Oh, yeah, I should explain that. It's partly just coz I prefer to avoid flights of more than about 15 hours, and partly coz I usually get upgraded on QF metal (thanks to certain friends ). I'd much rather do two successive daytime flights than to waste the deliciousness of First by being asleep for a large chunk of the trip. SYD-xHKG-LHR was the only QF route I could find between Australia and LHR which has two daytime flights separated by a <24-hr night in asia. That scheduling benefit was worth wasting a sector.