What about a SFO-GUM or LAX-GUM that could feed into their MNL flights and other Asian destinations?
I always wondered why they couldn't fill a plane at least a few days a week SFO-GUM, hub to mini-hub. That would bypass busy HNL and also feed MNL without having to dedicate a plane solely to the Philippine market. It would slash the time needed to get to the area.
Of course, United is leaving a piece of the north Pacific by dropping Cape Air as a United Express carrier.