Bad news for jpar

I sent something Fedex from So. Cal to AZ and it got there via Nashville by way of Atlanta! (FedEx hub is in Atlanta IIRC) I flew to Hong Kong from Orange County, CA to Phoenix, then Seoul, then HK. It was $180 cheaper than flying nonstop out of LAX to HK and only 3 hours longer? still cant figure that one out.

i can top that
i flew from detroit to brussles to amsterdam one day, which was several hundred dollars cheaper (per person, and there were 4 of us at the time) then flying from detroit to brussels