I was going to convert my RBC Avion points to BA points using the winter 50% deal, but it looks as though that's not happening. I have about 132k points and can transfer them to Cathay Pacific or BA. I will be taking a trip in April/May and hope to use some of these points to get decent seats.

The first flight I am looking at is from YOW-BKK or YOW-HKT on Apr 24 or Apr 25. I'd rather not take coach for my first transpacific flight; if I was paying I'd probably go via YYZ & HKG, or somewhere in the US and ICN. Hoping to get a one-way business or first class flight, but I've seen that there's not many seats left with Cathay, and BA's not giving me anything over the net (both from YYZ as they don't fly to YOW it seems)

The second flight is May 28 from FCO-YOW. The problem I've seen with this is the one-way flights are really expensive; if I pay for the ticket I'd probably get a round trip from KLM FCO-YOW-Europe then skip the second flight. I'm hoping that points will allow me to get home at a decent points cost, possibly in business.

Does anyone have any tips on who to go with? I'm thinking BA for both, but I'm not even sure if there will be any seats by the time I switch my points over which takes a few weeks.

Thanks for your help! This is my first major overseas planning session and I appreciate the assistance.