I can see from reading that the members here have high level flying experience. I need some wisdom from y'all please. Here are the facts:
1. I have saved NW/Delta FF miles for about 6 years (mostly from CC ) to make a trip from Pensacola (PNS) to Madrid(MAD) and back. I have 120,000 skymiles. We could drive or fly on separate ticket to ATL which will be the international departure spot.
2. I want desperately to do the overseas part in Business Class, not coach.
3. Trip is planned for Sept or Oct, I am flexible, need about 2 weeks duration.
4. 2 Adults
5.Before merger w/ NW, I could have bought a reasonably priced coach ticket and used my miles for upgrade. Now cheapest coach ticket that allows upgrade is about 3 grand each. Coach for same flights is about $800.
6. AA is currently offering same flights for under $400 roundtrip coach. Upgrade is available w/ AA miles plus $700 each person RT.
7. Looks like to use a site like Points.com would cost me about $1000 to change Skymiles to AA miles.

Anyone w/ any ideas on ways I could use my Skymiles (120,000) to obtain reasonably priced tickets at Biz Class or upgrade to Biz please advise me.
Thanks in advance, Lundy