Originally Posted by
fastback
I'd recommend you shoot for MSP. IAH to ORD is hub to hub for UA which is no bueno. Weather/flow delays slightly better in MSP. Pairings are slightly better in ORD overall, but suck in both junior domiciles at the junior end. You'll be in Houston I think before you could hold the better ORD trips. Obviously commuting to reserve will suck equally bad in both, hopefully it will be very short lived.
I don't commute out of IAH so someone who does may have better advice.
I would argue that the pairings in ORD are A LOT better than the pairings in MSP, even on the Jr. end. Although I would agree that he'll probably get IAH pretty quickly. Can't speak about the commute though I would imagine MSP would be the easier of the two.