Originally Posted by DeadStick

Congrats on having your pick of the Big 3. Nice work! It seems to me these days the UA folks are the least ****ed off, but the commute to IAD/EWR doesn’t sound great.

The JS booking system is pretty good though; 5 days prior to your trip you can book the JS beginning at noon. Once you’ve booked it the JS is yours, even if a 30 year guy shows up (only rare exceptions are MEL’d JS, line check, FAA, etc). For junior people this is a markedly better system than what AA has, from what I understand.