Hotels and airlines often offer what they call a status match program. Because these hotels and airlines are often competing for the same travelers, there is an incentive to try and peel off a competitor’s top customers. But if you think about a top-tier elite traveler who holds, say, Hyatt Globalist status, they’re probably not willing to switch to Hilton unless they also get some of the similar benefits at Hilton.

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Sometimes the status match is a direct status match, where the hotel or airline will just grant elite status right away based on your existing status level with a competitor. Other times, they’ll give out a provisional status for 90 days or so and require you to take a certain number of flights or make a certain number of stays within this period to keep your status.

Frontier Airlines elite status match 2020

Frontier Airlines has just announced that they are now matching elite status from many other airlines. In order to take advantage of this Frontier Airlines status match, here the steps that you need to take:

• Sign up for Frontier Miles if you haven’t already
• Complete the elite status match form at frontierstatusmatch.com before December 1
• There is a $49 fee to participate, or $349 if you are matching from an airline that is listed below or $349 for all others
• Frontier says that it should take 24-48 hours to match the status

Frontier Airlines status match opportunities

Here are the airlines that are eligible for the $49 application fee, and the Frontier elite status that your status will match on to.

As you can see, there’s a wide variety of airlines and statuses available for matching.

For additional questions, you can view the official terms and conditions and FAQ for this Frontier status match.

What is Frontier Airlines elite status worth?

Frontier has three different elite status levels, each with their own series of perks and benefits

Since Frontier typically has very low fares along with charging fees for things like seat assignments, checked or carry-on bags or priority boarding, having elite status can really make a big difference. This is especially true if you have top-tier status with another airline and can match to the Elite 100K level. Getting the WORKS bundle not only for yourself but for up to 6 people in your party can be a big deal – possibly saving hundreds of dollars on each flight.

Should you take advantage of this Frontier Airlines elite status match?

Having a $49 application fee is something that is unusual for a status match, but it’s probably in place to make sure that you have a bit of skin in the game and actual plans to fly on Frontier. Normally I would say that if you have the ability to take advantage of a status match that you should go for it, since there isn’t typically any downside.

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$49 is not a huge amount, and you can easily make up for that with the bag and seat fees that you could save with only one Frontier flight. For myself, Frontier elite status is the only elite status that I personally have, so I am not eligible for this Frontier Airlines elite status match. I got Frontier top-tier Elite 100k status by way of a status challenge a year or so ago and my status has been rolled over due to coronavirus since then.

What about you? Are you going to take advantage of this Frontier Airlines elite status match? Let us know your plans in the comments.