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$128 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs departing on 2/3. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$296
Overall average: $488
Delta
Tue 3/10Wed 3/18
BWI - PSP • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$312
United Airlines
Sat 2/14Mon 3/2
IAD - PSP • Non-stop
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Cheapest • from $299 (round-trip)
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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs (WAS-PSP)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 18
Delta Logo
5:40 am - 1:50 pm
BWI
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PSP
11h 10m2 stops
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2:50 pm - 5:51 am
PSP
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BWI
12h 01m2 stops
$296Delta
Sun, Feb 15 - Mon, Mar 2
United Airlines Logo
6:01 am - 11:28 am
IAD
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PSP
8h 27m1 stop
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1:05 pm - 8:46 pm
PSP
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IAD
4h 41mnonstop
$299United Airlines
Fri, Jan 23 - Sat, Jan 24
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4:11 pm - 9:08 pm
IAD
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PSP
7h 57m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:37 am - 7:35 pm
PSP
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IAD
9h 58m1 stop
$304United Airlines
Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:04 pm - 11:15 am
IAD
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PSP
20h 11m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:19 pm - 4:26 pm
PSP
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IAD
18h 07m1 stop
$306Alaska Airlines
Tue, Feb 24 - Thu, Mar 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 11:57 pm
DCA
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PSP
18h 57m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:29 am - 9:59 pm
PSP
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DCA
10h 30m1 stop
$306Alaska Airlines
Wed, Feb 4 - Sat, Feb 7
Delta Logo
7:30 am - 2:00 pm
IAD
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PSP
9h 30m1 stop
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:10 pm
PSP
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IAD
14h 10m2 stops
$307Delta
Wed, Feb 4 - Sat, Feb 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:59 am - 11:32 pm
DCA
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PSP
16h 33m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:59 pm
PSP
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DCA
11h 59m1 stop
$307Alaska Airlines
Tue, Mar 31 - Fri, May 1
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:18 pm
IAD
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PSP
10h 18m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:40 pm - 5:49 am
PSP
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IAD
11h 09m1 stop
$308Alaska Airlines
Sun, Feb 15 - Sat, Feb 21
American Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 1:53 pm
DCA
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PSP
7h 53m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 4:40 pm
PSP
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DCA
7h 40m1 stop
$309American Airlines
Tue, Feb 17 - Mon, Feb 23
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:55 pm
IAD
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PSP
10h 55m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:01 pm - 10:22 am
PSP
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IAD
12h 21m2 stops
$314American Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs costs $289 on the route between Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport (IAD) and Palm Springs (PSP). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Palm Springs on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs is September, where tickets cost $313 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $530 and $513 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $407, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 21 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$128
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 20% increase in price.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Palm Springs

When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs was $128 for a one-way ticket and $296 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Washington, D.C. and Palm Springs?

    A passport is not required to fly from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    Washington, D.C. has 2 major airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National and Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. Palm Springs is the only airport in Palm Springs. You’ll usually find the cheapest deals if you fly from Reagan Washington National Airport.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Washington, D.C. and Palm Springs, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    There are nonstop flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs, Delta or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $394 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $525 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Palm Springs from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    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 Palm Springs with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

    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 Palm Springs from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $255 or less one-way and $353 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs.
Find which airlines fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

United Airlines

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Friday

United Airlines

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Saturday

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Sunday

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Direct returns

Palm Springs to Washington, D.C.

Monday

United Airlines

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Tuesday

United Airlines

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs. 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 Washington, D.C. to Palm Springs? 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4250 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

8.0 ExcellentRussell, Dec 2025
SAN - OAK
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The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

They changed planes and the new plane couldn’t carry enough fuel to fly across the country so we had to stop in Kansas City to refuel. Flight was delayed .

Flight was too crowded and seats are too small, especially since passengrs are getting larger. Having a middle seat is ALWAYS tough! Woman on my left was large & kept creeping in to my space. Flight personnel were great! Have more savory rather than sweet snacks please.

The crew took good care of us. The flight from ATL to SFO is a longer one, and there were multiple beverage offerings. I like the 757's that Delta uses. Good airplane that is comfortable. I do wish Delta would separate Priority boarding from the better seats. I would gladly take a smaller seat in an open row than be jammed into Comfort just to get priority boarding, just to make sure I don't have to check a bag.

