Originally Posted by
escape4
Bump. There seems to be conflicting information about whether you are forced to go to immigration, pick up your bags, and re-check in. In this thread 2 years ago, some say yes, some say no. The PVG airport website indicates that only LH LX NZ VS can avoid this mess. For other airlines it sounds hit and miss based on passengers' experience. I read a similar issue in a CX thread where passengers are connecting AA to CX in T2.
I have a flight arriving in PVG on TG and departing PVG on AC and I think there is a good chance that TG won't tag my bag all the way through because of PVG's passenger-unfriendly international transit procedure.
I did BKK - PVG (TG) - YVR 2 weeks ago.
At BKK they told me that they cannot tag through PVG (but they can for PEK)
At PVG I tried the international transfer desks . They asked me which airline and when I said AC they told me to go through immigration.
Good luck.
I am happy I had an APEC card, I was able to cut the immigration lines both times and the transfer took about 30 minutes. If you have to wait in line it would likely take 60-90 minutes