Originally Posted by
TheBOSman
I think the poster means the Australian gateways to the USA, i.e. MEL/SYD/BNE, and not the gateways in the USA.
So having to connect at MEL/SYD/BNE to get to/from ADE and the U.S. is somehow a better alternative to flying direct ADE-BNE-LAX as part of a tag-on service? AA serves LAX-JFK quite well with multiple frequencies. But QF still flies a tag-on flight on this route.