Ok I am booked but oh what a hassle. I checked everything under the sun online, finally called and booked but the agent didn't show any better options than what I saw online (in a few cases the agent options were worse which baffles me).
Little bit change of plans, meeting my travel partner in Dubai for a few days and then we both go to India from there. So going on United to Dubai then buying a ticket from there to India and back. Tried to do my outbound to Dubai and then return from India but it was just impossible getting anything back from India using miles. Even from Dubai, had to book economy on the return...