Better? yes, it could not have gotten much worse....my travel is way down the past 18 months since I retired but for the most part my fun travel has been ok. Forget the idea of CPU or even a mileage upgrade. They are scarce at best with UA working hard to upsell others before allowing any CPUs or MUAs. I had ONE CPU in 2016. One for a 650 mile flight from DEN to MSP. I flew just over 25,000 miles on UA last year and 9,000 on AA....