Need advice - overnight stay at HKG
May 12, 2012, 11:13 pm
#1
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Need advice - overnight stay at HKG
I have an SA gold status, arriving at HKG on a non-SA airline on Saturday evening and leaving on Sunday morning on United to USA.
Since United won't let me do the online check in (they need to check docs, etc when going into USA), I will only be able to get my boarding pass few hours before the flight ...
So I was wondering if it's a good idea to buy a fully refundable ticket on one of the SA airlines and go through security and in the lounge, then cancel and refund the ticket? And then check in at the transit desks in the morning at the transit counters?
Thanks for your input.
Since United won't let me do the online check in (they need to check docs, etc when going into USA), I will only be able to get my boarding pass few hours before the flight ...
So I was wondering if it's a good idea to buy a fully refundable ticket on one of the SA airlines and go through security and in the lounge, then cancel and refund the ticket? And then check in at the transit desks in the morning at the transit counters?
Thanks for your input.
May 13, 2012, 1:41 am
#2
Join Date: May 2003
Location: TLL
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Since the *A lounges close around 11:30pm - midnight, if you're asking because you want to spend the night in the lounge, then no, it's not a good idea. I'd try and find a cheap airport hotel.
May 13, 2012, 8:23 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Salt Lake City, Los Angeles
Posts: 478
Not sure your budget or intentions, but by the sound of it, you don't want to pay for a hotel since you want to crash at the lounge.
You could also consider crashing in the terminal chairs once landside. According to this site people won't bother you and you can check in once the desk opens and go to the lounge inside. Plus there's long benches without armrests to sleep on.
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia/hongkong.htm
It looks like the first flight on UA is to NRT around 1015, so I assume the check-in desk will open around 715am.
BTW, there is a HK forum for which this post is probably most appropriate.
You could also consider crashing in the terminal chairs once landside. According to this site people won't bother you and you can check in once the desk opens and go to the lounge inside. Plus there's long benches without armrests to sleep on.
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/asia/hongkong.htm
It looks like the first flight on UA is to NRT around 1015, so I assume the check-in desk will open around 715am.
BTW, there is a HK forum for which this post is probably most appropriate.