Fair point. Last time I did LHR-HNL via mainland USA this was not an option - everything went via LAX or SFO. At that time you maximised the international leg and tried to keep the 'domestic' to a minimum.

So maybe I will try your suggestion next time I go to HNL.

Having said that, I doubt I will have an excuse to go to HNL anytime soon. Every dental organisation whose conference I have attended there have had problems due to low delegate numbers - apparently no-one from the east coast will go that far for a conference - so the delegate numbers down = exhibitors unhappy = whole meeting struggles to make a profit. Therefore none of them are planning to go back there soon.

[BTW these issues don't seem to be affected by the current economic situation - it's just true for Hawaiian dental meetings in general]

And if Mrs FD and I are going for a holiday, we'd rather go to the Caribbean or SE Asia as it's just as nice (or nicer, maybe) and a shorter flight.

Thanks anyway!

PS: I still reckon there's no money for BA to make on this route - unless they want something to keep their Gold card holders happy with redemptions... but maybe that could be achieved less expensively for BA with a few more reward seats on the routes to South Africa or Asia?