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Old Jul 24, 2019, 10:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Toshbaf
11. (1988) You’ve just received an invitation from an old business partner to join him and a couple of associates for a weekend of golf and networking at Las Vegas’ Showboat Country Club. Well… why the heck not?! Especially since a hurricane is bearing down on the Florida Keys and the weather in Miami projects to be less than desirable over the next few days. A quick check of the schedules indicates that the MIA-LAS market is served via a single direct one stop flight that’ll get you into Las Vegas in the early afternoon, just in time for a nine hole warm up round followed by a round of cocktails and dinner. You quickly book a First Class seat and call your partner back to relay your arrival time. Please identify the airline, aircraft and the enroute stop.

Logic may be that the stop was in Houston / IAH. However, I know for a fact that the Houston hub was dismantled by 1988. It was in place at least around 1983 or before, 1984, 1985 or so. Then Eastern's Midnight Express took over a gutted hub, flying Airbus A300-B4 in the middle of the night, offering low fares, no check in allowance, no snacks (which was the norm in the 1980's), and the belly used for cargo. So not IAH.

This is a gamble, but it's Las Vegas! Eastern had limited LAS-LAX service. So... MIA - LAX - LAS, Eastern Airlines, Boeing 757-200


Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!! Great call, Mr. T! Here's the schedule:

Eastern EA 533 Miami (MIA) 800a-1024a B Los Angeles (LAX) 1114a-1212p Las Vegas (LAS) 757-200 X26


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