Originally Posted by texinc

Reserve time in DCA is shorter than CLT right now by a few months. IF you live within two hours of CLT, reserve might not be too bad because you would be able to wait it out at home. If you bid DCA, you would have to have hotels while on reserve. Once on the line which would happen in DCA pretty quickly, you would have to get there from CLT or GSO and that could occasionally involve hotel rooms before or after trips. The $250 doesn't go too far there. Right now it is taking about 9 months to get a Round 1 line in CLT for FO. About 6-7 months for a Round 2 line. Only taking about 5 months for Round 1 in DCA. I think it depends on if you have cash to spare to spend on hotels etc. I've never flown below guarantee when I was in DCA or CLT even while on reserve. I have spent more than the $250 on hotels, especially when I was on reserve/Round 2 in DCA. You could bid CLT while in training, go DCA for a few months right after, then bid CLT when you get closer to hitting the 9 month point if you want to avoid reserve, though.