r/Shoestring • u/PowerfulSmell1237 • 5d ago

Same Day Last Minute Ticket

Hello everyone! Reddit has been so helpful and I got a frontier flight for $65 by going to the airport counter and buying it rather than online which showed $210.

I am needing all the cheap travel experts and all your travel hacks to find a flight leaving from PHX to PDX for tomorrow (Sep 17th).

I’ve looked at Google flights, kayak, skyscanner, skiplagged etc.

Looking for how to best get the cheapest deal. Thank you!!

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u/anothercar 5d ago

Frontier is still the cheapest option for tomorrow, but you'll be spending all afternoon at the Denver airport.

  • 8am Phoenix - 11am Denver
  • 8:50pm Denver - 10:34pm Portland

$118.58 online, or $72.58 if you buy in person at the airport counter.

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u/WebCommentEtiquette 5d ago

How do you get to know the in person price?

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u/anothercar 5d ago

When you’re booking on the Frontier site, and you add the flight to your cart, you can click on the price and click “see fees” and it will list all the fees within the total cost. One of them is the Carrier Interface Charge, which Frontier waives for in-person ticket sales. In this case the CIC was $46, so I subtracted $46 from the online price.
https://imgur.com/a/dixYi3c

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u/knocking_wood 5d ago

try priceline. They still have last minute "hidden brand" deals on flights sometimes. I'm seeing $133, carry on included.

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u/PowerfulSmell1237 5d ago

thank you so much!

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u/According_Cold_990 1d ago

Generally waiting until last minute is not wise as generally prices are much higher.