Originally Posted by
mduell
I'd recommend one of the superior fare search engines, like Google Flights, that show the lowest complete trip price from the start; it also has the bonus of being quite a bit faster.
Yes by a factor of as much as 10 or 20x if you're using the calendar to search for fares and imposing restrictions such as limited number of stops.
From my perspective, the only reasons to use united.com are (i) you need to search for a specific fare class, or (ii) you need to see fare bucket availability. And of course the second is currently irrelevant since it's not being displayed.