Today is Wednesday. No 6am or 8:30am today to IAH. I just purchased a ticket from BWI-EWR-SEA for today (last night 11 hours before flight time). BWI is still reasonable for walk up type fares. I was hoping to do the SDC and try to get a better flight through IAH that might have a upgrade option - but neither a 6am or 8:30am to IAH came up - first was around noon. Thought they might be sold out - but turns out no flights at all - so I stayed on the EWR flight. I could have changed to a later flight to IAH to SEA but I needed to get here early.

The 6am to ORD a 757 appeared busy. UA had a couple of 757's at BWI - CO had 2 RJs (EWR & CLE) and one 737 for the noon flight.

Less CO staff as well.