Originally Posted by
pyffii
have flown many times LHR-YVR-DFW-LIR-MIA-JFK-LAX-MEL on a DONE4....with DFW and MIA transit connections....and just last month flew LHR-YVR-DFW-LIR-MIA-JFK-HKG-MEL
Being in transit doesn't change the trans-continental rule, e.g. you can't do LAX-MIA-JFK-SFO. They would force you to do something like LAX-DFW-MIA-JFK-SFO which is obviously an extra segment.