Originally Posted by
sbm12
They serve a whole bunch of places I'm interested in visiting ex-NYC.
Plus, there can be value in flying just because the experience is better, even if the points are worse. Points are not (and, IMO should not be) the only motivation when booking a flight.
If you are stuck flying over XMAS holiday you more points when flying B6 or UA. For a 400$ fare you get 2400 B6 points which is could pay for 1/4 of an average (100$ fare) flight. On UA you would get a 1000 miles (assuming its NYC-FLA flight) which would pay for 1/10th of a flight . With family pooling it gets much better deal for families . Clearly if B6 does not have the frequency or locations than one should not fly them. If I needed to fly for business on a route B6 only had 1 flight a day, I most likely would not use them. With the new pooling option it may make sense for people to fly B6 for vacation and leave the business flying to a legacy carrier.