Originally Posted by
Kensterfly
I appreciate all the tips. I believe we have finally decided on the river cruise that runs from Vienna to AMS. With that in mind, among the very few Saver Premium flights available outbound is IAH/ORD/VIE on OS! 70K miles only $5 or so cash. 767. (UA site does not indicate which version of the 767.
We could also connect in Toronto to an OS 767 but I don't see any reason to do that if the ORD flight remains available. Seems like an extra hassle to do a connection in an international city if you don't have to. Plus it's about a seven hour layover in Toronto and only about 2.5 hours in ORD.
Coming home we will try for the nonstop AMS-IAH in Saver Econ and pay up for E+. That would be the easiest, though it would be tempting to connect in FRA and fly a 787. I'd would like to avoid the extra connection when there's a perfectly good non stop.
Another reason to route via ORD vs YYZ is that you'd be paying more than $5 in fees for crossing the Canada-US border and using YYZ - airport pax service charges are not regulated in Canada!
On the return, a UA 777 in E+ will have wider seats than a 787, if that is of relevance. Neither have two seat rows like the 767s running AMS-ORD, fwiw