Originally Posted by dordal

Flying in on CX F.

I might just do the arrivals route; but there's no place to take a nap there. I figure a cabana at 7am will be good for a short nap ( although somewhere on here I read they're limiting those to 1.5 hrs now ).

Sounds like going to the Wing and then exiting is possible, but is going to be a pain in the arse.

Originally Posted by dordal

I have a long layover in HKG next week ( arrive 7am, leave midnight ).

I'll be coming in on an overnight flight, and my thought would be to go to the cabanas at the Wing to rest for a few hours before going into the city. However, thinking things through tonight, I realized this might not be possible.

To get to the Wing I'll have to go through international transit security, and won't clear HKG immigration. I assume I'm stuck, then? You can't get to HKG immigration (to get into the city) after clearing transit security, can you?

Originally Posted by beta1607

I was recently told (April 2014) that they could only do this if they cancelled my forward ticket.

Originally Posted by Dr. HFH

This is nonsense. You need to ask someone else.

Originally Posted by percysmith

Sure my cases aren't transit, but this isn't like SIN with its arrivals and depatures on the same level.

Originally Posted by beckoa

I'd go into town and show up in the evening for some lounge hopping such as the QF lounge that opens in the afternoon.

Originally Posted by dordal

So slightly related topic... doing my homework now, and it appears I can't get into the QF lounge, as awesome as it looks. The QF site says "Eligible Class of Travel: First. Next onward flight that day must be a Qantas marketed flight (QF flight number)." I'm on CX F, of course, but have no OW status.

Hopefully I'm missing something?

Originally Posted by percysmith

You're a "International First oneworld Customer". Go right in.

Originally Posted by percysmith

You're a "International First oneworld Customer". Go right in.

Originally Posted by jphripjah

I just did this a few days ago.

I flew in from LAX in F, flight arrived at 6 a.m. I had a connection on KA in J to Phnom Penh at 4 p.m.

Exited the plane, followed signs for transit, went through transit security, went to The Wing. Asked for a cabana, used it to shower, change clothes, etc. Got something to eat.

Around 10 a.m. I told one of the lounge desk ladies that I wanted to go into town. She did act like it was an unusual request/imposition. She asked when my connecting flight was; I think if I only had 3-4 hours she would have argued that I didn't have enough time. She then asked if I was an F or J passenger, maybe they are less accommodating of this request for J passengers.

She told me to have a seat and wait for an airline staff member to escort me to immigration, which she said might take a while. I asked if I could just go down to arrivals myself and she said no I needed an escort. I asked another agent if I could leave my bag in the lounge while I went into town and he said no, then he said they did have a luggage rack where I could leave my bag but it wasn't secure.

About twenty minutes later, an airline staff lady showed up to escort me to arrivals, which didn't consist of anything more than walking me to the elevator and then telling the security officer at arrivals level that I was going into town, then we walked into the immigration hall. I left my carry on bag at the left luggage office and took the train to Central (same day return ticket costs the same as a one way ticket), took the MTR to the Museum of Art, then Star Ferry back to Central, and train back to the airport. Went back to The Wing and showed my boarding passes and asked if I could re-enter and that was no problem.