Hey, that was me who posted this thread 14 years ago. I was on my way to Australia from Canada if I remember correctly. I believe I ended up dragging all the bags to a HKG hotel room and did a day trip to Macau. The wife was a total nag on that trip and for every trip after that until we got divorced 7 years later. Since then, life has been much happier not having to drag her luggage around.