Award tickets are also much cheaper on SWA than any other airline. I frequently get award tickets for 15000 points or less. I also get to bring my spouse for free even on an award ticket so getting 2 round trips for 20,000 points on any other airline is unheard of.

You’d easily qualify for Alist so you’d always board in the A Group, usually no worse than A20.

No change fees is a big deal if you ever need to change plans. That alone has saved me thousands over the years.

I’ve found it’s super easy to requalify for the benefits with my regular credit card spending and travel.

I love southwest.