Since you mentioned you had MR points, as you probably know they will xfer to BA Avios. I burned a good number of them over the past couple years, xfering to Avios and using them for flights on US Air and AA in the US (had an ill family member and was flying myself and my mom frequently to help take care of her).

What I was originally saving the MR points for was planning a family trip on the AerLingus Boston to Dublin or Shannon route. Even though the Avios redemption prices will go up, it seems like a good value and is fairly well reviewed. You can do one way or round trip, which means you could open up the trip to include more than just one city, transferring within Ireland by rail or private car or even using award miles for flights. I haven't done rail in Ireland, but in England it is a very safe and reliable service and I have used it several times from London to south England. Lots of threads out there about the AerLingus business class BOS-DUB route, here is one of them http://thepointsguy.com/2015/03/aer-...e-this-summer/