Welcome to FT MP777.
Yes, I agree that a $200 ecert is skimpy considering the circumstances, particularly an ecert restricted to domestic tickets.
I think you were fully justified in registering your complaint and then questioning the offer. Unsure where you can go from here.
$200+ to clean a single set of clothes $200. YIKES!
Yup, hotels are pricey, but jimminy.
MY guess is that you will continue to fly UA as you are pretty close to 1M and you have experienced that this treatment is not always the case, but the pain remains....