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Old Apr 27, 2017 | 10:10 am
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monn
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Great that someone enjoyed my review. My VPN wouldn't connect properly even on 4G, so I didn't have much else to do.

I'd love to write more lounge reviews, but most of the *A lounges I visit are pretty good and have a lot more guests, so it's much more difficult to write about them in the same manner. Anyway, I thought this would be helpful for other travelers visiting SZX.

I would have taken more pictures if I wasn't stopped by the staff. There was literally no other guests there when I arrived and I made sure to take pictures in angles that didn't include the little staff that was there when I first arrived.

Yeah, the domestic lounge and check-in area is much nicer. I don't know why this lounge is so bad, but I guess it's because there's only 11 international gates and there were 4 other guests in total visiting the lounge during the duration of my stay. I've been alone in there for hours before.

To anyone that thinks about using SZX for cheaper or more redeemable flights into HK: SZX is 1.5 hours from Central (HK) minimum and you can easily spend 2-3 hours just getting down to the HK border depending on time of day and week. I ONLY use SZX if I'm squeezed for time and need to fit in more meetings in Asia than I'm comfortable with in a short amount of time. Delays are frequent and there's not much chance of rebooking at SZX, so I avoid it unless it's the only way I can make my meeting schedule work.

HKG is my favorite airport and has great *A lounges (SQ is great, but windowless and UA has great showers) and immigration is a breeze if you have e-channel. In town check in with the Airport Express is great too and has lead to some full days at HKG just lounge hopping and catching up on work.
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