Originally Posted by
BuildingMyBento
Nothing weird about it. Euro backpackers fly through SA all the time, since they often have competitive fares to SE Asia.
I agree if my intention was to fly something like LHR-RUH-KUL. But as I only want to log RUH and be back on Sunday, as mentioned above, I would like to fly a routing like LHR-RUH-MXP or even LHR-RUH-CDG which might raise awareness indeed.