Why is there not a 0 star option? I would say horrible customer service, but that would imply they had an appearance of customer service to start with.
While returning from Cancun from my honeymoon, we arrived at the airport 3 hours ahead of time as required. Our flight was promoted to leave on-time, at 2:58pm and fly direct to Cleveland- the only reason we choose Frontier in the first place. About an hour before our flight they moved the departure time back to 5:10pm but there was no one around to tell us why. The only way we knew was to check the Internet. At 5:00pm, they moved the departure back to 8:00pm. Apparently, our incoming plane had yet to arrive.
I called Frontier from the airport and after waiting to speak to someone for 38 minutes, the call was answered, I was put on hold, and then disconnected after 54 minutes of being connected, learning nothing.
The plane finally arrived around 7:00, but we then learned the crew had been on-duty for too many consecutive hours, so they rescheduled us for the next day at 7:30am. I get it. There were storms in the Midwest which they had no control over, delaying their arrival. Not happy with the lack of communication by the Cancun staff, but tomorrow is another day. And oh what a day it would turn out to be...
They put us up in an airport hotel, with a room smaller than my freshman dorm room that had a review from 2 days ago indicating the place was full of bed bugs. Returned to the airport before they opened, only to find out after getting our bags rechecked that the flight had been bumped to 10:30am. Shortly thereafter, it got bumped to 12:30pm. No one around to ask questions to, as no other flights were scheduled to leave that early.
As time wore on, others were calling Frontier and getting nowhere. Rumor had it we weren't going to leave today and it could be 2 days before we got out. Finally an agent showed up at the gate across from us for the Denver flight. They had no information on ours, and were unable to rebook us to Denver, so we continued to wait. At 8:30am, my call was finally answered by Frontier and the agent in a far away land assured me our flight was on-time, leaving at 7:30am. I politely asked her to look at the clock on the wall and tell me what's wrong with that statement. She then understood the lie she just told me, put me on hold to call 'operations' and came back about 20 minutes later stating that the flight, for sure, was going to leave at 12:30 and the reason Frontier hadn't been able to tell us what was going on was because we had booked through Apple Vacations. Really? What the heck does that have to do with anything?
Being very skeptical, we patiently waited to see what was going to happen. Around 9:00am, someone looking like the pilot showed up and gave us more information than anyone on the Cancun staff could. He was very polite, explained the issue from last night, and thought that we were leaving at 10:30 (though the board said 12:30). Now he was confused. He reported back to us about half an hour later that they were waiting for one more crew member that was to arrive at 11:30, and that they would get us on the plane shortly before that if an agent shows up at the gate. He also encouraged us to write negative reviews on social media to complain about the lack of customer service in Cancun, as it appears this is not the first time a disaster like this has happened with one of his flights. Plane finally departed at 2pm, arriving Hopkins at 7pm. Then the final chapter began...waiting for luggage. Took 2 1/2 hours to get our single bag.
So there you have it. I'm trying to be as positive as I can, as it wasn't my honeymoon nor I that had to endure this hardship directly, but my daughter's. I feel so horrible for the way her perfect day and most excellent week came to a disappointing end, but I also read in the Plain Dealer today about drug cartels killing people at the Mexican border at a record pace and am just glad she is safe. read more