Originally Posted by
moondog
That was my first thought as well. But, upon further reflection, I will change my tune. Reasoning:
-international arrivals from Europe tend to be on time, if not early
-should be able to get to curb by 7:05a without much trouble
-the bus between the two airports rarely takes more than an hour because traffic usually moves pretty well on the highways
-your target arrival time in SHA is 9a, so even if you didn't get in motion until 8, you'd still be fine
-most importantly, if you are running late, you can cancel your ticket up until the check-in deadline (~45 mins at SHA, iirc) if not a bit later than that; just be sure to keep your travel agent and/or airline phone number in your cell phone
BTW, have you considered flying via PEK? Less backtracking and no need to switch airports.
Thanks a lot for your advises.
I think 3.30h is enough after reading other posts. However, I'm still trying to figure out how to go from PVG to SHA. A direct bus would be perfect, but I need to be sure that there is one and how to book it. I don't speak Chinese yet, even though I live here
Shanghai Airport website is useless. They have not translated the website in English...
I can't cancel the ticket, cauz it's a 360RMB ticket. No change. No cancellation. But thanks to *A Gold status, I will be fine with my 50kg of baggage. I could fly direct from PVG to CGO with China Eastern, but I think 30kg of overweight will be very expensive.
Check-in time for domestic flights is 40mn, and I had no problem doing it within 30mn. Being *A Gold and a having a foreign passport helps a lot. I would not be surprised if they would re-route me for free on the next flight, if I missed the 10am one...
The reason why I'm flying to PVG is because SWISS goes there. Backtracking is fine, it's a 1h flight.
I saw that they are extending the Maglev and that once it is finished you will be able to transit between PVG and SHA in 15 minutes... Amazing!