Originally Posted by
staticx813
my trips to asia sometimes involve stopovers on one itin so in that case you wouldn't get a boarding pass for sure. but in this instance, i guess since they took my request to check bags only to HKG, they didn't bother checking me in on the HAN flight.
Sure, that makes sense on a stopover. And it makes sense that they would not check you into the connecting flight if you are going to pick up your bags.