I'm in the midst of finalising my OW ticket for Nov. travel. I tried to use the HKG - SYD-HKG - LAX routing. BA would only allow it under one condition that I took the early flight out of SYD so I could catch the same day flight out of HKG to LAX. I wanted to take the last flight out of SYD to HKG and catch the first flight out to LAX which is the next morning. They would not allow it saying I could make a same day connection by leaving earlier. It appears to me that this is a gray area and I need to get a more sympathetic agent. Has anyone tried this 'forced overnight' on a OW ticket and gotten it?