Originally Posted by
Raffles
You can often get BMI to book you on a more exotic routing as long as there are no direct flights available, as you'll see if you read the 'Please post your redemptions' thread.
In fact, they'll do so even if there are direct routings available. I've booked LHR-FRA-LAX in LH F in preference to LHR-LAX in UA F, when both were available.