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Originally Posted by nrr
Flight 44 (just as an actual example), runs las-jfk-cdg. At jfk they use a different plane* and the "connection time" is about 4 hours. It looks "nice" that you can fly on a "direct" flight from las to cdg...but this is just a "numbers" game. There are lots of other similar flights to and from las--why this charade?
*las-jfk is a 737 (and in its seat configuration) would not be useful for transatlantic service.
The benefit of this to an award traveler is that one could have a free "gateway" stopover at LAS, en route to CDG (assuming that award space could be found on all necessary flights). Ex.: OGG-LAX-LAS (stopover) - CDG, all for as low as 20,000 AA miles in Coach during the off-peak award season.