Long haul flight stopover tips

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Hi folks,
We want to know if you've found any flight bargains, simply by flying via another city, or stopping over instead of flying direct. We want to know where you went, how much you saved, how you did it and if you think it's worth it.
Any good ones may even make it into our Cheap Flights guide to inspire others
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Thanks
We want to know if you've found any flight bargains, simply by flying via another city, or stopping over instead of flying direct. We want to know where you went, how much you saved, how you did it and if you think it's worth it.
Any good ones may even make it into our Cheap Flights guide to inspire others

Thanks
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A rather pointless question, since most screen-scrapers will show fares using both direct and indirect routes, and while indirect flights generally cost less you can't put a figure on it since fares vary from moment to moment.
Personally I have saved a vast amount of money by taking indirect flights. I used to travel regularly to Cotonou (Republic of Benin) and since the only way to fly there directly from the UK is to charter your own aircraft, the tedious wait in Paris was very cost-effective.
the Opodo recommendation, they have such bad reviews, is MSE that desperate for Opodo click thru revenues?
The easyJet flexi fare trick, does it still work as MSE suggests?
Some of the long haul stop over tricks may be on poor aircraft with no inflight entertainment.
The guide suggests travelling in winter with risky stopovers that aren't on through ticketing itineraries with no mention of the risk of winter weather on flight delays and missed connections which could cancel all of the remaining flights in the itinerary.
Always sticking with KLM is unlikely to be win-win. For my personal travel I've never, ever come across a quote for a trip I'm taking where KLM has been cheapest. Depending on where/when you travel they may be cheapest for you a lot of the time, but are unlikely to be all the time.
There are cheaper prices if you are prepared to risk 2 separate airlines, ie easyJet to Zurich and flydubai onward to Dubai.
For me they have been, Helps the girlfriend works for them
I wouldn't know. Business class has a 2-2-2 or a 2-2 config.