Originally Posted by
EJRofChicago
Vacationing in Iceland in late June and my originally scheduled return was via EWR, but looks like that itinerary was cancelled and I've been re-routed via ORD. Am I the only one that finds it odd UA dropped a Europe<>EWR frequency in favor of a Europe<>ORD frequency? Everyone who is connecting to an East Coast final destination (such as myself) now overflies their own home!
KEF-ORD flights don't fly over the East Coast unless you consider Labrador "East Coast". It's only about 300 miles further to ORD than to EWR coming from Iceland.