I flew on BA, having transferred enough Diners Club points to BA during the annual double miles promotion to fly FC roundtrip with my partner from SFO. The flight connected through LHR, then a very short stop over in Nirobi, where we were allowed to walk around the airport and check out the BA lounge and then onto Seychelles.

As for using other program points, since I fly almost exclusively on UA, I was out of luck on using Mileage Plus miles, however, with the Diners Club promotion, I was able to transfer 250,000 DC points and get 500,000 British Airways miles, which we will use this year for a trip on the Concorde in June, as well as last years trip to Seychelles.

Should you end up planning a trip, I have several travel books on Seychelles, which I'll be happy to lend you, just drop me a line.