About to start traveling A LOT. Do people recommend southwest or United? Flying out of Chicago and equidistant to midway and ORD.

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united. better codeshare partners, better status, better upgrades.

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Upgrades...period. 😬

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Currently fly into Chicago and my flights are like 80/20 Southwest/United. I had a corporate offer to immediately get A-list for Southwest and being seated in the first 5 rows without fail is amazing. But if you're playing the points and miles game for the Long haul United is undoubtedly better.

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I’m Chicago based and fly both of these airlines exclusively. I’d probably recommend United, but mainly because you can probably find a status challenge to get you started quicker. Having Economy Plus is super handy. I don’t get upgraded much at all as a Gold member because so many folks travel even more than that. Southwests points are ‘worth more’, but Companion Pass is the real perk and not that worthwhile for consultants/single people

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Depends. How much and how far is a lot? And, do you like exotic vacations? If so, and you can accumulate enough, United seems the obvious choice.

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If you are going to travel domestically for personal travel and have a companion to take with you southwest companion pass is the best out there.

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Companion pass is sort of useless for consultants though, given that we can often flex places and it only applies if you're flying with the companion

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