Originally Posted by
8420PR
However there are plenty of airlines flying eastward from FRA to Asia/Japan and I would recommend the OP try them (including the ME3).
ME3 add 6-7 hours travel time to N/East Asia. QR has killer short connections that somewhat lessen the pain, EK usually only offer 3 hours. Price is no longer a big differentiator, so you end up sitting around for 6-8 hours more each way, which gets stale very fast. No amount of dom or krug will compensate for that.