Originally Posted by
rxn20
81,303 Premier miles, comprised of 74.5 segments. All on ERJ-145s. IAH-RIC-IAH pretty much every week since January.
ERJ-145s aren't too bad; it's the CRJ-200s that are torture. The CRJ-700s are okay and the E70s are great.
Originally Posted by
rxn20
For the love of all that is holy, why will UA not go to a system like DL where a flight over a certain length is not eligible for a non-FC ERJ? This is a ~1,150 mile flight, with flight times regularly over 2.5 hours (occasionally approaching 3.5 hours due to head winds, when going east to west), with many business travelers. If UA did not have the only direct flight from IAH-RIC available via my corporate travel portal, I would be gone faster than you could blink. Being an elite at UA does little to nothing for me.
Elite status does help sometimes, especially for standby. F on the CR7 and E70 is a nice perk. The extra RDMs (500 mile minimum + 100% bonus) add up.
Too bad UA had pretty much stopped E70 service into HPN.
