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Cheapest round-trip
$294
Typical prices: $424-$312
Frontier, Alaska Airlines
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SMF - RDU • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$126
Typical prices: $179-$363
Frontier
Sat 8/15
SMF - RDU • 1 stop
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Cheapest • Avg $285 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 25m (one-way)
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Our data shows that travelers who book at least 5 weeks in advance save around 47% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Raleigh (SMF-RDU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Raleigh that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Sacramento to Raleigh

Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 14
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11:52 am - 11:53 am
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21h 01m
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5:50 pm - 11:40 pm
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8h 50m
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$294Multiple Airlines
Tue, Aug 25 - Wed, Aug 26
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6:52 am - 6:10 pm
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RDU
8h 18m
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5:50 pm - 11:40 pm
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8h 50m
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$295Alaska Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 14
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6:52 am - 6:10 pm
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8h 18m
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5:50 pm - 10:08 am
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19h 18m
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$315Alaska Airlines
Thu, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 19
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1:30 pm - 6:01 pm
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RDU
25h 31m
1 stop
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5:50 pm - 11:40 pm
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8h 50m
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$316Alaska Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
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4:43 pm - 6:01 pm
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RDU
22h 18m
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5:50 pm - 11:40 pm
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8h 50m
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$327Alaska Airlines
Thu, Jul 30 - Tue, Aug 11
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7:23 am - 6:01 pm
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RDU
7h 38m
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7:08 pm - 6:38 pm
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26h 30m
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$329Alaska Airlines
Fri, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 17
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5:15 am - 3:59 pm
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RDU
7h 44m
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5:33 pm - 11:57 pm
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9h 24m
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$332United Airlines
Sun, Aug 16 - Mon, Aug 17
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5:37 pm - 6:01 pm
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21h 24m
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7:08 pm - 6:38 pm
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26h 30m
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$336Alaska Airlines
Fri, Jul 17 - Thu, Jul 23
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11:45 pm - 10:46 am
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8h 01m
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5:24 pm - 11:20 pm
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8h 56m
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$337American Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
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5:30 am - 5:35 pm
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9h 05m
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6:30 am - 10:25 am
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6h 55m
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$342Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Raleigh flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sacramento to Raleigh to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Sacramento to Raleigh?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Sacramento to Raleigh departing in September.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sacramento to Raleigh?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Raleigh, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Sacramento to Raleigh is August, where tickets cost $316 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $587 and $557 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento to Raleigh?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento to Raleigh, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Sacramento to Raleigh, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 47% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$126
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 13% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Sacramento to Raleigh

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sacramento to Raleigh based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Sacramento to Raleigh

  • What is the luggage allowance on Alaska Airlines flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    The luggage allowance on Alaska Airlines flights from Sacramento to Raleigh typically includes one personal item and one carry-on bag at no additional cost. The maximum size allowance for the carry-on bag is 22 × 14 × 9 inches. The first checked bag fee can be waived for specific fare classes or for eligible credit card holders. The maximum weight allowed for each checked bag is typically 50 lbs.

  • Can I change or cancel flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    Yes, it is typically possible to change or cancel flights from Sacramento to Raleigh, but the specific policies and fees associated with changes and cancellations may vary by airline and fare type. Generally, American Airlines allows passengers to make changes or cancel their flights, but may charge fees or require certain fare types to be eligible for changes or cancellations.

  • How do I get from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to the city center?

    There are multiple transportation options available for travelers to get from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to the city center. Uber or taxi services are available from the airport to Downtown Raleigh and typically take around 20 minutes. The GoTriangle bus system also offers multiple routes with service to and from the airport. Route 100 runs directly to Downtown Raleigh and takes around 40 minutes. Rental cars are also available at the airport for travelers who prefer to drive themselves.

  • What services are offered to first-class passengers on United Airlines flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    First-class passengers on United Airlines flights from Sacramento to Raleigh are typically provided with a range of services designed to enhance their travel experience. United Airlines offers several types of premium cabin services, including United First, United Polaris, and United Business. Some of these services include priority boarding, spacious and comfortable seating, premium food and beverage options, in-flight entertainment, and personalized service.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Raleigh was $126 for a one-way ticket and $294 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Sacramento and Raleigh?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Sacramento to Raleigh. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    When flying out of Sacramento you will be using Sacramento Intl. You will be landing at Raleigh, also known as Raleigh-Durham.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Sacramento and Raleigh, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sacramento to Raleigh, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sacramento to Raleigh are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $495 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $421 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Sacramento to Raleigh.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Raleigh from Sacramento is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Raleigh with an airline and back to Sacramento with another airline. Booking your flights between Sacramento and RDU can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento to Raleigh?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Raleigh from Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Sacramento to Raleigh

