Barclays is out with an interesting new offer on the Frontier Mastercard. While the “standard” offer is for 50,000 miles after $500 in purchases, those folks who have a co-branded credit card with another airline can get a total of 100,000 miles after a total of $3,000 in purchases in the first 180 days.
The Offer & Key Card Details
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Up to 100K miles ⓘ Non-Affiliate Up to 100K miles: Earn 50K miles + $100 Frontier flight voucher after $500 in purchases in the first 90 days + instant Gold status with account opening & first purchae; maintain Gold status for 12 months with $3,000 in purchases within first 90 days. Plus, earn an additional 50,000 miles if you apply by 1/31/25, are approved, provide proof that you are the primary cardholder of a co-branded credit card with another US domestic airline, and complete $3,000 in purchases in the first 180 days. See here for more detail and go here to confirm eligibility for the additional 50,000 miles.$0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $99 Earning rate: 5X at FlyFrontier.com ✦ 3X restaurants Card Info: Mastercard World issued by Barclays. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: $100 discount voucher after $2,500 in annual spend. Noteworthy perks: ✦ 2 free checked bags for primary cardholder only ✦ Priority boarding in Zone 2 ✦ MIles don't expire as long as account is open and in good standing. ✦ Earn 1 elite qualifying mile per dollar spent ✦ No award redemption fee when taxes/fees are paid for with the card. |
How this offer works
The Barclays Frontier Mastercard is out with an offer to earn a total of 100,000 miles after $3,000 in purchases in the first 180 days if you can verify that you have a qualifying co-branded credit card with another US airline. Here’s how the process works:
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- Apply for the Frontier Mastercard by January 31, 2025. If approved:
- Go to this page to verify your eligibility with your Frontier number and the first 6 digits of your cobranded card
- Complete the ‘Bonus Application’ form. Provide your US Domestic Airline cobranded credit card 16-digit number with expiration date, zip code and Security Code. A $1 temporary pre-authorization will be placed on your card for the purpose of validating this offer.
- Spend $3,000 on your new Frontier card within 180 days to earn a total of 100,000 miles
- Direct link to more info
Quick Thoughts
This is certainly an interesting offer for those who live near an airport with decent Frontier coverage.
Miles are worth 0.95c per mile according to our Reasonable Redemption Values, which puts the bonus at a value of around $950 if you’re able to get the full 100,000 miles. That’s certainly not a bad deal if you have enough Frontier options to make good use of the points.
Furthermore, the offer to get and potentially keep Gold status for a year could be quite valuable since you’ll get a free carry-on bag and preferred seat assignment at booking — the savings there could certainly add up. At some point in 2025, Gold members and above are expected to become eligible for seat upgrades to UpFront or potentially First Class seats (Frontier previously announced the intention to launch a first class product in mid-2025). And with the ability to earn Platinum status with 20,000 status points earned by April 30, 2025 and free companion travel coming for Platinum and Diamond members at some point in 2025, some will no doubt find Frontier more interesting than ever in the new year.
I’d be far less interested in this card if I didn’t already have a co-branded airline card with another US domestic airline, but for those who do have a co-branded card, this is the best offer we’ve seen on the Frontier card.
All that said, there just aren’t enough Frontier routes serving places where I travel, so this isn’t a fit for my travel patterns. Still, I’m sure it’ll be a good fit for some.
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Would a business credit card qualify if it were under a sole proprietorship?
Has anyone flown Frontier recently ? Are flight attendants pitching for credit card applications back ? I flew last months and no mention of credit card applications on the plane.
Does anyone know if we could stack both of these offers? (Use the in-flight offer for 60k miles, then apply for this new bonus 50k miles)
[…] The Barclays Frontier Mastercard has a sign-up bonus of 100,000 miles after $3,000 spend, Gold elite status, and a $100 flight voucher. You have to have another airline’s co-branded card to be eligible, and you have to spend in either 90 or 180 days, depending on how you interpret the terms and conditions, or more accurately how Barclays interprets the terms and conditions. You can verify your reading comprehension and that your other airline co-branded card is eligible here.Make sure to put a reminder in your phone to go verify the other airline co-branded card in Barclays’ systems after you receive the Frontier card. (Thanks to FM) […]
I keep getting an error message when I try to register for the 50k additional points…. Your Frontier Miles account is not eligible for this offerYour Frontier Miles account is not yet eligible for this offer
To qualify for the bonus Travel Miles offer, you must apply for and been approved for the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard after December 3, 2024.
However, I just created a frontier miles account and just applied for an account ten minutes later. Has anyone had a similiar issue
You need to apply for card first, once approved you can go to step 2 to add another airline card.
What cards qualify for a co-branded card? Does the other card have to be with Barclays too? I have a Chase Southwest – would that qualify?
It says a US Domestic Airline, so I would assume that US Domestic Airline cards would quality — American Airlines, Delta, Southwest, United, and probably even Spirit or Allegiant should qualify I imagine.
JetBlue, too, one would assume.
Don’t forget about Alaska Airlines 🙂
And Hawaiian
And Breeze!