Airline Consistency

You could just try to follow the rules. When we fly Volaris or Allegiant we pay for 2 checked bags and carry on a small backpack each so no worries. I’m actually tired of watching people cramming oversized carryons into the overhead and taking so long to sit down. So far we have not had the pleasure of flying Frontier or Spirit, good luck with your flight.

There is something nice about “getting away” with something. There is something nice about being the person who was able to “stretch the rules”.

But I get kind of fed up having paid to checked my luggage only to see others taking up overhead space with luggage that is oversized. On a recent trip I searched for a place to put my properly-sized carryon as a person finished loading their backpack, with tent attached, into the overhead. For my next flight to ZIH I paid for a higher fare class to get checked luggage included.

If Frontier is inconsistent with the application of its standards, I agree with the OP, flexibility of rules should apply to all. But If Frontier is consistent in its practice, I congratulate them.