Originally Posted by fahrradman

Recently flew HKG-JFK (non-stop) one way. I've done this route round trip once before in the past.

I remember the flight path went polar both ways before. This time the plane went south of the Aleutians, entered Canada almost directly over YVR and flew basically the same route as a Seattle-New York transcon.

No real impact on the schedule as the flight arrived early. Is this normal?