Meeting Place at the Airport - Coming from different flights
Nov 8, 2016, 10:37 am
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Meeting Place at the Airport - Coming from different flights
I'm meeting relatives at HK in a couple of weeks. It will be all our first time in HKG. I'm arriving via UA and they are arriving via 5J (Cebu Pacific). Our flights arrive around the same time (give or take an hour - in case there are any delays, etc).
Where might be a good place to meet each other - given we're both first timers to the airport? It looks like both planes arrive in the same terminal, so I was thinking after immigration - where everyone waits for their arrival parties might work - except it will be crowded.
Are there any other locations, relatively close to the gates/immigration, that can work as a good and easy-to-find meeting place?
Thanks!
Where might be a good place to meet each other - given we're both first timers to the airport? It looks like both planes arrive in the same terminal, so I was thinking after immigration - where everyone waits for their arrival parties might work - except it will be crowded.
Are there any other locations, relatively close to the gates/immigration, that can work as a good and easy-to-find meeting place?
Thanks!
Nov 8, 2016, 12:40 pm
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I'm meeting relatives at HK in a couple of weeks. It will be all our first time in HKG. I'm arriving via UA and they are arriving via 5J (Cebu Pacific). Our flights arrive around the same time (give or take an hour - in case there are any delays, etc).
Where might be a good place to meet each other - given we're both first timers to the airport? It looks like both planes arrive in the same terminal, so I was thinking after immigration - where everyone waits for their arrival parties might work - except it will be crowded.
Are there any other locations, relatively close to the gates/immigration, that can work as a good and easy-to-find meeting place?
Thanks!
Where might be a good place to meet each other - given we're both first timers to the airport? It looks like both planes arrive in the same terminal, so I was thinking after immigration - where everyone waits for their arrival parties might work - except it will be crowded.
Are there any other locations, relatively close to the gates/immigration, that can work as a good and easy-to-find meeting place?
Thanks!
Pick an end and find each other.
Nov 8, 2016, 12:52 pm
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HKIA is one of the few airports where arrivals & departures are segregated, but you could still find somewhere comfortable to wait before immigration, because this area also serves as the pre-departure lounge for the boats to China and Macau.
There's a Pacific Coffee just before you go through immigration - you might be able to track it down on this map http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/interactive-map.html
However it does mean that if you have checked bags going round on the belt, they will at some point be pulled into storage.
There are also some F&B places in the arrivals area but I've always found that part of the airport the busiest!
There's a Pacific Coffee just before you go through immigration - you might be able to track it down on this map http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/interactive-map.html
However it does mean that if you have checked bags going round on the belt, they will at some point be pulled into storage.
There are also some F&B places in the arrivals area but I've always found that part of the airport the busiest!
Nov 8, 2016, 10:43 pm
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Nov 9, 2016, 10:05 am
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As an aside, the Airport Express Ticket counters also sell the Octopus cards, yes? That's going to be our next step after meeting up, anyway.
Nov 10, 2016, 11:22 pm
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Are you sure that there are desks in both halls - not as far as I remember
Please note that although you can pay for your AE ticket with a credit card, you have to pay cash for your octopus card, so your first port of call may need to be the ATM's in the arrivals hall
Please note that although you can pay for your AE ticket with a credit card, you have to pay cash for your octopus card, so your first port of call may need to be the ATM's in the arrivals hall
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Nov 11, 2016, 9:59 am
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I already plan to have some currency prior to arriving, so that shouldn't be an issue.