Thank you PAXBoy, The best I have been offered is the morning service (totally impossible for me) with a 24hr connection in Doha (even though there is a flight 6 hours later), returning on the 0050 flight from Manila, leaving me in Manila 12hrs) and missing my UK connection when there is a 1820 service which is NEVER full. Always bookable day before.
You would have thought that even to upgrade would help?
I will write to the CEO but as all flights are paid for from my own pocket ultimately cost will be the deciding factor.
May as well just throw the miles away as they do seem to be a gimic.