Originally Posted by
WIRunner
For a frequent flyer, these are horrible to purchase. But for someone who is 1, on a budget and just wants the cheapest flight, or 2, doesn't care. It will appeal to them. DL isn't necessarily going after the high roller here, but that causal flier that would normally choose WN, or whatever the cheapest that shows up in Travelocity. They're not going to care about changes, and they're already going to pay for bags, the seat assignments might be an issue for them though.
Well, yes. But my point is that, for the identical price with SWA, the Delta offering is objectively worse in virtually every way possible.
Even as a Diamond, I would choose the SWA flight over the Delta one if I were content to sit in coach.