Originally Posted by chris18london
Have you not been on EI in the last few years - Or even looked at the website?
Re the OP - much cheaper direct fares are to be had with EI but not at this short notice.. I'd say a stopover in AMS (with KLM) or MAN would be cheapest, although I haven't looked it up.
I actually have

To be honest, any of the options b/w DUB-LHR are pretty bad

, but I choose BD ... just for the *A points (ie belong to AC program).
I'd choose DUB-FRA on LH if I could, but the connections to Canada for me aren't optimal as well.