Southwest Vs United Vs Delta, which is best and worst and why?

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Here’s the secret: they all suck. Choose the 1 which is a hub at your local or client location. Then look at which 1 has better intl partnerships to places you travel/want to travel

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@M1 on point!

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Agreed. All about where you want to go or where you travel most. I love SWA I also travel to family and SO’s fam a combined 3-4 times a year and like to make those trips free. Still have plenty of US travel to do. But if my goal was international I’d switch to UA(local hub). So it depends.

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Fully agreed with M1. It's also worth checking for airline partnerships with hotel groups. For example, Marriott and United have a partnership that will give you silver status on United if you have platinum with Marriott (or SPG through status match).

For personal travel, I like Southwest best because you don’t lose ticket value if you have to cancel! Used to fly Chicago > Columbus roundtrip a lot around holidays and had my fight cancelled 3 different times by AA/United. Never had a flight cancelled by southwest!

Southwest is the best hands down and overall. The one catch, no real upgrades, and limited international travel. Delta is a very far second and United (although their HQ is in my city) is 3rd if not 4th on my list

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