Well, any comparison with WN is only apples-to-apples on U.S. routes. Since most people who are heavily involved in the legacy carriers consider many other types of awards much more valuable than the 25k domestic, it doesn't make sense to run with the WN comparison too far.

That said, everything I've heard is that WN redemptions are still reasonably fair - after the program change. I haven't earned any awards since the change so I don't really know. Domestic awards are kind of an afterthought to me, although I always liked having a WN segment or two lying around for a last-minute award.