Originally Posted by
TheMaster
From your post, if you have dummy dates for a QF flight YVR-SFO, then you may be able to get something else offered, as this is an involuntary re-routing.
So they should either put you on AS or fly you via DFW I would have thought. Someone else should be able to confirm this.
As above you need to travel on AA to get the shortest route - and then its YVR-DFW-SFO. No OW partner will book you on SFO-YVR or even SEA-SFO on an XONE4 itinerary.