<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">If the statistic merely counts boardings, the fact that so many of their routes are short (and thus relatively cheap to buy) probably helps their totals. </font>
The fact that they give you what they promise is the reason. For years AA and the other so called MAJORS said that WN was NOT competition!!
As I have said before. When you fly WN you see many Elite Tags on luggage from all the other airlines.
WN I believe is the #2 airline for most US elites.
[This message has been edited by alhcfp (edited 10-05-2003).]