Originally Posted by ubcstudent

Hello,

I will be traveling with China Eastern (economy) through PVG and have a lay-over scheduled for 15 hours in PVG Terminal 1 (MNL-PVG-YVR). I will be there between 8am-11pm.
Shanghai is a great city, I lived there for about 6 months, but that was 10 years ago.
Now I do not have a visa to enter China (I'm not from one of those countries whose citizens are able to enter China visa free for a certain number of hours). Logistically it's not possible for me to apply for a visa before the trip.
PVG as an airport isn't a very nice one from what I can remember and what I can find online.
I tried calling several hotels who advertise to be located at or near PVG, but they all say I would need a visa to be able to go to their hotel.

Any recommendation what I should do?
Are there paid lounges that I can use? I can't seem to find info like that online.

Thank you in advance for your help!