  • JetBlue Airlines allows small cats and dogs to travel in the cabin on flights from Sacramento (SMF) to Raleigh (RDU), as long as the combined weight of the pet and carrier does not exceed 20 lbs. Only dogs and cats are allowed on JetBlue flights, and a maximum of six pets are permitted per flight for all passengers.
  • Southwest Airlines offers a variety of services for passengers with reduced mobility on flights from Sacramento to Raleigh. These services include boarding assistance where airline personnel will help board and disembark the plane and help in stowing their carry-on bags, and assist with other tasks as needed.
  • Frontier Airlines offers a wide range of services for families traveling with kids on flights from Sacramento to Raleigh. The airline offers family seating to ensure that families are seated together on the flight, stroller assistance for families traveling with infants and in-flight entertainment that includes movies, and games suitable for kids.
  • Flights from Sacramento to Raleigh often have layovers in different cities based on the airline you choose. Some of these layovers include New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Seattle (SEA), Portland (PDX), Denver (DEN), and Chicago (MDW).
  • American Airlines operates flights from Sacramento to Raleigh and aims to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity by 45% and is investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as part of a strategy to reduce its carbon footprint.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Sacramento to Raleigh

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento to Raleigh. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sacramento to Raleigh? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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7.0Food
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.6Crew
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Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Jun 2026
SMF - LAS
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Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

Plane was late. Zero service for 2+ hour flight and it was not that bumpy.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

Be on time? When not on time a circling for over an hour offer more than 1 bag of chips to the passengers? It was a 7 hour flight by the time we got done.

Flight delayed four separate times. I’m now one hour hours late to landing.

Checkin was good, fllight ws good. Onlly complaint is lack of foot on 6 hour flight from Seattle to Boston. Snacks were flimsy - chips and cookies. could have offered something more substantial for such a long flight. I know you can buy food in airport but for the price you pay for a ticket, they should step up for the passengers.

Long story short, it was one of the better flight experiences I've had in some time when compared with other airlines.

Average seat comfort, a drink and chips were provided, early boarding because we checked a carryon at the gate was nice. Ticket pricing shenanigans, including fees to pick a seat, check a bag, and get food onboard - evidence the industry is reinvigorating last century’s strategies- destroys the experience before one ever arrives at the airport. It’s difficult to recognize any value or sustain loyalty in the end-to-end process making air travel more drudgery than pleasure.

WiFi didn’t work. Flight delayed 3 hours Crew members were illiterate Seat lean back did not work.

The plan was delayed and left DC 90 minutes late. However, it showed a 20 minute delay on the delta app, then a 12 min delay. It turned out to be an hour delay. I found out where the plane was with flightaware. Stop keeping customers in the dark about what is going on.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

Boarded early; and arrived home 40 mins early. After a long flight, it’s nice to be back home early. These flights have no amenities; no snacks. So need to bring your own

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

Flight was delayed but more than 90 minutes. This caused me to miss my available windows for pick-up by a friend. I had to pay $125 for an uber back home from the airport which was an added expense that I had not budgeted for my trip. Staff was friendly.

Seat pitch is horrible especially on the 15 hour flight. Gate crew at SFO was Outstanding. The flight crew was also great.

As I wrote earlier, poor planning and/or communication. At least twice, we were told that we would be boarding in less than ten minutes, only to have the flight again delayed at least another hour.

My service dog and I were asked to deplane just before they closed the door - clearly very last minute they couldn’t find the documentation that I have filled out many many times before that is for flying service animals. I purposely purchase 3seats (a whole row) since he is large and not all passengers want to sit next to a dog on a cross country flight. The plane departed with my husband on it!!! They made me fill out a hard copy of the same form and had to reschedule me on a later flight where they could find 3 seats together!! I’ve done this so many times before - clearly the error was on their part in a technology glitch - but really people - do better!! Very traumatic - and my husband had to wait for us when he landed ….so bad. Poor pup was confused and tired.

Late plane. Only one crew on the ground so we b had to wait for Denver flight to come in, board, and depart. At 78 yrs of age I was not pleased trying to get my connection. What really made me angry was the notification you sent me to hurry up or I would miss my connection. Why tell me to hurry up when you got me in late. It was not a good way of treating customers.

The Charleston, WV airport was cute. Very good staff and small enough to feel comfortable. The plane had more leg room than bigger planes. Much more comfortable.

Take-off delayed an hour because of a missing flight officer, so,arrived in Charlotte lates causing many passengers to miss connections. Otherwise a very good flight, safe and comfortable, with an excellent professional crew.

I was downgraded from first class to coach due to an airplane change. They pulled me out of line and I was the very last person to board the plane stuck in the middle seat with no overhead place to put my carry-.on. Very poor customer service.

We had several flights and they were all on-time and flawless

The small flights with Valet Luggage has a poor service

Had to wait for a gate for a long time, then waited on the run way for a long time before leaving. The actual flights part was good.

The staff was nice. I appreciated that I was able to take an earlier flight, even though it was last minute. The boarding process felt rather chaotic.

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

Delayed flight. Missed connection, AA put us on a later connecting flight. The connection flight was delayed 4 times and we had to deplane. Didnt get home until 3am, when I was supposed to be home at 8:30p. Zero compensation offered from American. I would not fly them again.

No gate in Rome. Had stairs. Got separated from my wife in a wheel chair. Customs was a zoo. If AA doesnt have landing rights, it should be advertised.

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

The crew acted like they had never done this and kept barking passive aggressive orders at people. + the security line + the delay + sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours + none of the apps or signage updating with correct times

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Finally a Frontier on time and efficient. I've had problems before with your airline, but this time everything went fine.

Frontier is terrible. Paid for exit row, not given exit row, refused to refund fee.

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