EK will not book a car with less than 2.5hrs to departure except in DXB where if you live within close proximity to the airport or call up they will allow 1.5hrs and 2hrs respectively. However, for the CD company in HKG, its a different story. They will know the route and traffic conditions and will either oblige or stick the booked time. Book the car with EK and then once you are in HKG, ring the local office and change the pickup time.
Thanks for the response.
Maybe I am extra persuasive
. But, after some wrangling got EK to agree to pickup 2 hours out provided I agreed to "take the risk", whatever that means, presumably of missing the flight. I'm not sure which call center I was talking to, but it sounded busy in the background which led me to believe it *wasn't* Hong Kong, where I currently am.
Anyway, I'm keen on getting picked up even later than that, so I'll talk to the company a day or two before I suppose when they call. IIRC the CD companies usually call before to confirm things.