Originally Posted by
mcmonster
I am flying Air China from Melbourne via PVG to PEK arriving late at night and on the following morning to Tokyo NRT.
I gather that I dont need a visa to transit but can I book a hotel outside the airport? If not are there overnight facilities airside? I am travelling on a UK passport.
Per SirJman, if your rest break is in PEK, you have to stay at the airside; it's only PVG where you can exit the airport on transit. It seems as if you are transiting in PEK.
Do you have Gold status with any *A airlines? Or are you flying business class on your CA flight? If so, you can access the Air China business class lounge. The CA lounge at PEK (international side) has sleeping cubicles; I don't recall whether or not it has showers. I need to be possibly corrected here by one of the China experts - I don't know whether or not this lounge is open 24 hours, obviously it would need to be for you to catch some sleep before your final flight to NRT.