Originally Posted by
BelgianWaffle
I'm taking that flight right after Christmas....

(only because I'm a super cheapskate and always go for the absolute lowest fare, no matter how strange the dep/arr time or weird routing that involves 5 connecting cities)
Could be UA1249 on Jan 3, 12:17am-3:14pm on a 319 (or 1/4 on a 738). One way fare shows $150 (or $125 on 1/4). FC for $279 is only slightly more than the cheapest Y fare later that morning ($265).