Here a short list I put together of reasons to connect through IAH instead of EWR. Does anyone feel I am wrong about any of these? Can anyone think of anymore?


1) IAH does not have those foolish "ground stops" that seem to be the norm going into EWR.

2) More miles (when flying from the north east).

3) IAH has a much friendlier airport staff than EWR. EWR staff seems to have an attitude.

4) All else equal, upgrades on flight to/from IAH are much easier to get than EWR.

5) The president's club in IAH (Terminal E) is so much prettier. It's 3 floors and doesn't have all those big ugly plants like EWR does.

6) BOS-IAH is always a 737, not those dinky little planes that they sometimes use BOS-EWR.

7) Fewer headaches/delays in general.