Originally Posted by
Leviticus
Great post, thanks!
I am pretty intrigued by how some connecting flights don't actually make the trip any longer, your LAX example is probably the perfect scenario. The one I fly quite a bit and have been fascinated by is that SFO-SIN is only 2 miles shorter than SFO-NRT-SIN.
JFK-DKR-JNB is only 3 miles off of JFK-JNB.