CX156, a flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong, is not really the start of the most direct route to Toronto, I grant you, but this flight is with my home airline alliance, and thus lounges await; and it isn’t via the US which is another important thing. Air Canada was my only real other choice, but this flight’s cheaper and much more exciting, and Air Canada is really not a very good thing especially if you don’t have status - you get chucked right in the back, in the middle, and… eurgh. ...
