Barclays and Frontier Airlines Reimagine the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard®; Relaunch New Travel Benefits and Rewards Structure

Frontier's mission is to make it possible for more people to fly and for people to fly more often. The reimagined Frontier Airlines World Mastercard now makes that even easier.

"Frontier Airlines continues to prove it's possible to make air travel accessible and affordable," said Tyri Squyres, vice president of marketing, Frontier Airlines. "Giving our cardmembers opportunities to earn more miles, along with the ability to earn Elite Status through credit card spend alone, makes it easy for every type of flyer to experience our Low Fares Done Right and enjoy the exclusive benefits of myFRONTIER^SM Miles Elite Status."

The Frontier Airlines World Mastercard allows cardmembers to unlock myFRONTIER Miles Elite Status by earning one Qualifying Mile with every dollar spent on purchases each calendar year. The more cardmembers spend, the more they benefit from the card:

• Elite20k Status: Spending $20,000 on the card each calendar year earns benefits like a free carry-on bag and seat assignment.
• Elite50k Status: Spending $50,000 on the card earns all the benefits from Elite20k Status, plus benefits such as family seating and seat assignment for the cardmember and eight traveling companions on the same reservation.
• Elite100k Status: Spending $100,000 on the card qualifies the cardmember for Elite100k Status, which provides the WORKS^SM bundle for the primary cardmember and up to eight traveling companions on the same reservation.

All Frontier Airlines World Mastercard cardmembers receive benefits like priority boarding, an award redemption fee waiver and family pooling, which allows one primary member and up to eight pool contributors to combine myFRONTIER Miles.

"The new earning structure and additional benefits of this card reward everyone from first-time flyers to frequent flyers, adding value to your everyday spending and making air travel attainable for all," said Kristyn Forrester, senior director of airline partnerships, Barclays. "Regardless of whether you've flown with Frontier before, the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard is designed to allow you and your family to travel more often by unlocking more perks the more you use the card."

The Frontier Airlines World Mastercard has an annual fee of $79 and includes the following features:

• Earn 40,000 bonus miles after spending $500 on purchases in the first 90 days and paying the annual fee – enough to redeem for up to two roundtrip award tickets
• Unlock myFRONTIER Miles Elite Status through card spend, earning one Qualifying Mile with every dollar spent on purchases
• Get rewarded with the 5-3-1 earning structure
  • Earn 5x miles on purchases made at flyfrontier.com
  • Earn 3x miles on purchases at restaurants 
  • Earn 1x miles on all other purchases
• Earn a $100 flight voucher after every account anniversary after spending $2,500 or more on purchases made with your card during the cardmembership year
• Unlock family pooling to combine myFRONTIER Miles with up to eight pool contributors, making mileage redemption more in reach
• Keep miles from expiring by making at least one purchase every six months
• Complimentary online access to your FICO credit score lets you keep an eye on your credit score and get alerts when Barclays learns your score has changed
• Earn an award redemption fee waiver when you book an award ticket and pay related taxes and fees, starting at $5.60 for a one-way ticket
• Zone 2 priority boarding is available to all cardmembers
• Low introductory APR on balance transfers
• No foreign transaction fees on international purchases
• $0 fraud liability protection on unauthorized charges

 To apply for the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard or learn more, visit flyfrontier.com.

About Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank that moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. Barclays' U.S. consumer business, headquartered in Wilmington, Del., is one of the fastest-growing top 10 credit card issuers and online banks in the country. The company creates customized, co-branded credit card programs for some of the country's most successful travel, entertainment, retail and affinity institutions. The company also offers its own branded credit cards, online savings accounts and CDs, and personal loans.

About Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is committed to offering 'Low Fares Done Right' to more than 90 destinations in the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic and Mexico on nearly 300 daily flights. Headquartered in Denver, Frontier's hard-working aviation professionals pride themselves in delivering the company's signature Low Fares Done Right service to customers. Frontier Airlines is the proud recipient of the Federal Aviation Administration's 2016 Diamond Award for maintenance excellence and was recently named the industry's most fuel-efficient airline by The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) as a result of superior technology and operational efficiencies.

SOURCE Barclays