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Fly Emirates Business Class to Europe for 87,000 miles in Spring and Fall 2025, with some summer availability as well. The Emirates A380 flies JFK to Milan MXP, and starting 2/10/25 flies the retrofitted 777 on the Newark EWR to Athens ATH route.
For JFK-MXP, there's good January-April and November 2025 availability, as well as some December, May, July, August, and October 2025 dates. There's somewhat less availability MXP-JFK, although none in July-August.
For EWR-ATH, there's February-April and August-November 2025 availability, with some dates in May and July as well; there's basically no summer availability for ATH-EWR.
Transfer AMEX, Citi, etc. points to Emirates Skywards; note that sometimes Chase transfers can take up to 48 hours, but Emirates will usually be willing to put the award seats on hold before you transfer points.
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Where to Stay in Italy and Greece
In Milan we recommend The Portrait Milano, sister hotel of The Portrait Firenze and The Portrait Roma, or the new Rocco Forte House Milan.
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Elsewhere in Italy, we recommend Caruso (Belmond) on the Amalfi Coast; Castello di Casole (Belmond), Castello Banfi Il Borgo, and the Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Tuscany; Hotel de la Ville and Portrait Roma in Rome; Masseria Torre Maizza (Rocco Forte) in Puglia; and Lefay Resort Dolomiti in the Dolomites.
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In Greece, our clients' current favorite properties are Amanzoe in Porto Heli and the One&Only Kea Island, Astir Palace (Four Seasons), and The Romanos, Costa Navarino.
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