The Details
- Flight: UA3677
- Aircraft: E175
- Class: Economy
- Seat: 19B
- Route: Indianapolis (IND)-Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
- Distance: 235miles
- Duration: 42min
- Departure: 11:48AM
- Arrival: 11:30AM
The Preflight
My fiancee and I were headed to Vietnam for a week on vacation which involved two separate reservations. Our positioning flight involved flying from Indianapolis to Chicago O’Hare followed by an Air France flight to Paris and finally a Vietnam Airlines flight to Hanoi.
We arrived just an hour before boarding and spent some time at The Tap restaurant which is a new Priority Pass restaurant. Thanks to our Chase Ritz Carlton card we each had a $28 food and beverage credit to use.
There was an extensive beer menu with a wide variety on tap as well as an extensive food menu.
We decided to split the Cali Chicken Wrap which was served toasted with tortilla chips and a basket of pretzel sticks with delicious beer cheese.
After grabbing a quick lunch, it was time for boarding.
Our flight was originally scheduled to be on an E170 but the morning of, United upgauged the flight to an E175. The flight would be operated by hometown airline Republic Airways which is one of United Express partners. Our E175, registration N767YX, was delivered brand new to Republic Airways in October 2023, making the aircraft just four months old.
Boarding began at 11:16AM and we boarded with Group 2.
The Flight
United Airlines has a total of 12 Domestic First and 64 economy class seats on board their E175s operated by Republic Airways. The economy cabin was arranged in the standard 2-2 configuration in the main cabin. The first four rows of economy were EconomyPlus seats with 34 inches of pitch while the remainder of the cabin was regular economy seats. We were seated in 19A and B, just behind the wing. Each economy seat had 31 inches of pitch and 18 inches of width. There were no power outlets or USB ports on this flight.
The boarding doors were closed at 11:35 and we pushed back six minutes later ahead of schedule. We took off from runway 23R at 11:48AM.
During the short 42-minute flight to Chicago, the lone flight attendant working the economy cabin did come through the cabin once with a water service. Otherwise, we had a relatively smooth and unremarkable flight that ended with beautiful morning views of downtown Chicago.
We landed at 11:30AM on runway 27C and had a brief five-minute taxi to Gate B18.
