And I did the amex 110K to 150K avios to qmiles and booked a business class for 156K miles plus some $700.....probably not the cheapest award, but I guess will do and hopefully wasn't a total waste of miles transfer.

THanks again for the help. On the EMirates miles, problem is that I don't fly it very often (may be once every few years to India) so not sure how to use it best and don't have enough to redeem either