Originally Posted by
BERbound
Have you considered Air Berlin from JFK-TXL-AUH? You can book with Avios and pay none or very little in surcharges. Also IIRC you'd get a chauffeur service included for free to take you from Abu Dhabi to Dubai( one hour or so by road) . Avios needed isn't so high either as Berlin to Abu Dhabi is only 25k for business.
Wow, thank you! I pulled up a sample itinerary on their website and I see that I can actually use AA to connect in Chicago....will have to check to see if I get charged additional miles for that. Another excellent option!
And thanks for the discussion/commentary about connecting economy/business LH. Sounds like there really isn't a clear answer!