Originally Posted by
Wiirachay
Can't contribute specific market pairs. However, there were some savvy frequent fliers 2 decades ago who flew a short flight between North America and South America, as some airline was offering a lot of bonus points for intercontinental flights. Obviously, the airline was targeting 8+ hours flights.
Or how BD used to consider all of Russia, "Europe." You could redeem Europe-VVO for peanuts then pay for the short hop into Japan, China, Korea, or wherever in Asia you actually wanted to go.
PS. OP, sorry I can't contribute to your shortest intercontinental question.