Frontier Airlines Extends Relationship With Barclays and Launches Small Business Credit Card Program
June 27 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Frontier Now Offers Consumers and Small Business Owners Greater
Flexibility and Opportunities to Earn Miles and Other Perks
WILMINGTON, Del. and DENVER, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:FRNT) today announced that it has
extended its consumer credit card relationship with Barclays
(NYSE:BCS), one of the world's largest financial institutions, to
offer to its small business customers the Frontier Airlines
MasterCard BusinessCard. Like the consumer version of the credit
card, the new BusinessCard offers 12,500 bonus miles upon
activation, plus one mile for every dollar spent on regular
purchases and two miles for every dollar spent on Frontier Airlines
purchases. For a low $49 annual fee, the new BusinessCard offers
simplified expense management and spend tracking features, and a
credit line of up to $50,000. The new card also gives business
owners the flexibility they need to better manage their finances,
the ability to control employee spending, and the opportunity to
award frequent flyer miles to employee cardholders. Featuring the
stars of Frontier's award-winning tail-animal ad campaign, Barclays
and Frontier offer consumer cardholders a choice of one of six
Frontier card designs, including its signature Rabbit, Lynx, Fox
and Bear, as well as the new Penguin and Dolphin designs.
Frontier's BusinessCard features its popular Wolf design. As an
added benefit to Frontier cardholders this year, those who make
more than $60,000 in purchases within 12 credit card statement
cycles (January to December statements) will automatically be
upgraded to "Ascent" status, an elite level in Frontier's
EarlyReturns program. "Frontier Airlines' EarlyReturns is already
one of the best loyalty programs in the industry, and our Frontier
MasterCard has played a significant role in expanding our program
and delivering even greater value and satisfaction to our members,"
said John Happ, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Planning at
Frontier Airlines. "Thanks in no small part to the great success of
our consumer credit card, we're pleased to offer the new Frontier
Airlines BusinessCard so that our small business customers can
benefit from Barclays' knowledge, expertise and world-class
programs and services while earning Frontier miles for the everyday
purchases they need to help their business grow." "Frontier
Airlines' decision to expand its four-year relationship with
Barclays is a strong testament to the quality of our loyalty
programs, the excellence of our customer service, and our strong
commitment to Frontier's success," said Chuck Moore, Managing
Director, Marketing and Partners at Barclays. "With the depth of
Barclays' experience and resources behind Frontier's consumer and
business card offerings, we're able to offer cardholders even
greater flexibility and more opportunities to earn free travel --
making Frontier a more rewarding airline to fly." About Frontier
Airlines Holdings, Inc. Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. is the
parent company of Denver-based Frontier Airlines. Currently in its
13th year of operations, Frontier Airlines is the second-largest
jet service carrier at Denver International Airport, employing
approximately 5,000 aviation professionals. With 60 aircraft and
one of the youngest Airbus fleet in North America, Frontier offers
24 channels of DIRECTV(R) service in every seatback along with 33
inches of legroom in an all coach configuration. In conjunction
with its regional jet fleet, operated by Horizon and Republic
Airlines, Frontier offers routes linking its Denver hub to 58
destinations including 48 U.S. cities in 30 states spanning the
nation from coast to coast, eight cities in Mexico and two cities
in Canada. In November 2006, Frontier and AirTran Airways 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. In December 2006, Frontier was designated "Best Low
Cost Carrier" in the U.S. by the readers of Business Traveler
magazine. Frontier's maintenance department has received the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Diamond Award recognizing its
advanced training standards for eight consecutive years, from 1999
to 2006. For more in-depth information on Frontier Airlines, please
visit our Web site at http://www.frontierairlines.com/. About
Barclays Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the U.S. credit
card operations of Barclays PLC, has more than 50 existing credit
card partnerships with some of the country's most successful
travel, entertainment, educational and financial institutions
including Frontier Airlines, US Airways, AirTran Airways, Midwest
Airlines, Carnival Cruise Lines, TiVo, Gulf Oil, Harvard Alumni
Association, and UBS among others. For more information please
visit http://www.barclaycardus.com/. Barclays PLC is a major global
financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial
banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and
investment management services. Barclays is one of the largest
financial services companies in the world by market capitalization.
With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays
operates in over 50 countries and employs 123,000 people. Barclays
moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 27 million
customers and clients worldwide. Barclaycard is one of the largest
global credit card companies with 16.2 million credit card
customers around the world. For more information about Barclays
PLC, please visit http://www.barclays.com/ * Based on more than
450,000 votes worldwide, InsideFlyer magazine named Frontier
Airlines' EarlyReturns frequent flyer "Program of the Year" in the
U.S., and winner of the "Best Award" category, at the 19th Annual
Freddie Awards, April 26, 2007. DATASOURCE: Barclays CONTACT: Donna
Sokolsky of Sparkpr, +1-415-962-8200 ext. 222, , for Barclays Web
site: http://www.barclays.com/ http://www.frontierairlines.com/
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