Gents, I debated for a long time whether or not I would post the information that I did. I stand by my statements because my data comes from an extremely reliable source.

I've left a couple of details out to protect the guilty that I think would account for the situations you are mentioning.

If United is your #1 then I wish you the best of luck and hope you get called. If you're not sure and are applying everywhere and happen to be separating then I caution you against dropping $1,000 to go visit with United. Again, I got this information from a very reliable source and am not posting my opinion. I'm posting what I was told from my source.