Originally Posted by
Repooc17
For me, I can't think of many good reasons to book direct vs. OTA. Have I booked with OTAs in the past? Yes, but mostly on obscure non-US carriers where I am skeptical about their site..
One of my motivations is to punish United for changes I don’t like. I cancelled my Presidential Plus because the United Club is so overcrowded and bad I no longer saw the value for the annual fee (specifically EWR terminal C, where I used it the most). Likewise I’m unhappy about the demise of United.com club. Based on the informative responses (thank you all) I can see the folly in that reasoning.