How to Get Elite Status on Frontier Airlines

Like many airlines, Frontier Airlines offers a loyalty program that anyone can join, free of charge. It's called Frontier Miles. As a member, you earn miles redeemable for flights and Elite Status Points that can help you move up in the loyalty program.

There are lots of benefits to Elite Status, so it could be worth pursuing if you fly with Frontier Airlines often. Here's everything you need to know about how to earn it and a credit card that could help you do it more quickly.

How to earn Elite Status Points with Frontier Airlines

When you're a member of the Frontier Miles program, you earn Elite Status points on all qualifying purchases with the airline. Qualifying purchases include flights, baggage, seats, Discount Den memberships, GoWild! Pass purchases, priority boarding, and more.

The number of Elite Points you earn depends on your status in the Frontier Miles program:

• Member: 10 Elite Points per $1
• Elite Silver: 12 Elite Points per $1
• Elite Gold: 14 Elite Points per $1
• Elite Platinum: 16 Elite Points per $1
• Elite Diamond: 20 Elite Points per $1

So, if you're a Frontier Miles member and you spend $500 on flights with the airline, you'd earn 5,000 Elite Points ($500 multiplied by a rate of 10 Elite Points per $1). If you have Elite Silver Status, you'd earn 6,000 Elite Points, and so on.

Get Elite Status faster with a Frontier Airlines credit card

The Frontier Airlines World Mastercard® can speed up the process of earning Elite Status. It currently has a welcome offer of Elite Gold Status after you spend $3,000 within the first 90 days of account opening.

This card also earns 1 Elite Point per $1 spent on purchases. If you spend $10,000 on purchases, that's another 10,000 Elite Points. And it earns miles that you can redeem with Frontier Airlines, as well, so it's a good choice for the airline's frequent flyers.

Requirements for Frontier Airlines Elite Status

Here are the current requirements to earn Frontier Airlines Elite Status:

• Elite Silver: 10,000 Elite Points
• Elite Gold: 20,000 Elite Points
• Elite Platinum: 50,000 Elite Points
• Elite Diamond: 100,000 Elite Points

You must earn those Elite Points within a calendar year. Once you do, you'll have Elite Status for the remainder of that calendar year and the next year.

For example, let's say you reach 10,000 Elite Points in June 2024. You'll have Elite Silver Status starting at that point, and you'll keep it until the end of 2025. If you reach 20,000 Elite Points in November 2024, then you'll have Elite Gold Status starting then and lasting through 2025.

Elite Points reset at the start of every calendar year. You need to earn Elite Status every year to maintain it.

Benefits of Elite Status

The table below highlights some of the top benefits of Elite Status with Frontier Airlines. Keep in mind that each tier includes all the benefits of the tier before it. Elite Gold has all the benefits of Elite Silver, plus its own perks. Elite Platinum has all the benefits of Elite Silver and Gold. And Elite Diamond has all the perks that the previous tiers offer.

Elite Status also helps with seating. Normally, you need to pay for the seat you want at booking or check-in, and prices vary depending on the type of seat. If you don't pay, Frontier will assign you a seat, which often means getting stuck in the middle at the back of the plane.

Each tier of Elite Status includes seating. Here's what you get at each tier (note that all of them are subject to availability):

• Elite Silver: Standard seat at booking and preferred seat at check-in (member only)
• Elite Gold: Standard or preferred seat at booking, preferred or premium seat at check-in (member only)
• Elite Platinum: Standard or preferred seat at booking (everyone on booking), premium seat at booking (member only); standard, preferred, or premium seat at check-in (everyone on booking)
• Elite Diamond: Preferred or premium seat at booking or check-in (everyone on booking)

Getting Elite Status on Frontier Airlines isn't too challenging if it's your airline of choice. It only takes $1,000 of spending on Frontier in a year to earn Elite Silver Status. You can also accelerate the process if you're willing to get its airline credit card.