I will be flying from New York to Milan in Late April to visit my brother in Italy and wanted to know what is the best possible way to use my miles. I currently have ~60,000 miles in my onepass account and have gold status. I also get the 5% discount through my Chase CC. My questions are 1) Is Continental a good carrier to Europe or is there one of their code share partners that I should use? I have only flown Continental's domestic product. 2) Since tickets are relatively inexpensive (~$800), should I use the miles to upgrage to Business/First instead of an outright ticket? I have always heard that the best possible use of miles is to upgrade on international flights. Thx