Originally Posted by
diver858
I am happy if you are happy - the of the mysteries of life.
With that said:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I would choose a shinny new OO E75 over an uncomfortable WN 737, with pre-reserved seats, premium economy is often priced about the same as WN.
AS also has a form of no change fees, offers refunds if their price goes down. WN may not charge a fee to change, but you are required to pay the new fare.
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Want no bag fees - get the AS credit card (20k miles). Alaska recently waived fees, relaxed oversized and overweight restrictions on sporting goods (bicycles, golf clubs, etc) - still $75 on WN.
AS has free streaming video and music, I can live without TV for a few hours
Meets all of my needs out of SAN
The AS award program has a HUGE number of INTERNATIONAL partners, offering award flights to most any destination worldwide. For those who rack up miles flying for business, the last thing you want is to fly the same lousy coach seat to another US destination.
As people above have mentioned, these mostly have qualifiers that explain why way more people fly WN for their intra-CA and intra-west flying (most people don't want an AS credit card; most people don't want to have to study for hours and religiously watch award space to be able to use their points/miles; great it works for you out of SAN but at other large airports it's a much smaller network than WN; E175 amenities are not helpful if you're on a Q400, etc)