Gate agent rushed to fill hot jetway with crowd so it took over 12 minutes to go from gate to plane. Just like a discount airline Pooly prepared cabin and third time that claim of rough air prevented any cabin service. Friends on a Southwest flight at similar time had service.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

Not great experience - we were super late boarding due to issues with aircraft. Then when we finally all got onboard and seated and they started taxiing out to the runway they just stopped then turned around and went back to the airport. Apparently the crew “ran out of time” to legally fly us. They mentioned that they were about 2 minutes away from taking off. I understand the rules and safety but kinda wonder why they would have bothered boarding us in the first place? Had to go all the way back and de plane and then wait in a HUGE line to get a hotel (this is somewhere around 2:30am) finally got to hotel by Uber (no shuttle after 20min so gave up) and they ended up putting us all back on the same aircraft at 10am next morning so got about 2.5 hours sleep. They did give us. $250 credit, but it was a São Paulo Brazil flight out of Dulles. The flight and everything was fine.

Starlink wifi on the Embraer E175 is an excellent experience. I was able to connect and work from IAD all the way to approach into BTV.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Short flight but an "eager to help" crew made the journey more enjoyable!

During booking, I kept trying submitting my payment from the Mexican website and it didn't work. After I had the idea to change it to the Canadian website, it worked but I had to be charged the equivalent of 50 CAD more. I received the clear instruction that I would only be able to check-in at the airport and that it was impossible to select a seat 24 hours before departure, that I had to pay 144 CAD to do so, although not only was I able to check-in 24 hours before departure, but I could have selected my seats for free then. All in all, I almost threw $200 out the window due to misleading information. Besides, the app kept crashing, the information to get to the gate on the app was inaccurate, my gate was switched and I was only informed once in the air (luckily I had noticed the departure pannel), I was not addressed in my language beforehand and even if I tried I was immediately answered in English (which meant the crew understood but didn't want to answer accordingly), there was only one snack & beverage service on my medium haul flight and no beverage service on my short haul flight. To be fair, the planes were comfortable, the crew apart from the language issue was helpful, dynamic and engaging, the plane was clean and the directions were clear and direct. United has a lot of potential to be one of my favourite airlines, but the devil is in the details and a lot of them missed the target.

Better WiFi. I cannot understand that in 2025, United is so behind on a technology that is now a necessity and still painfully unreliable, slow and keeps disconnecting.

Great service on board. Boarding a bit slow due to process. Food was pretty average.

Very small cramped plane for an international flight. Everything else was good, but it was maybe the smallest comfort-wise I've ever been on for longer than 3-4 hours and the trip was 7.5

Flight was delayed 3 hours. No food and drink vouchers was provided. They offered a mini pretzel bag and water .

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

Loved the crew . Absolutely no complaints. Except for luggage lost

Flight delay was communicated before leaving for airport which caused it to be a non-event. Great flight and crew!

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

The flight attendant, a black woman with curly hair who sat near Row 21, was wonderful and kind.

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

It took way too long to diagnose and solve the problem of a broken crew member cabin seat. Though compensation for the volunteer who left the flight was very kind.

We fly American Airlines quite a bit. And we always fly business class when traveling internationally. We were a bit disappointed with the comfort of this particular plane as well as the entertainment options.

Not clean and was told I would get a great seat and it was not great at all

Flight got delayed for 5 hours no good explanation was offered ;(

Horrible. I would never fly Frontier again. The booking process is tricky at best, but fraudulent in my opinion. Frontier customer service did nothing to rectify my purchase -- I ended up paying more than double what I could have gotten from other airlines and nearly triple what I thought I was buying from Frontier. Their booking practices are unfair to the consumer.

Delayed. Text notifications were slow. Not much information o what was happening. Boarding was slow and confusing. Wasn’t even offered water other flight. Had to ask. No entertainment at all. Felt like.a Greyhound bus.

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.

Better than expected. Staff were friendly and nice on both flights.

There was no one at the counter to assist with our check in. The app didn’t work, so I arrived at the airport with time to check in and I couldn’t because no employees were there. When I finally got someone on the phone, it was inside the 60min rule and they said I could no longer check in and they could sell me another ticket. We had to scramble and pay an additional $800 for tickets and THEN AFTER (about 60 min from my original convo with customer service and 10min after original departure time) I had boarded my new flight, there was email saying my original flight from Frontier was delayed and leaving 2hr 50min later, but I STILL wouldn’t have been able to check in. Which means customer service should have been able to see it and let me check in because I was well within my check in time. When I call Frontier, they hang up on me. So their app didn’t work and they employees left and they take zero responsibility or assistance with their “customer service”

Terrible. Flight cancelled with no reasoning and no flights to rebook. Employees were useless and did nothing to help. Did not even know where to retrieve luggage from the cancelled flight. Flyers beware.

No fault of Frontier staff: plane was very late, reached Orlando at 1 am, took a while to get luggage. Weather, gov financial shutdown impact on TSA, air controllers seemed to have multiple flights backed up. Frontier staff seemed to cope as gracefully as possible. It did reassure me that I and my new hip could adapt to travel challenges. Food/entertainment were irrelevant to my trip.

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

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