It's OK to be dense, the Constitution allows you that right. Lets see, list all the Connection domestic cities and include the hubs, now list all the DAL cities and hubs. My bet is if you want to get from SAC to SLC it ain't gonna be on DAL, it will be Connection based, and if you include all the United Express cities my bet it will be a significant difference. Now vacation destinations would be a different story, but since we use our credit card miles to buy tickets, the non-rev experience is moot for us. Taking a chance on the gate agent not experiencing "that time of the month" is crazy when we have confirmed hotel reservations and every day off is precious.