Originally Posted by
krazykanuck
When I was looking at flights out to West Texas WN's fares from HOU-Midland were just as high with a free stop in Dallas, if not higher than UA's direct flight from IAH-Midland.
WN is probably showing growth simply because they have opened so many more routes. If you exclude the international routes, the results might look similar.
Am amazed how this legacy (not that AA is much better) is most often cheaper than LCC WN
OTOH, Southwest effect is still with us, making the whole pricing thing something of an enigma