<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Always Flyin:
In addition to the 15 hour flight, you have to add another 16 hours for the time change. That's why it seems so long, and because it is!</font>
The JFK-HKG is even longer. Though it makes a stop in YVR, you are not allowed to get off the plane in YVR to walk around the terminal.
You are stuck on the plane for 20 hours.
If you are in first or business class, that wouldn't be a problem. If you are sitting in economy....