Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
I think that the onward connections is the point. It gives Qantas the option of selling lots of 1 stop flights to the USA on Qantas flight numbers
The extra 1 stop flights as a selling point are definitely the case, especially to southeastern destinations (read: the Mouse House in Orlando), but also to DCA and LGA and Texas. I believe QF themselves have said BOS/IAH/MCO/LGA are their most popular origin/destination connecting points for the DFW flight.