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Not sure if the title conveys what I am trying to ask, but here goes ...

I have enough FF miles with United Airlines to book a within-Europe return ticket (I am in the UK). United partners in the Star Alliance Network are:

Adria Airways JP
Aegean Airlines A3
Air Canada AC
Air China CA
Air India AI
Air New Zealand NZ
ANA NH
Asiana Airlines OZ
Austrian OS
Avianca AV
Brussels Airlines SN
Copa Airlines CM
Croatia Airlines OU
EGYPTAIR MS
Ethiopian Airlines ET
EVA Air BR
LOT Polish Airlines LO
Lufthansa LH
Scandinavian Airlines SK
Shenzhen Airlines Z
Singapore Airlines SQ
South African Airways SA
SWISS LX
TAP Portugal
THAI TG
Turkish Airlines TK
United UA

- I assume I can use the FF miles and it would/could be with any of the above partners?

Are there any particular European destinations from the UK that would be good value? (I mean that would otherwise be quite expensive to fly to)?

I haven't done much European travel in recent years but have considered Prague, Greece (would be cheap living costs, I presume!), Copenhagen ... but I am quite open to other ideas. Not looking for a hyper-commercial beach resort holiday. Either an interesting city (Athens, Prague) or an offbeat destination would work.

Nice to have the opportunity, so don't want to waste it on a destination I could get to for Ј20 with Flybe!

Best answers:

• I redeemed on Croatia Airlines and got a bargain, but did it the day the flights went on sale to get availability. This was a while ago when there were fewer EasyJet and ryanair flights.
• Croatia is a good idea . Brilliant holiday and a very diverse country .
  Try flying into Rijeka or Pula . Work you way the length of the country on the long distance scheduled coach routes and fly back from Dubrovnik ( stay there at least 2 days ) .
• Turkish are doing EDI to Istanbul.
• Thanks for the replies so far.
  I have done some rudimentary searching on Kayak and found that for example, from Glasgow/Edinburgh (I'm close to both), flights to Istanbul and Athens were generally more expensive (Ј200+) than to, say, Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
  Just to clarify, I'm not too concerned with a cheapo holiday as much as taking the opportunity to get a "free" flight to somewhere that the flight cost would normally be expensive.
  Also, because my job is mental, I like to just potter on holiday - not into 7-day bus-hopping cross-country escapades!
  Keep the suggestions coming ... Copenhagen is currently off the list (can fly there cheaply some other time), Athens, Rome and Istanbul currently in.
• LH are starting GLA-MUC in May.
• How much are the taxes, fees and charges for Warsaw?
  Any flights on ryanair for a similar polish trip?
• The way to get the most out of United awards is to take advantage of the stopover and open jaw rules. You mentioned Copenhagen and Athens for example - you could probably fly Edinburgh - Copenhagen (stop for a few days) - Athens. Then you could make your own way from Athens to Istanbul and fly from Istanbul back to the UK.
  I don't think you should be too concerned about flying the most expensive route possible. Europe is extensively covered by LCC's so you aren't going to be making enormous savings. Though saying that, Georgia is included within the Europe category so that's probably the best value you're going to get. If you're going to be in a different region before they expire it would be worth considering that too. I just booked a flight from Mexico to the Galapagos Islands, a hop back to the mainland and then from Colombia to Vancouver for 30,000 miles and Ј60 - roughly the same amount of miles and taxes as you'd have to pay for your Europe itinerary yet worth over a grand!