All *G received E+ until several years ago when it was restricted to UA (and now CO status pax). In my view, E+ is the only reason to choose UA in long haul economy. I just did UA923 LHR-IAD today in a beaten up old 763 and I much prefer AC. Better food, free drinks, AVOD, etc, even on the old 763 warhorses (although I will admit it took AC years to get this far).

Finally, you can do what someone did on my flight today...scramble up from E- before takeoff when no one is looking.