Called in, and the agent quoted me 10k miles per person, so i said go ahead.
Then she came back to say it cant be done, and meanwhile i lost my business seats on LH, and she put me on the United flight 5 hours prior to EWR instead of JFK, no i'm screwed...
ETA - Got the LH I class back, but now there is a bunch of remarks on the record to charge the full amount