Originally Posted by PJK
A direct BRU-DTW on GCM finds 3976 mi; awfully close to what you quote for BRU-AMS-DTW
Exactly! So is the Miles Finder for real?
More dramatic example:
HEL-AMS-NRT: 5229 level miles
AMS-NRT: 6007 level miles
So a FB FF in HEL gets rewarded -778 miles for selecting KL to get to NRT via AMS? Generous by nature.
As the crow flies:
HEL-NRT: 4877 miles
AMS-NRT: 5805 miles
So there seems to be some relation to average actual flight path?