What is Frontier Airlines like? Reputation or comments? I have to fly to Portland for a few days and I can't remember ever flying on Frontier.

What is Frontier Airlines like? Reputation or comments? I have to fly to Portland for a few days and I can't remember ever flying on Frontier.

My mother flew with Frontier....She said it is one of the best!!

I'll say one thing, there's no 'easy' way to get from CVG or DAY or Columbus, OH to Portland and back. I have to be there on 4 Feb and leave after 7 PM on the 7th.

I'll say one thing, there's no 'easy' way to get from CVG or DAY or Columbus, OH to Portland and back. I have to be there on 4 Feb and leave after 7 PM on the 7th.Often, the curse is having to go through a hub like Chicago O'Hare or Minneapolis or Denver PLUS having to change planes and sometimes even carriers!

I've heard from west coast friends that Frontier is pretty straightforward, but kind of spartan. Please report back on the experience!

Please report back on the experience! I will. It looks like I'll be traveling about 10 to 20 days (well, not actual travel days - Maybe I should say 1 to 4 'trips') a month for a while.

What is Frontier Airlines like? Reputation or comments? I have to fly to Portland for a few days and I can't remember ever flying on Frontier.

Marc,

Upon your return, you can complete this FRONTIER AIRLINES Customer Satisfaction Survey (http://www.passengersurveys.com/Airlines/FRONTIER.htm).

Stijloor.

I used to fly Frontier quite a bit when I was living in California and found it pretty good. Frontier's President was on one of my flights working as a flight attendant and he seemed to be a real down to earth guy (Just a few years earlier he had been a gate agent I heard). I think they just use A319's and A320's.

Frontier does have Direct TV ($5 per segment) if you want some entertainment. www.seatguru.com if you want some more details.

Delta should be able to get you to Portland non-stop out of CVG, but probably is more expensive.

I flew Frontier on my way back from my Grandma's funeral in December - Milwaukee-Denver-Salt Lake. There was a lot of snow the day I was supposed to leave - many school closures & some issues with snow removal at the airport. Frontier canceled the flight about 5 hours before it was to leave - saving us the trip into the airport, about an hour away - and also automatically re-booked me on the same flight the next day. I thought that was pretty efficient customer service.

The seats seemed to be bigger then typical airline seats, and the in-flight TV service was free until just after take-off. After take-off, one station was still free - a map with a plane icon showing the current position, altitude and airspeed of the aircraft.

All things being equal, I'd fly them again if given the choice.

Delta should be able to get you to Portland non-stop out of CVG, but probably is more expensive.No direct flights listed that I saw. All were at least one change over and 9+ hours total time. If I could have found a direct flight, I definitely would have. Of course I could have missed something.

Marc, you probably didn't miss anything, but try KAYAK.com. It allows you to search using more options than some of the other travel sites.

What is Frontier Airlines like? Reputation or comments? I have to fly to Portland for a few days and I can't remember ever flying on Frontier.

I have two brothers in Colorado who fly it frequently. They like it, when the itinerary is convenent. I had to cancel a flight due to weather a year ago, and they were very fair.

Looks like one non-stop a day each direction: (www.skyteam.com)

DL 1521 Cincinnati (CVG) 08:55 AM Portland (PDX) 10:53 AM 757 4h58min

DL 698 Portland (PDX) 11:45 AM Cincinnati (CVG) 06:55 PM 757 4h10min

Thanks for the feedback. I'll check the direct flights out. Only problem is I'll have to stay over for a night because the 7th I'll be with a client until about 5 or so.

I checked out the non-stops from CVG. They run about US$600+ more than flying out of DAYton, OH. As I remember, when I booked the price difference was the reason I focused on DAY.