Originally Posted by
monkeymagic
However, I have previously flown from Hong Kong to London with a
free stopover in Singapore before (which is not really a direct route). Is
this a new policy that's been put in place or one that is now more strictly
being enforced?
According to the "Answers from DC" thread there is no new policy about routings, but they are been more strictly enforced. If you consider what the rules say, they say you are allowed a stop over at a transfer point. I think some creative stretching of what could be considered a transfer point has occurred to much in the past.
Singapore as a transfer point between Hong Kong and London is reasonable, LAX as a transfer point between Vancouver and London isn't really.