UAL want you want options. If you can drive to a SWA go there.

Either is a gamble. SWA isn’t the scrappy little start up they used to be, they’re a major carrier now with all the problems that go with being a major. My friends there tell me the culture has changed markedly over the last 10-20 years as well. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Regardless of who you chose, FX/WN/UA/DL etc etc etc, all you can do is make the best desicion with the info available now because history has proven there is zero chance that anyone will predict with any certainty who will rise and who will fall. Anyone that tells you they can you most certainly should NOT listen to. The list of major airlines that have gone out of business is larger than the number in business now.

May the odds be ever in your favor.