Transportation
Budget Airline’s New Upgrade Option: Empty Middle Seats
- Frontier offering ‘UpFront Plus’ starting at $49 extra
- A way to stand out from other low-cost carriers: BI’s Duflot
This article is for subscribers only.
Call it the budget carrier version of first class.
Frontier Group Holdings Inc. on Tuesday rolled out a new perk for customers bothered by the notoriously cramped quarters on so-called ultra-low-cost flights. For a few extra bucks, passengers can now sit in specially designated rows at the front of the plane with blocked-out middle seats, extra leg room and a guarantee to deplane first. In other words, no more bumping elbows with your neighbor.