I did the bidding with LCA’s thing years ago when I was riding shotgun on the ER. I was mid seniority, based in ATL so I could hold weekends off as a normal bidder. I would bid trips with LCA that started on Thursday or Friday because if I got released from the trip, the only way I’d get a GS was on the weekend. It worked great in May and June but by July, they had caught up with staffing and weren’t using my trips for OE, so I was stuck flying domestic trips over the weekend in July and August vs. flying weekday trips to SA and Europe (occasionally). At that point, I started bidding 5 day trips to CDG or LHR that started and ended with DH to and from PIT/PHL/RDU/BOS. It wasn’t as lucrative but still, getting paid 5 days for a 3 day trip was kind of nice too.