Thanks for the responses.
Yes, I meant to say EWR (sorry, typo).
I do not need to claim baggage there. It will be checked all the way though.
I am flying using CO miles award ticket Business class, not first class. Said first class since I was only referring to domestic connection.
My complete trip is
MCI-CLT-EWR (US)
EWR-FRA-HYD (LH)
I am still trying to find alternatives to avoid one extra domestic connection in US. I will check on MCI-CLT-FRA too. Any other suggestions?
Thanks