I was an FO in EWR until I recently upgraded. I’m a similar distance from both airports but had always stayed in EWR because I liked the flying better. It’s entirely united flying and there’s a good variety of 1-5 day trips. Though I never wanted anything more than 3 days. It was my understand that a lot of LGA flying is shuttle stuff, like DCA turns and BOS. It also seemed to be more legs in a day, where as the United stuff in EWR was mostly 2-3 legs. The United flying also takes you farther west and I liked flying to Denver and the airports we serve from there.

They basically have the same amount of flight delays, but I think LGA car traffic is far worse.

It’s been a while since I really looked at LGA stuff though, so I need confirmation on what kind of flying they do there. I can tell you EWR flying is fairly diverse and enjoyable.

As far as benefits, keep in mind we get flight benefits on all 3 carriers, regardless of who our base flies for. That’s often asked. Hopefully an LGA based pilot can come tell you how things are there.