I'm in the process of planning out about 10 trips for June-Dec this year and have noticed that for every international route I look at, United is 2x (or more) the price of American or Delta for direct fights and sometimes up to 3x the price when there is a single stop on the way in discount business class. All from LAX. Destinations like St. Thomas (not technically international?), London, Sydney, Tokyo, Geneva, Rio.

Additionally, everything is waitlisted for PlusPoint upgrades (no skip waitlist), and when I look at points pricing it is 200k-300k points EACH WAY for LAX-IAD-STT or LAX-IAH-STT... which seems crazy for 737 seats on a plane that is completely empty. Additionally, zero availability in saver fares (IN) or PZ that I could use a GS.

It is starting to feel like United cranked the dial a little too hard this year. As a GS, I'm really trying to stay loyal to United, but this pricing is making it really hard to justify.