I was Gold with EK for over a decade, for a variety of reasons I almost never fly them anymore. I managed to spend most of my miles some time ago, but still have a tranche of a bit north of 100k expiring shortly. The problem is that there are no good deals. I have looked at Y redemptions to DXB, however the tax portion is literally almost the same as what I could currently purchase a cash tickets for................and I don't really need to go to DXB, it would just be an excuse to spend the miles, so spending that much money is frankly silly. I could do Muscat or whatever as well, but the economics are the same. While this is in fact one of the reasons that I stopped earning with EK in the first place, I was wondering if anyone had a good suggestion, or if there was a trick that I am missing to use these miles more effectively? Thanks,