I have been scouring these forums and cannot tell you how wonderful this community is. The quality of information is just beyond impressive. I'm hoping I can get some guidance on our first attempt at getting to Europe on miles. Here are the parameters....

1. We have traveled quite a bit during college and always on the cheapest carrier so we have miles scattered throughout most of the biggies as follows:

British Avios: 40,000
Delta: 7,385/2,287 (in two accounts)
United: 3,750/1,750 (in two accounts)
Southwest: 1,642/2,200 (in two accounts)

2. We have a Ultimate Rewards with 76,367

3. Trip needs to be June or July 2016 to coincide with Eurocup. We have set aside 3 weeks vacation so 21 days of travel.

4. We want to travel to England, France and Switzerland but are willing to fly into/out of other countries and possibly add them to the itinerary.

5. We can fly out of either Los Angeles or San Francisco.

6. We understand the problems with British Airlines fuel surcharges so we know that is a no go. We are totally open to saving those Avios for a future domestic flight (that's what we originally intended them for).

7.Willing to apply for additional credit card to gain points.

We are super grateful for any and all ideas on covering our flights with miles.