<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dave_261:
Cathay's website shows a 35-hour flight time for LAX-SYD, mostly due to a 12-hour layover in HKG (this compared to under 15-hours for the non-stops, and 18-hours for the 1-stoppers). Probably makes sense to use the free stopover on the outbound.
Return from SYD (through HKG) is timed well with the connection, so travel time shows as about 24 hours.
I suppose a 6-hour flight difference is OK when 1) you're on Cathay over Qantas or United, and 2) you can (apparently) actually get biz seats on CX. </font>
Is it possible to extend the stopovre in Hong Kong for longer than 12 hours on the outbound, say a couple of days, using an award ticket?