I used to fly the JFK-LAX non-stops several times a year, but I may stop doing that, for at least two reasons:

1. The fares out of Newark are sometimes MUCH cheaper, as was the case in this instance. (I always check Newark, just to be sure I'm not missing a bargain.)

2. Delta's JFK terminal is so awful with the new security regime! The whole terminal is "sterile," so even checked bags get x-rayed and inspected, and you can't even check "forbidden" items without an elaborate procedure. Making matters worse, you have to stand in long lines outside waiting to be screened. It's just ridiculously unpleasant, and I won't do it if I can help it. There have been other threads on this topic.

Newark is no picnic, either, but if I can save some money and have just a routinely bad security experience, I'll choose Newark over JFK.

Bruce