Originally Posted by jrl767

there’s also a bonus question out for consideration:

bluehen1’s correct answer to q26 (yvr-lax on an alaska 737-400 connecting to lax-mex on a lacsa a320) prompts an interesting bonus question, viz,

bq1996: you need to depart tokyo for buenos aires on a monday afternoon. While there are a handful of routine itineraries through both europe and north america, you've managed to find an unusual one. You'll depart on a nonstop flight, and make a 2+20 connection to a two-stop flight on a very different aircraft type. Neither airline is the flag carrier of the country in which you make the connection, nor of japan nor argentina. Please identify all the usual details -- airlines, aircraft, connecting point, and intermediate stops.

we are keeping our fingers crossed that alaska airlines operations at sea get back to normal tonight and early tomorrow, as we are supposed to be departing for mke at 1135