Originally Posted by
redshift27
LAX is a pretty big divert.
YVR-LHR is 4723 miles
The MPM (maximum permitted mileage) for this route is 5655 miles
YVR-LAX-LHR is 6536 miles, about 15% more than the MPM
(I have successfully got in the past YVR-SFO-LHR-MAN, about 8% over MPM.)
Well I managed to get MAN-LHR-LAX-stopover-YYC ticketed - but there wasn't much availability over the pond so thats maybe why!