Originally Posted by
Arsene Wenger
It really is.

+185,000 AS MP Bolivar to add the connection to a partner's gateway via a 6am non direct routing from SEA to LAX...which also comes with a 12+ hour layover. I guess / I hope this is the other side of coin of the wide open J redemption bonanza (which I missed out on!) where the two systems just aren't fully aligned.
in your connection example LAX-TPE is leaving 5/25, not 5/24, which according to the tabs above appears may be quite a bit more expensive.