Frontier Airlines slashes change fees, with a catch

Frontier Airlines is lowering its ticket change fees, a move that will give it one of the most generous policies among US carriers. The biggest change: travellers who change a ticket more than 90 days before departure will pay no change fee. The previous fee was $99. Travellers making changes less than 90 days before their trip but at least two weeks before their trip will pay $49, half the previous cost. Frontier is not changing its policy for last-minute ticket changes. The fee for changes made 13 days or less from travel will remain $99. In all cases, travellers must still pay any fare difference. "We (already) have a more customer friendly change policy than the vast majority of our competitors," said Daniel Shurz, senior VP, commercial for Frontier. The lower fees "should make us more attractive as an airline to fly, simply because we're offering a better value product.''<br/>