Originally Posted by
pogonation
Never realised the hype around UK - Asia with the ME airlines

If you can afford to book F/J why would you want to break your journey and wake up right in the middle of it. I can understand for Y but not premium cabins.
If direct flights in J are priced at GBP 4k and indirect flights in J are at GBP 2k I would personally choose the indirect flight any time!
I would much rather pay GBP 2k for one-stop J via the middle east than GBP 1.5k for WT+ direct or GBP 1k for WT direct!