Thank you so much for your quick response. You're thinking along the same lines I am, but I'm running into a couple of roadblocks. The AF flights leave from Orly and we come into CDG (Hubby has a fairly low shuffle around tolerance). I checked Flybe, but flys from Southwick to Nice, not from London, I haven't checked other cities yet but all the LCC in Paris fly out of Orly. We are strictly carry on (well, I am always, but husband tries to check that int'l flight bag but I'm not going to let him). We are good to go on hotels as I have a ton of Starwood points so free in Monaco and Barcelona and we have a great apartment in Aix booked.

Tentative non direct plan is JFK to ZRH (21 in the front now and positive in the back), or ATL to CDG. I'm trying to avoid any negative in the back flight. I guess we need to give up on the idea of meeting our friends for a night in London.

Thanks again!