I don't have the most experience using other programs, so today's booking was a first for me in a few ways. I booked my in laws LH in J from MIA-FRA-TLV for 80k united miles each using the work around to take off the $75 close in fee. The real deal for me was the way back, as I didn't have enough united/chase points. I transferred 165k Amex points to air canada to book 2 tix on LX J TLV-ZRH-JFK/EWR-MIA. The point was aero plan doesn't charge fuel surcharge on Swiss, while they do on Lufthansa.