Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / RSW Up in the Air avoiding the Snowflakes
Programs: UA GS 1.8MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriott LT, Accor P
Posts: 8,058
OP - best advice I would give you is to get on an earlier flight to EWR from RDU -- yes you may end up spending hours in EWR for nothing -- but you won't have to stress about it so much -- until you try and buy a glass of wine from OTG.... Your flight arrives at a particularly challenging time for EWR -- and when they start having to cancel / delay fights into EWR you've already seen where that comes from -- place like RDU....
Call UA and ask if it is possible to be placed on an earlier flight to EWR so you don't miss your connection....