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I have a cruise that I want to go on that departs Venice on May 29, 2014 and returns to Rome on June 10,2014. I have 335000 Dividend miles and in the past have been able to get business/envoy seats for 100k each roundtrip.

I just started looking even though the return is not open yet and was shocked that US is wanting up to 162k each way- what happened to those
50k seats? (I now know why they keep trying to get me to buy miles ) so I figured I would look at United and saw that Swiss flies out of Boston which I could get on 5/26 for 50k each the return is not open yet but looking at the 4th it appears if the scenario stays the same I should be able to get the 10th or 11th for 50k.

I checked out of Hartford and interestingly enough if I had United miles I could fly UsAir on the 26th and return on the 4th for 50k each. I don't get it why would a partner award ticket work on UsAir but not booking direct?
My husband would rather go out of BDL than BOS but I am not buying miles to do that. Has anyone flown Swiss? How is their business product? I have fibromyalgia and really need a comfortable seat for long flights. I know I have to wait another week for the return to open up but am wondering if I am missing any other combination and if anyone knows why on UsAir's site the seats are 163k each but on United they are only 50k as a partner reward. Can I book partner reward travel on UsAir lol?