Dear SAS board

Feeling most at home in this forum, I hope somebody can give me some recommendations about a forthcoming trip to Cairo.

I am off on a EK first class CAI-DXB-NBO thing in october (aprox. 8000 kr.) a steal in first class in my opinion, and should ensure me plenty of Skywards miles for future use, and a nice experience one or two nights in Dubai.

Now before I get to all the fun, I have to get from BLL or CPH to CAI. All tickets are in the 3000-4000 kr. range (Y), and my options include:

Alitalia - through Milano,
Lufthansa - through Frankfurt as i recall it
Austrian Airlines
Maersk AIR (not really considered as i want to try something else)
British Airways, which i actually would have prefered on this route, but it is a bit to costly from denmark.

Hmm... this is an all day routing through one of the european hubs, but which airline would you choose. I know I am in the SK forum and therefore LH or Austrian would give me the bonus points, but then again, I do not know if it is worth it just for the miles.

I am afraid this routing will be in Y, so no business class on this routing, except upgrading for points, i have some 40000 SK miles, but feel that it would be waisting them just for an upgrade on this quite short flight.

I hope you could give me your comments on which option to choose.

Thanks!