Going to Israel next summer from LAX, 3 travelers:
Booked LAX-AMS on Delta in J (non-stop), staying in AMS for 2-3 days. 62,500 FB points pp
AMS-TLV still open for now, will likely use Chase points to buy an economy ticket unless KLM opens up more award seats on this leg.
Booked LX through ZRH in J on the return, for 80k United miles pp. Need to call them to see if I can book seats or need to wait until 24 hours OLCI. Seat options are pretty bad for non-elites. Could have saved miles by using a different Alliance airline with cheaper partner rates, but wanted to use my United miles.
I haven't flown LX before, or Delta internationally in J for that matter. Some conflicting reports here on LX, I'll post my experience to the ex-TLV thread.