Originally Posted by
Adam Smith
In summary: if you prefer to fly on the 787, wait it out a bit and see if it comes back. Once they reconcile the discrepancy between the outbound and inbound being different aircraft types, you should have your answer as to which equipment will likely operate it (always subject to further change, of course).
Thank you for the post. Super helpful. Thank you to everyone else who took the time to reply as well. I will wait it out to see how the plane discrepancy is resolved and act accordingly.
If you prefer to fly UA regardless
No, definitely not. It just comes down to not wanting to burn 25k miles to fly a 737, and in the case of switching to a paid ticket if I can't get a pod then UA P fares on this route are priced less than AC.