United is offering a game — which you can play every day through July 17 — to win economy plus access for a year. Not an easy win, but if you aren’t an elite and might fly United it’s sure nice to have. United is, in my view, the best coach product in the U.S. if you’re seated in Economy Plus. Those extra inches really do matter, and are a great perk for United’s elite members (not sure most consider them to be worth the buy up if you aren’t an elite).

United’s partner elites used to have complimentary access to these seats, but that benefit was taken away, much to the consternation of Star Alliance Gold members around the world…