thanks for the replies so far - most helpful
I thought about going through the Middle East as it's only 40k x 2 in Club where as India is 50k x 2. (I want to keep the rest of my miles to go to MRU in Club in Oct 2006)
No too bothered about a day or night flight to the Gulf either (but I do want to eat on the flight - which I beleive may be a problem on the sleeper service) - if I remember correctly from a previous post?
Air India????? - I assume Business is nothing special
thanks