Originally Posted by
lost_in_translation
The problem is possibly the routing, flying from Tokyo to Hong Kong involves basically flying over Shanghai, so flying TYO to PVG/SHA via HKG is basically tripling the length of the journey! Are you flying via HKG for TWOV reasons? If not, JL operates lie flats to PVG (and possibly SHA?) so that should be an option if not...
I’m flying directly on the way back, from PVG to NRT on JAL, the routing via HKG is merely for novelty/lounge purposes!
But yes, I am TWOV.