Seemingly silly, perhaps, but spot on, Sir! Saudia via Jeddah it was!
Saudia SV 020 New York (JFK) 900p-420p Jeddah (JDD) 747-300 Tu
Saudia SV 390 Jeddah (JDD) 730p-1015a Manila (MNL) 747-300 We Su
My goodness, that was posted as a JOKE !
Nowadays this alternative way round would be obvious - Emirates, Etihad or Qatar, all of whom could do a daily one-stop (for Emirates, possibly more than once a day and on A380s). But 30 years ago they were all mere pimples. However the focus then in the Mid-East was more Saudi, they had more service from London Heathrow then than now, and if you know the Middle East a lot of the immigrant labour comes from certain countries only, Philippines, and Korea, being key ones. So worth a shot. I'm surprised that JFK was only once a week.
Now I wonder if our mythical traveller would have enjoyed life on board. Absolutely no alcohol served. JFK to Jeddah would be oil industry staff and other exporters. Jeddah to Manila, I'm afraid to say, would be 300-plus Filipino labourers returning home back in economy. Let's hope we are at least up in F.