Originally Posted by
Calchas
I do not believe that the change in continent counting is significant; has it not always been the case that transited continents must be counted? This seems more like a clarification than a real change, but I stand to be corrected.
Yes I agree this is a clarification
But I have a vague memory that in the dim and distant past, i.e. before the 2013 rule change, some people got away with not having North America counted when they flew NRT-GRU or vv (those JL flights were via JFK)