Quick Advice Needed: Boarding Time @ HKG
 

I am currently in the Pier F lounge. I arrived over two hours ago and got my name on the massage waitlist ASAP. Turns out to my dismay the waitlist is 3 hours long.

I am booked for 15:20 massage and my flight starts boarding at 15:40 at gate 3. Flight departs at 14:20. Its to JFK if you want to factor in the additional security screening time that occurs at the gate.

The ladies keep assuring me I have plenty of time to do the massage and catch my flight. I am a little uneasy about it.

Thoughts?

not a problem. HKG is as easy as it gets (despite the TSA-required nonsense at the gate).

The flight will close 10 minutes prior to boarding I think, check your boarding pass. If you show up 25 or even 20 minutes prior to departure, you will have no problem at all. As long as you beat the cutoff time.

In the US, there is a tendency for all the flights to board insanely early. On top of that, most flights are domestic so an intl flight is often seen as a big deal (mentally at least). Every flight at HKG is international and it's just business as usual. Don't sweat it.

You can show up 15 minutes in advance if you want, or even 10...but that's starting to really cut it close. They will close the doors at the scheduled time..10 mins prior to departure. Double check what it says on your ticket about gate closing time. that's the one that matters, definitely do NOT violate that or you're going to not have a fun day

From the Pier to gate 3/4 is a fifteen minute walk or ten at a very brisk pace.

So looks like the person who had the 3pm slot no showed so they took me in a little earlier.

Still good to know that HKG or CX finds it acceptable to show up 10-20 mins before departure time. My BP does say gate closes 10 mins.

Unlike in the USA where the process begins an hour early and eyebrows are raised if you are not onboard 20 mins before departure on an international flight.

Given your perceived stress about missing your flight, you will probably need another massage after your flight from the tense walking/running to the boarding gate after your session ;)