Will I need to go through passport control in Amsterdam?

You will go through passport control as you will be exiting the Schengen area. It is a short connection but as long as you are on a single ticket, I wouldn’t worry about it.

One ticket or two?

Checked bags?

It is myself and my husband and we will just have carryons.

Is you airline booking "Porto-Amsterdam-USA" on a single ticket, or 'Porto- Amsterdam' and a separate ticket for 'Amsterdam-USA'?

If the former and the first flight is late, the airline is responsible to get you on another flight.

If the latter, you get to buy a new ticket at the 'walk up' price.

I guess I don’t really understand the one or two tickets question. We booked all flights together. This our first time purchasing our own flights but we did it through AAA I assume that if we checked luggage in Porto it would go directly to our us destination in MN.

we did it through AAA I assume that if we checked luggage in Porto it would go directly to our us destination in MN.

Don't mean to be too intrusive, but what airlines are you flying?
I cannot find a 5AM departure from Porto to Amsterdam.( and that could very well be my ineptitude, but it has me curious what AAA put together for you)

When we went through passport control in May there were two lines, the 2nd line was for connections of 30 minutes or less, so if you're really pressed for time that will be the one to go to.

I guess I don’t really understand the one or two tickets question. We
booked all flights together. This our first time purchasing our own
flights but we did it through AAA I assume that if we checked luggage
in Porto it would go directly to our us destination in MN.

One ticket means you had one reservation with a connecting flight, usually on the same airline. 2 tickets means you booked a return flight from Amsterdam to home and a completely different reservation from Amsterdam to Porto.

For Joe32f
We are flying Delta/KLM On October 19th. Our flights booked are 5am out of Porto to Amsterdam then to Minneapolis at 9:40. It was either that or leave later in the day and get home the next day.

I see your flights....KLM to Amsterdam, Delta to MSP.

If you miss the connection, Delta has two more nonstop flights that day to MSP. If the missed connection was not your fault, Delta has to put you on the next available flight at no additional cost to you. In fact, they might owe you money. But that's only if your flight from Porto was delayed. Not if you stopped to go shopping. (LOL)

Thank you all! I feel better now. Fingers crossed no weather or plane issues and we will make it home on time! I’m going to guess we aren’t the only ones flying out that early from our tour.

Flying Delta/KLM through Amsterdam is our preferred European routing. When you arrive at passport control look for the board listing "short connections". If your flight is listed, join that line. In my experience there has been an airport employee at the beginning of the passport control lines to help direct passengers.