Buying parents first/business tickets with Amex points
I have somewhere around 150,000 Amex points(platinum bonus) and am hoping to send a few members of my family on a trip somewhere from the US east coast on a first class flight. I would be willing to go business if it was a nice business class(lay flat seats, etc) as well. Any suggestions for the best value? I have no real ideas, probably europe is the best bet, but I guess asia is feasible too. The flights would probably be from DC, or Orlando/miami
Are there any sweet spots for AMEX redemptions that would allow me to pull this off? I was looking at avios but I'm fairly clueless.
If I had to find another signup bonus somewhere to get more miles I might be willing to do that, but I was hoping this would be enough. Any thoughts would be great, thanks!