Originally Posted by
MoodLighting
I'll defer to some of the experts here though I believe this may have something to do with married segment logic. I've found availability changes for the better where there's a stopover, rather than transit. But you're right, JL does constrain its D class availability.
I tried to get SYD-HND-JFK on JL using several combinations of different dates, stopovers at HND, and transits at HND. Granted it was mid-November and I was looking at late March, so RTW D inventory may have been long gone. I was able to get SYD-HND on JL for a few dates over the latter half of March, but HND-JFK on JL was a no go for that entire timeframe. Plenty of availability on AA metal though.
I was also unable to get AKL-JFK on QF on any of the dates I wanted, but was able to get SYD-AKL-JFK on QF on some of those dates. The airlines definitely play some games with their RTW inventory.