Originally Posted by
aCavalierInCoach
SJC isn't going to happen. Southwest holds down fares to basically everywhere and UA has consolidated it's power even more with more mainline SJC-IAH post merger.
Perhaps a gross over-generalization, but I think the reality is SFO gets a lot of premium traffic from the financial community, and just about all of that is from Palo Alto up (where SJC is preferable but just by 5 or 10 minutes) -- the tech community is more cost conscious, and I doubt there's a lot of premium traffic out of the South Bay.
Whatever the airport authority tries to do with polls or letter writing, it won't change the fact that SJC has proven time and again that it can't sustain a legacy carrier hub.
You're right. The tech companies tend to have buy the lowest fare policies. They love WN because there are no change fees there.
Finance companies seem to be less cost conscious when it comes to airfare. I know people in both industries and the difference is very apparent. If high tech companies spent like finance companies on airfare, then SJC would definitely be a hub for some legacy.