Frontier GoWild Pass Price & Auto-Renewal (2026)

The Frontier GoWild Pass is one of the best deals in travel when you buy it on an intro offer. It is a much worse deal if you let it quietly renew at full price without noticing. Both of those things are true at once, and the gap between them is the single most important thing to understand before you buy.

Here is what the pass actually costs in 2026, how the auto-renewal works, and how to make sure you never get charged for a renewal you did not mean to keep.

What the GoWild Pass costs in 2026

Frontier prices the pass in two main flavors, and the number you see depends heavily on whether you catch an introductory offer.

Pass	Price	What it covers
Summer / seasonal	$199 on the 2026 intro offer	A shorter seasonal window, roughly five months
Annual (2026-2027)	around $600 regular, less on intro offers	May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027

The intro offers are real, but they are promotional and first come, first served. They sell out, and they reset (the 2026-2027 annual pass launched as low as $349 on early access before settling back toward its regular price). The number that matters more for the long run is the regular price, because that is what you renew at.

The auto-renewal trap

This is the part I want every pass holder to internalize, because it is where people lose real money.

The GoWild Pass auto-renews by default. Annual and seasonal passes both renew automatically unless you cancel. Your confirmation email lists the exact date your pass expires and renews, and if you do nothing, Frontier charges the card on file and rolls you into another term.

Here is the catch that makes it sting: renewal happens at the regular price, not the intro price you paid. You might get in for $349 on a great annual offer, fly a fantastic year, forget all about it, and then get renewed at the full price, which right now is around $600. That is not a knock on Frontier, it is just how intro pricing works everywhere. But it means the pass can nearly double in cost between your first year and your second if you are not paying attention.

So the honest framing is this. The intro price is the deal. The renewal is the real price. Decide every year, on purpose, whether the real price is worth it for how much you actually flew.

How to turn off GoWild auto-renewal

If you are not sure you want another year, the safest move is to turn off auto-renewal as soon as you buy, then turn it back on later only if you decide to keep it. You do not lose any of your current term by doing this. You just stop the automatic charge at the end.

To cancel or disable it:

1. Find your renewal date in the GoWild confirmation email. That date is your deadline.
2. Log into your Frontier Miles account on the website or app, using the account you bought the pass with. Auto-renewal lives here, not in a separate portal.
3. Open the GoWild Pass settings under your account, membership, or subscription area.
4. Turn off auto-renew before the deadline. Do it early, not the night before, so a pending charge cannot slip through.
5. Confirm it is off, and if anything is unclear, contact Frontier directly rather than assuming.

Set a calendar reminder for a week before your renewal date too. The renewal is easy to forget precisely because it is automatic, and a reminder turns a surprise $600 charge into a deliberate decision.

Is renewing worth it?

That depends entirely on how much you flew, and only you can run that math. The pass earns its keep on frequency: every GoWild flight books at a one-cent base fare, so a domestic nonstop runs about fifteen dollars all in after taxes and fees, which we break down in how much a GoWild flight really costs.

At the intro price, even a handful of trips pays for the pass. At the full renewal price of around $600, you need to fly more to come out ahead, and you need to actually be able to find seats, which is the real limiting factor. If you only flew a few times in your first year, the honest answer is often to let it lapse and re-buy on the next intro offer rather than renew at full freight.

The flyers who happily renew are the ones who fly constantly and can reliably get seats. If that is you, $600 for a year of near-free flights is still a steal. If it is not, do not let the autopilot decide for you.

Here is the move most smart gowilders actually make: they rarely pay the full $600. Frontier frequently offers discounted renewals, and the intro and early-access deals come around again and again, so the savvy play is to turn off auto-renew and wait for a discount instead of letting the autopilot charge you full price. Sometimes that discount is a renewal offer straight from Frontier, so you keep the pass without a gap. Other times it means letting the pass lapse and buying back in on the next intro deal. Either way, renew on a deal, not on autopilot. It can save you a couple hundred dollars for the exact same pass.

The bottom line

The Frontier GoWild Pass is a great buy on an intro offer, like the $199 summer pass in 2026. Just go in knowing two things: it auto-renews unless you stop it, and it renews at the regular price, currently around $600, not the intro rate. Decide on your renewal every year on purpose, turn off auto-renew if you are unsure, and you get all the upside of the pass with none of the surprise charges.

New to the pass? Start with the honest Frontier GoWild Pass guide for the full picture on cost, the booking window, and whether it is worth it for how you travel.