I have seen several posts related to getting out of PEK without a visa but I was hoping for some guidance and input on PEK airport while we wait for our next flight. Ideas on where to eat? Things of interest to see or do while in the new T3? I know the terminal is new but was hoping for some of you mega flyers to fill me in.

I do have *A gold status so will we have access to the T3 lounge? Some posts indicate this can be iffy. This will be 8/12 so it will in the thick of the Olympics which should make the people watching pretty interesting.

Another question is will we have to go through customs for the plane change (we are on a *A award and going from UA to CA going onto SIN-DPS) or do we wait in the terminal for the next plane?

Do the lounges in T3 have showers? Again some posts say "yes" some say "no".

The last one is my lovely UA *A reward is C the whole way EXCEPT the red eye on CA. The age old question, does anyone have tips for getting this one segment upgraded? 8 hours is a lot of time to schmooze someone, just not very familiar with international schmoozing (pretty good domestically).

Thanks one and all. (Oh yeah this is our honeymoon, so if you see us say HI!)