PVG - lounge
Aug 16, 2018, 10:10 pm
#17
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Actually, it’s all becoming theoretical. I’m sitting in Jeju airport with indefinite delays while a typhoon between here and Shanghai is swirling things up. Probably won’t be time for a trip to downtown Shanghai the way it’s going.
Aug 17, 2018, 9:39 am
#18
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Used the TWOV option a few times - PVG, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Beijing and never any problem, also if you just wanted to kill a long layover during the day. Note that in principle you have to inform your airline in advance you want to use TWOV - they then inform customs. Although I am pretty sure that the one time I decided on the spot to kill a long layover in PVG during an international-international stop I did not inform my airline beforehand - I just was given my waiver. Maybe if you have the bad luck to bump into the wrong officer.... Enjoying Shanghai during a 9 hour stop certainly works well, more than enough time. But take Maglev/metro, traffic can be horrible.
Last edited by atflyer; Aug 17, 2018 at 1:54 pm