I am trying to figure the most efficient means of accomplishing a more complex reward and was hoping to run it by you all before even starting.

Here is the ideal:

In May 2009 dergon_gf and myself want to go CLE- Rome for a week. Dates flexible, somewhat.

I would like us both to fly BF.

For her I would like to use miles for a reward from my account.

I want to buy the ticket to maximize EQMs (it's going to be close making gold again for 2010 and if I don't get EQMs for this one I'll prolly come up short).

I am thinking of buying an H fare and waitlisting myself on the same flights she gets her reward travel.

With my calculations that's gonna be 140k miles (her reward and my upgrade) + one H-fare ticket price.

So ....is this the best approach? Am I making this overcomplicated? Where do I start?

I've never done anything beyond a simple upgrade phone call and this seems quite daunting.

Thanks much in advance for your wisdom.