Originally Posted by AustinPilot

I am trying to decide which TLV-EWR flight to book
to increase the chance of a GPU clearing:

UA 85 on 7/26 (Friday morning) or
UA 85 on 7/27 (Saturday morning)

Both flights are Z9 and I would imagine Sat morning
should be easier, but when I look at the mobile site,
the Friday morning flight has 13(+1) out of 50 booked,
while the Sat morning flight has 26(+1) booked already.