pm departure is good news
hooray for the 4:30pm n/s to SFO - usually try to take an evening departure back and end up going through ORD or DEN, cheaper than staying the night for the morning n/s.
I fly this route pretty regularly and try to go for the n/s as often as I can, have noticed what appear to be connecting pax from the Asian bank on the way to MSP, but not as many on the way to SFO. Not sure why that is.
I've been worried about the status of this flight as it is never full - sometimes only 60%, maybe the afternoon departure will help it pick up more pax (and some of the consultant traffic between the two cities).