Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: LONDON
Programs: CX DM, BA G4L, QR PLT, EK PLT, Hyatt CC, HH DM, SQ SLTRE, BonvoyTit, UK SL, VS Wings, UA, DL, AA
Posts: 1,756
What about DEL-LHR-DEL on IT - I find buying cheapest fare and upgrading better use of IT miles than full redemption
(You would spend 45k on a low ECO fare VS almost 30k in taxes and earn / pooled under family scheme - about 10k miles). Total round trip redemption would be 108k IT miles, 90K cost.
You could then go with a 9W/SN combo ticket - fare by 9W ex LHR for approx 44k inr each and upgrade the BRU-EWR-BRU using 12 vouchers or 100k miles.
cost would be 180k inr, 90k it miles, 12 9w vouchers - plus you'd earn back about 16k miles on each ticket.
You could also look at an IT Y fare to BRU - your ECO fare would work out to 55k (110k total 2 tickets) + same miles to upgrade. And then do a full redemption on BRU-NYC-BRU on 9W for 160k miles.
Not saving much on cost but you'd be earning miles by using upgrades rather than flat redemptions. With YQ's the way they are today, I personally prefer doing upgrades (Especially with IT where the upgrade cost is basically the difference of miles (56k biz redemption - 26kbiz redemption), unlike 9W which makes upgrading with miles a silly option.