<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tom911:
Yes, but the free stopover in HKG makes this worthwhile. That's how I am getting to Australia next time (after 10 prior trips on UA).
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Those extra hours will also let you experience more of CX J or F. Hopefully there will be some deal soon that will allow you to accrue some additional AA miles so you can fly CX F instead of J.