Originally Posted by Graciecatt

Thank you. I think I'm finally at peace here lol. I do get stressed wanting to be sure I'm proactively aware of what all might happen/how things will go. That helps me to manage my companions' expectations and then the trip is smooth.

I think the different thing I was trying to get out of this was that someone had suggested possibly UA could attach our positioning flight to my main itinerary but it seems like that's not an option at all so I will go with things as they stand.