I agree with you 900%

And I haven't flown "Smelt Ya" in years because of my extremely poor experience with them. The US deal for this HP Plat was almost enough to put me back on WN, but I've hung tough and it's been OK so far. "Smellt Ya" would definitely chase me away. Being based in PHX, WN is the only realistic alternative. UA goes to some locations, but they don't have the network xPHX that I need, and their ridiculous TED is a rotten copy of WN.

I am not worrying about the "Smellt Ya" deal, the bidding will place this out of reach of US.