I may need to go to Madrid on business next September. If I do, my employer will fly me there on American Airlines miles. When we've done this before, they actually give me access to the account so I can do the booking myself (we are a small company). I will be looking for any business class One World options, ideally a red eye direct flight from LAX to Madrid. Coming home, we might fly from the Costa del Sol area (Malaga), Barcelona or Madrid.

I will only go if I can take some more time & bring my husband. To get him a business class seat on my flights we have 45,000 AA miles, 30,000 Avios, and 75,000 Alaska Airlines miles. Plus about 12,000 SPG points in my acct that could transfer to the AA and about 10,000 SPG points in his account that could transfer to the BA or Alaska accounts.

Searching, I am finding direct red eye flights LAX to Madrid some days of the week on Iberia. How is Iberia business class, especially the quality of the seat for sleep purposes?

Flying home, we are fine with multiple shorter flights. Tips as to the best airlines flying these routes?

We own several timeshares, so right now the plan would be for a week in a timeshare on the Costa del Sol, Madrid for 3-4 days (plus another 3 for my conference), Corbova 1-2 nights, Seville 1-2 nights. If we can't get the timeshare trade, we will cut the Costa del Sol portion of the trip by a few days and substitute Barcelona. Or alternatively, we could do a second European location if it makes sense based on cities we might fly through- Paris, perhaps?

Thanks for any advice.

H