re: Help travel w/ CC points

#1
business/1st class flights on to germany in the next 6 months...cost ~9,000USD each on with delta skyteam members. (via quick check on google flights)

you have a total 174,000 miles to use.
obtaining 2 premium tickets means to pull this off you would need to redeem those mile at almost 10 cents each.

not impossible.....but rather ambitious.

#2
delta does not officially publish their award charts.
it can even flutuate during the day..

#3 you'll need to do your own legwork but..the sweetspot you seek is with korea air. you can book round trip korean air skypass via delta. (edit: may need to book flight directly via korean skypass)

is possible to find round trip business/1st class for ~80,000 round trip (but they pass along excess fees)

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At just 80,000 miles round-trip from the U.S. to Europe in business, this is one of the cheapest miles prices anywhere to cross the Atlantic. In comparison, Delta SkyMiles now charges 125,000 miles for the same ticket. The difference? You’ll pay several hundred dollars in fuel surcharges, so decide whether you value miles or cash more. Economy is 50,000 frequent flyer miles compared to the typical 60,000, but fuel surcharges quickly overwhelm the mileage savings here.

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