Sorry if this should seem obvious, but I figured I would ask.

I live near MIA. My wife and I want to go to Ireland -- we'll take any airport in the Republic (realistically, SNN, DUB, or ORK). Now, CO services Shannon and Dublin, but BF awards are 1) pricier and 2) not available at regular levels very often.

But right now, regular business awards MIA-AMS on KLM come up quite regularly. And even if we had to do the AMS-Ireland leg in coach, it'd be worth it to save 120,000 miles each!

But it appears that KLM's flights AMS-ORK and AMS-DUB are both codeshares on EI. Not that I dislike EI (in fact, I like them a lot), but does that mean I can't score an award seat on those legs?

Thanks!

Steve