I have been on flyertalk figuring out the best way to squeeze the most out of the paltry ff miles that we have left. Right now, we have enough miles for one rt coach ticket to Europe. However, we can purchase coach and use the 50K miles (still need 7K more somewhere) to upgrade one way to business class.

Marcie, I know what you mean about the AMEX rewards. Can't be used on AA, which is the primary carrier for us here in Dallas.