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Seat 2A
Additionally, wasn't PA running a good number of 707s on many of its East Coast to San Juan flights in 1969? Routes like BOS-SJU, PHL-SJU... I also recall PA operating a Rome-Madrid-Lisbon-San Juan-Miami flight as part of a past question here - I just don't remember if my source was 1969 or early 70s...
San Juan was an important station for Pan American for many years. As you mention, Pan Am was operating a number of 707 flights nonstop between several East Coast cities and SJU in 1969 with the 727-100 also being operated on some eastern U.S. - SJU flights at this time. Also at this same time, PA was operating 727-100 service between several East Coast cities and both St. Croix and St. Thomas in the USVI. A number of other Caribbean destinations as well as Caracas were also served by PA from SJU at this time. And I do know that Pan Am was operating a weekly 707 flight in 1969 with a roundtrip routing of Miami - San Juan - Lisbon.
BTW, by 1970 Pan American was operating 747-100 service into San Juan. And ten years later, one of the aircraft types operated by PA into SJU was the L-1011-500.