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Sep 12, 2008Frontier Airlines Announces Fee for First Checked BagEarlyReturns® Summit and Ascent members exempt from fee DENVER, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced it will begin charging a $15 fee for a first checked bag, effective for travel on or after Nov. 1, 2008. Frontier's EarlyReturns® Summit and Ascent members, as well as active-duty military personnel and AirTran Airways A+ Rewards Elite members traveling on Frontier Airlines, will not be charged for a first or second checked bag. The new fee goes into effect for tickets purchased on or after Sept. 13, 2008 and applies to travel commencing on or after Nov. 1, 2008. Frontier introduced a $25 fee for a second checked bag fee in June. For more details on Frontier's baggage policies, please visit FrontierAirlines.com. About Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Currently in its 15th year of operations, Frontier Airlines is the second-largest jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing more than 5,000 aviation professionals. Frontier Airlines' mainline operation has 58 aircraft with one of the youngest Airbus fleets in North America. Frontier Airlines' mainline operations offer 24 channels of DIRECTV® service in every seatback along with a comfortable all-coach configuration. In conjunction with a fleet of ten Bombardier Q400 aircraft operated by Lynx Aviation (a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.), Frontier offers routes to more than 50 destinations in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica. In November 2006, Frontier and AirTran announced a first-of-its-kind integrated marketing partnership that offers travelers the ability to reach more than 80 destinations across four countries with low fares aboard two of the youngest fleets in the industry. For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines, please visit its Web site at FrontierAirlines.com. SOURCE: Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Corporate Communications of Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc., Web site: http://www.frontierairlines.com/
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