I love flying F and J - but find I have to cleverly route tickets to enjoy the benefits without the high costs. I'm trying to do a route starting from an out station , running through to DXB and maybe onto HKG or similar. I have pretty much got a blank canvas. I used to love Doha - Lax as it was half the price of DXB- LAX... that's the sort of deal I enjoy.

Objectives are to stay in the air as long as possible and to spend as little as possible.

Now that Doha is not an option for starting fights, where would you guys recommend? I've seen a few people mention Colombo? Any other similar out stations offering great pricing for crazy routing?