Originally Posted by inlanikai
Historically, it has always been cheaper to travel from the US to SIN than to NRT on AA. Not sure why, but the fare differences can be quite dramatic. Recently, JFK-SIN on AA in J (JFK-NRT-SIN r/t) was about $5400 but just go JFK-NRT (using the same AA167/168 flights) and it was over $2000 more on the same dates.
Fares are market based and not always mileage based.
Familiar with it. When I lived in NY and had to add a stop in NRT versus a transit through it always seemed to add $1000 and that was 10 years ago. In htis case I cant seem to locate a decent fare via AA and NRT. CX is wonderful in J but it is out of the question in Y.