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SJC ORD LDR
If WN can turn their planes faster, why did they have a horrible operational issues last year? The fact is that once they got 738s, they couldn't turn them that fast.
Their schedules are packed tight, so sometimes they get a bit behind.
There is no way I'll ever fly NK. Not with a 28" pitch. Never. F9 isn't too much better IMO. Plus, loyalty to NK gets you nothing as far as I can tell.
True, 28" would suck bigtime. NK isn't looking for loyalty, they are targeting occasional travelers who likely wouldn't otherwise fly.
With DL (and AA, UA, and US), once you fly 25k miles, you get fee waivers, access to more comfortable seats, and several other amenities that make travel much less unpleasant.
I'm assuming that's per year? Otherwise basically everyone would have 25k miles and it would be pointless. WN has better seats on their 738's in the first place (as does AS), and they don't nickel and dime you in the first place. I see no point in loyalty programs. I sign up for any of them that I'm flying on, but it's a non-factor in choosing what to fly on. Plane type, seat pitch, price, features, etc, are all much more important. DL's seat pitch usually sucks compared to WN, so that's a huge differentiator, especially when WN is usually the low bidder.
As for bins filling up, I've seen it happen on WN as well back in the 1990's. It happens.
Sure, it can happen anywhere, but it's a lot less likely to happen on WN when they have 2 free checked bags. Plus their new 738's have bigger bins.