At the start of November I headed over to Europe via Dubai and after the 17.5 hour flight to Dubai vowed never to do that ever again - it was too long, I couldn't sleep and had terrible jet lag for several days..
In May I am heading over again, this time via Asia and am trying to decide - do I fork over the extra for business class (I am heading on a cruise with my father and we get "flight credit" - depending on the actually rules, we might be able to pay more to upgrade), or do I travel in economy and have a day or two stopover on the way to and from Europe ..
Thoughts from seasoned travellers?