The CR1 cut is a bummer. The instant deposit of SWUs is also a bummer - UA's way of making sure that even fewer of them get used.

To echo what others have said, the biggest problem I see on UA is that the SWU is almost unusable unless you fly on Tuesdays in Mid January... I was one of the folks who took early deposit last year and I'll end up having 4 SWUs (of 8) unused this year.

I flew E- from NRT to ORD on Sunday in 60J and it was comparable to AAs regular Economy and worse than Lufthansa's.

If UA eliminates E+, then there really will be little point staying with them. If I want to stay in *A, I can still fly UA but credit elsewhere.