Originally Posted by
jbalmuth
Your screenshot reflects the output of a query where you've chosen Economy class (as opposed to Business/Club or First). Since I would honestly never consider flying a 15+ hour flight in the back of the bus, it never occurred to me that your problem was related to class. Try it again, using Business/Club (50k BA miles) or First (75k BA miles), book it, and then spend the next 11 months looking forward to a great trip!
Bingo - that's it. I was planning on using business, but just failed to make the change in my search. Thanks so much for all of your help with this!