Originally Posted by
rsteinmetz70112
Frontier was the victim of a lot of "Hit Stories" when they changed their business model some were deserved, many were not.There was a lot of complaining about "how it used to be", and not much recognition of the fact that "how it used to be" was not financially viable.
I am perfectly happy to do my own research, make my own determinations and take advantage of other's ignorance and prejudice.
Southwest continues to live on the perception that they are the cheapest airline, which is not generally true. However there are other compelling reasons to fly them.
The Legacies continue to be affected by their past sins. I continue to avoid them because of their predatory pricing and current fee structure.
Everyone should make their own decisions.
First of all, I'm going to agree with the latter point.
As to Southwest, as you've indicated the question is rather more complicated (and comes down to which bundle of services you're looking at, when you're booking versus flying, and who actually serves your market and at what frequencies...WN with 3-4x daily flights may win out simply because Frontier has a clunky schedule).