Originally Posted by stimpy

But to your latter point about preferring the direct route, I agree. The main reason to choose AF with the stop-over is to try out the AF ground service and La Première lounge. Once you have that out of your system, it makes sense to go back to BA for the JFK-LHR route unless there is a significant price difference or you really want Skyteam miles. This is all speaking as a regular business traveler. For tourism I would always choose AF with the stop-over.