Originally Posted by ginandplatonic

Hello to everyone.

Myself & family are taking a holiday in Australia. Hoping to stopover somwhere on way. Say Hong Kong. It seems to me if we want to stay longer than two or three days it adds to the flight costs more than if I buy return tickets to said city Hong Kong><UK, and at same time purchase return tickets Hong Kong><Sydney, Australia. Obviously tying in dates with days to spare in case of delays with any particular leg of the flights.

Does anyone know what if any problems there might be doing it this way.

Dont necessarily mean cheapest airline just the best way, all things being equal.