Hello -

I've accumulated Alaska Airways points and ThankYou points with the intentions of traveling in 1st class on Emirates and Singapore Air. From what I've gathered - I can either do

Singapore Airlines LAX-Tokyo (roughly 75K miles)
Emirates Tokyo ->Dubai-> LA (100K miles)

-or-

Singapore Airline JFK -> Frankfurt (roughly 75K miles)
Emirates Milan -> Dubai -> JFK (100K miles)

I'd really love to do Europe but not too interested in Germany. Would rather be in Italy, but I don't think I have enough miles to get there.

Any suggestions about other routes for the same / similar miles?

Thanks!