Ok. I am probably going to regret doing this next month when I have to actually be put through the COdbaUA wringer of MX issues.

I found a fare on COdbaUA website for <$1000 in August for AMS and OSL. With Delta and AA it is >$2300, hence I have to take COdbaUA. Having decided to take the Saturday night on the outbound of my trip to get over jetlag, I booked the DEN-IAD-AMS flight with a 40 minute layover in IAD. With the current performance trends, I hope to come back home on Saturday due to WX or MX issues and fly out again on Sunday. I am not going to bother booking a hotel in AMS as I feel there is a 80% chance that I am going to mis-connect. Now to hope that I get to see the delay before I even head to the DEN airport.

Will let you know if I succeed in this endeavor.