Originally Posted by
QRC3288
FWIW, another fellow at CX has told me the DFW AA route hurts CX by hurting some O&D Hong Kong traffic. Apparently HKG-DFW-NYC/ORD is actually a thing and takes passengers from CX.
That route can be had for $27k in J on AA. Yes there's a troublesome transit, but for that price I'm not surprised it's stealing traffic.