Originally Posted by
Captain Schmidt
Aside from the issue of BIS miles, I'd personally probably pick AC or NH over UA. AC has a good hard product and decent enough soft-product. NH has an excellent soft product and if you get the new biz seating, a very good hard product though if it's the old sloped seating, then UA's new seat is better.
I did a dummy booking before responding and it looks like it woudl be the new seat.
And I agree with you that the UA flat C seat is superior to the legacy NH seat.