Originally Posted by jlemon

5. (1990) JL Special No sooner have you stepped off Windjammer’s three-masted Barquentine at Port of Spain than you receive a telegram from your old college buddy. There’s been a last minute cancellation in his group that’s about to embark on a journey from Honolulu down to Christmas Island to fish for bonefish and grouper. Care to join them? If you can make it over to Honolulu by Sunday night, there’ll be a berth with your name on it in the aft cabin.

Faced with the prospect of returning home to Duluth, Minnesota or enjoying a couple additional weeks of sun, fun and camaraderie in the Pacific, you quickly telegraph back “Ya sure, you betcha! I’ll find a way to get there in time. Details to follow. STOP”

Imagine then, your surprise and delight to discover a direct, three stop flight departing Port of Spain each morning and arriving Honolulu just 21 hours and 46 minutes later. You make the call to the airline in question and book a seat - in First Class, of course! This itinerary is far too long to be traveled in anything but. Please identify the airline, the routing and the aircraft involved.

Time for a very wild guess indeed.... American operating a DC-10 with stops in San Juan, New York Kennedy and Los Angeles.

You were well on target with American's DC-10 stopping first in San Juan. After that you veered wildly off the flight path and disappeared out over the Saragasso Sea. SJU is correct! but JFK and LAX - logical stopping points though they are - are not. As such, we're looking for two different stops between SJU and HNL. You can do it!