Again, thanks for all the helpfull answes, very much appreciated.

>>>If you fly GUM-HNL and don't want these stops and thus a much quicker trip, why not fly the non-stop?

I specifically want these stops (I "collect" countries, so this is the easy way to "get" Micronesia and the Marshall Islands), and I have to check my reservation every couple of days, because CO tend to rebook me onto CO2, presumably trying to be nice to me ("aaah, look at the poor fellow, booked himself on CO956 unwittingly, let's spare him the shock of five stops...")