I'm with you jet! Wish I could throw around some weight too...

I was told that if the fare is close enough (within $50), they wouldn't care. If its a little more I'd have to be more convincing.

A colleague told me we used to have UA for flights to the Bay Area, and flew them all the time. They were constantly late, or cancelled, or changed gates without announcement. A bunch of the guys lobbied to remove UA from the list. I wonder how hard is it to get them back?