^^^ thanks for the link. Will make use of this if no L fares pop up Monday morning on AC metal for my routes. Not holding my breath, but they do come and go sometimes
why fly, thanks for the good wishes. I'm sure I can perserver through E+ seating
Here's the dangerous part of my UA routing. I have a 50 min connection time in ORD

Haven't flown through for some years but I'g going to guess I might get to work up a sweat running for gates if things go wrong. I will only have carry on. Any last thoughts?