I’m willing to pay a little to moderately more for better operational stability and reliability and feel like UA and DL have been pretty solid leaders in that realm from 2020 onwards. AA and WN are still in the mode of throwing up a very optimistic schedule and then praying that they can talk enough remaining employees into yet more overtime to cover that schedule.
Had our first WN flights in a couple of years this March because of the lure of a cheap ticket out of Florida during spring break season and dang, they were hovering on the verger or dumpster fire with every single flight leg.