Originally Posted by UA 882
I apologize for the mistake - I was actually making that statement from personal experience.
When I did a MR in March, I flew ORD-HKG-SIN. Since I was going to be flying back the exact same way, I asked the FA from ORD-HKG whether they will be on tomorrows flight from HKG-ORD. She just laughed at said that have 2 days in HKG. Calculation:
Flight arrives at 6pm on day 1. (6 hours till MN)
Day 2 is free. (24 hours)
Flight departs at 11:40am on Day 3. (11.40 hours)
So in total, that is 41.4 hours - granted, I did not take into consideration the time it take to wait for passengers to leave, immigation, transport, etc.
NRT (which you used in your original example) and HKG (which you are now using) are different. Less flight time = less rest. The vast majority of int'l layovers (I think all excepting HKG and Australia, which are the longest flights) are closer to around 24 hours to catch your breath and rest your feet, not "a couple of days" to "explore the culture."