loco said:Only one was on United, and your south vs west thing doesn't make any sense to me.
ok...get a map of the US out.
find chicago. it's near the center of the US, near a very large pond. got it? good.
now let's find boston and charlotte. if the pacific ocean is to your left, you've got the map in the correction direction. notice that you can draw a straight line from boston to chicago and get nowhere near charlotte.
not sure where you flew out of in TX; missoula and reno ain't exactly bustling metropolises where direct flights from east cupcake to west cupcake make a whole lot of economic sense, unlike boston and chicago...