Connecting / airport transit inside PVG Shanghai Pudong [Merged PVG connection thread
Jul 11, 2012, 8:38 pm
#136
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More Details - 60-minute Connection PVG
Sorry, Everyone,
My first flight is Seoul (ICN) to Shanghai (PVG), arrival late morning.
My second flight is PVG to JFK, which leaves at about noon.
Both flights are on China Eastern. When I bought, the second flight left 1 hr 40 min to connect; tight but certainly doable. Now, at 60 minutes, I am very antsy. I guess I'll aplogetically cut lines and it should be okay.
I am still waiting to hear, through Vayama.com, from China Eastern. However, there is only one flight daily to JFK, and they don't fly to WAS or Boston, which could work for me.
I've built up a lot of positive travel karma, so I guess I'll rely on that....
thanks for all of your input!!!
D
My first flight is Seoul (ICN) to Shanghai (PVG), arrival late morning.
My second flight is PVG to JFK, which leaves at about noon.
Both flights are on China Eastern. When I bought, the second flight left 1 hr 40 min to connect; tight but certainly doable. Now, at 60 minutes, I am very antsy. I guess I'll aplogetically cut lines and it should be okay.
I am still waiting to hear, through Vayama.com, from China Eastern. However, there is only one flight daily to JFK, and they don't fly to WAS or Boston, which could work for me.
I've built up a lot of positive travel karma, so I guess I'll rely on that....
thanks for all of your input!!!
D
Last edited by dmbSK; Jul 11, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Jul 13, 2012, 4:20 am
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Jul 13, 2012, 4:47 am
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Since that hotel is nowhere near the airport, I would think that any bathhouse would serve the same function for around y68. I gather that most people interested this thread want to shower in or near PVG because they have onward connections. People that are staying in Shanghai can simply shower at their own hotels, even if they show up at 6a.
Jul 13, 2012, 5:45 am
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Since that hotel is nowhere near the airport, I would think that any bathhouse would serve the same function for around y68. I gather that most people interested this thread want to shower in or near PVG because they have onward connections. People that are staying in Shanghai can simply shower at their own hotels, even if they show up at 6a.
Jul 16, 2012, 11:34 pm
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Jul 16, 2012, 11:35 pm
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That seems rather tight if you ask me since you'll likely have to clear customs. But you may get lucky and get a MU escort through the transfer hall and they can radio you all the way through. Do you have backup options that MU could rebook you on?
Jul 21, 2012, 4:03 am
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Both TK and NH flights operate from Terminal 2. Assuming that your IST-PVG segment arrives on time, and your baggage is checked through to NRT, you should be fine if you really hurry and know what you're doing; I've done this in as few as 40 minutes a couple of times (lots of running). You'll need to clear inbound immigration, then proceed back through outbound immigration and security. PVG has no airside transit; everyone must clear passport control.
Assuming that you miss your connection and are forced to spend the night, you will both be able to leave the airport and get a hotel. Turkish nationals, like just about everyone, qualify for 24 hour TWOV with a confirmed onward ticket to a third country. That should give you more than enough time to get another flight to NRT without being forced to camp airside.
Assuming that you miss your connection and are forced to spend the night, you will both be able to leave the airport and get a hotel. Turkish nationals, like just about everyone, qualify for 24 hour TWOV with a confirmed onward ticket to a third country. That should give you more than enough time to get another flight to NRT without being forced to camp airside.
Would she have been permitted to clear immigration etc etc to make the connection?
Jul 21, 2012, 5:28 am
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While there may well be a few fluke exceptions, persons of pretty much ALL nationalities can avail of TWOV.
Aug 2, 2012, 10:22 am
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Even 95 minutes isn't enough.
AC 25 Y 8 OCT YVR PVG SS1 1105A 215P+
VN 531 Y 9 OCT PVG HAN SS1 350P 620P
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CHECK MINIMUM CONNECT TIME SEGMENTS 01/02
AC 25 Y 8 OCT YVR PVG SS1 1105A 215P+
VN 531 Y 9 OCT PVG HAN SS1 350P 620P
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CHECK MINIMUM CONNECT TIME SEGMENTS 01/02
Nov 7, 2012, 9:01 am
#148
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Will report on my experience after this week's flight
2 pax going CGK-SIN-PVG-ICN with a 2 hour connection at PVG from SQ to OZ. 6.25am arrival to 8.25am departure.
Both non-US passports with no chinese visa, 1 checked bag.
Meets MCT but we will see how they operate at 6.25am, unless someone tells us now that we should route through PEK instead with a 1h 30 min connection time
2 pax going CGK-SIN-PVG-ICN with a 2 hour connection at PVG from SQ to OZ. 6.25am arrival to 8.25am departure.
Both non-US passports with no chinese visa, 1 checked bag.
Meets MCT but we will see how they operate at 6.25am, unless someone tells us now that we should route through PEK instead with a 1h 30 min connection time
Nov 8, 2012, 3:35 pm
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PEK can be more dangerous - if you have to switch terminals, that can be a long bus ride. At PVG, at least you can walk between terminals.
The timing at PVG can make a difference. I've often arrived in the early evening in Terminal 2, and had to connect in terminal 1. At this time, it is easy to make the trek in under 90 minutes. I could probably make it 60 minutes if I wanted to. This includes going through immigration, transferring terminals, checking in, and making through security to the next terminal.
The timing at PVG can make a difference. I've often arrived in the early evening in Terminal 2, and had to connect in terminal 1. At this time, it is easy to make the trek in under 90 minutes. I could probably make it 60 minutes if I wanted to. This includes going through immigration, transferring terminals, checking in, and making through security to the next terminal.
Nov 8, 2012, 4:46 pm
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Considering it's the same terminal you 'should' have been fine, I was booked from SIN-PVG on MU and then had a UA flight to ORD that wasn't interlined but sold on the same UA ticket...so I had 100 minutes to get off the plane, clear immigration, collect my bag and make it over from T2 to T1...
Made it to check in with 5 minutes to spare ;-)
Made it to check in with 5 minutes to spare ;-)