Originally Posted by mecabq

Good question. I have a rule (after an unfortunate incident recently at COK) not to transit a country without a visa, just in case. I guess if one is flying UA, one should really stick to this.

China does have some kind of short-term transit visa on arrival. Could be a challenge, though, not having an onward reservation to show at immigration -- recently I told the lady that I was continuing the next day, but didn't have a printout when she asked. She just said, fine, then I will use your visa. I didn't argue too much because I didn't mind in this case.

I wonder if the UA officials there can help passengers get through immigration in a case like this?