Originally Posted by
carrotjuice
Are you suggesting that it's (technically) possible to have your luggage checked through to the final destination, but upon arriving at the intermediate airport, immediately contact the transfer desk to say you've "changed your mind" and would like to exit - so they'd retrieve your luggage and send it through the carousel?
An uncle tried it on an European carrier. He was denied short check at the check-in point in South America, but the ground staff in the carrier's European hub was happy enough to retrieve his bags for him. I don't know whether CX HK hub will retrieve bags so easily.