[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DaFace

With regard to the "best airline" or whatever, it really just depends on what routes you'll be traveling. Where's your home airport? Who has the most direct routes from there? Assuming you're not already at a hub airport, who gets you the easiest access to hubs?

It's much more about picking the airline that's convenient for you and then being (reasonably) loyal to them than about whose program is "best" completely objectively.

As for searching, Google Flights (though you still have to do Southwest separately).

Adding to this, how you're reimbursed for the travel matters a bit too. A Cerner guy I know said he racked up enough points for a Companion Pass (free ticket for one person for a year with the purchase of one ticket) fairly quickly because he was sent by the company on short notice, which typically means SWA's cheapest fares are sold out and he'd have to buy their A List tickets which have a pretty good reward point bonus vs their 'Wanna Get Away' fares.