You are right, 10 to 30 minutes at the end of a 48 hour plus trip is not a big enough concern for me to switch airlines. I was not condoning NWA's performance just trying to state facts (as reported by you) that it is a 10 to 25 minute difference, and that you stated that you thought the food and inflight service was good. Those items are more important to me than how long I wait for a bag to come up. As I tend to stop by the WC/PC (if open) before I even go to the bag claim. So I really don't know how long it takes baggage to be offloaded since by time I get there it is either spinning on the carousel or sitting at the baggage office.

As I stated in my previous thread if luggage arrival times are your deciding factor and you are not happy with them than you should book another airline.

Living far from the airport is a factor and all factors of the flight do add up to your total experience. You should definitly fly on the airline that your total experience is the best for you. That does not mean that your factors and my factors are the same. Personally I have always prefered to fly in ANY F cabin over ANY Y cabin whether it is the best in the industry or the worst, if I have an option I will always choose the F cabin.