2020.
3:25pm on 3/2/25 by
KLuck
I've had good Frontier experiences but mostly I've flown them out of their hub in Denver so plenty of flights. I'd be wary if a route that only had one or two flights a day.
But prices now for July on AA are high because it's so early. Best prices will
4:54pm on 3/2/25 by
evamarie320
come later. If you have the stomach for it, 45-60 days out might be best.
4:55pm on 3/2/25 by
evamarie320
I flew Frontier for over 20 years without issue. I touted their virtue and how wonderful they were to everyone. Now, they are SO BAD I will never, ever, ever fly them again. Ever.
4:59pm on 3/2/25 by
Chrissy-T
you can't pay me to fly Frontier or Spirit again
5:09pm on 3/2/25 by
cdlla
I'll never fly sport or frontier to many horrible stories and they over charge for bags
5:18pm on 3/2/25 by
WorldTraveler34
@eva I checked for flights @ a month out & cheapest seems to be about $355-the basic lowest level w/ last to board. I'm guessing this means having to check even carry on which trying to avoid. I'll keep eye on daily prices to look 4 patterns thanks!
5:47pm on 3/2/25 by
Richrosethumper
I've flown AA out of PHL multiple times the past 2 years and each time they offer to check carry-on items at the gate for free.
5:58pm on 3/2/25 by
carolbahn
Said in an echo. You'll be sorryyyyyyyy. Not a fan of not being able to fix flight times gone wrong.
7:20pm on 3/2/25 by
JackOfAll
When it works it's great when it doesn't it sucks :)
7:28pm on 3/2/25 by
Gusgus5
7:51pm on 3/2/25 by
JackOfAll
@Rich FWIW I have found that for PHL the best prices are at about 75 days before departure
8:19pm on 3/2/25 by
JoeyPotter98
@joey thanks!
8:26pm on 3/2/25 by
Richrosethumper
Flown Frontier out of PHI/EWR/Princeton a bunch of times. Always feel like there's a delay on one of the legs but cheaper than the big guys. I've had better experiences flying Allegiant from ABE to Sanford.
9:21pm on 3/2/25 by
seeshark1
Used to fly Frontier all the time and saved tens of thousands of dollars, literally. Now they've gotten so bad, I will NEVER fly them again- I don't care how cheap they are
12:02pm by
Chrissy-T
355 round trip doesn't sound like a bad price TBH.
59 min ago by
mary32830
I've flown Frontier several times without incident. It can be a great option when all goes smoothly. But if there is only one flight a day between your airports, things can get bad quickly if ur flight gets cancelled and they don't have another opening
10 min ago by
evamarie320