I have the opportunity to switch airlines as I haven’t traveled for a while. I originally used United when I came to Chicago but then used AA the last year I traveled. I’ve honestly had mid experiences with both. Any recommendations or reasons to pick one or the other? I’m leaning to going back to UA as they have more international options direct from ORD.

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United if you’re in Chicago. You don’t realize how convenient it is to have a million flight options until you don’t.

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AA has nearly the same # of routes out of ORD… really just depends on which network better aligns with where you go often… e.g. if you have family in Dallas or Philly that you see 2-3x a year I’d say AA is a no brainer, but if you had family in SFO or Houston then UA may make more sense

I am in a love/hate relationship with United. I love the frequency and the options to fly direct to pretty much anywhere in the world. I hate how as a 1K, I was 30+ down the line of upgrades as the front half the plane is taken up by GS. Fortunately/unfortunately I haven’t had to travel much the last 2 years and now I’m down to lowly Gold so I’m just happy with an Econ+ seat and don’t even look at the upgrade list anymore.

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