Originally Posted by
Kacee
SFO-LAX is exactly the type of route where I want the SDC option because of frequency of flights and commute-like nature of the travel. And the whole reason I fly UA rather than WN to LA is for an assigned E+ seat and a first class cabin.
But you'd give all that up for $4? Maybe UA's not as foolish with this BE pricing as I thought

I wouldn't. But then I will pay for F on that route, and have.
But I am just stating a truism- the shorter the flight, the less differential between Y- and Y.