El Grifo,
You got what you paid for!
Down in my part of the world, next month, I am flying CEB/MNL/HKG/CEB with just a two hour connection in HKG (with a LoCo), and check-in in HKG closes at STD -1hr.
I've made damn sure that I've booked MNL/HKG/CEB as a "multi-city" single booking so should the MNL/HKG flight be late inbound then, despite the inconvenience, the airline are going to need to foot the bill to repatriate me to CEB.