Jul 5, 2017, 8:33 am
Last edit by: wolfpacktrojan
Transportation options from HGH to Hangzhou city center or PVG. Please add your name and your itinerary if you are interested in meeting other fellow FTers.
1) Taxi to Hangzhou city center, about 100 RMB ($15) for the entire party, not per person, walking from international terminal to domestic terminal (i.e., right turn after you get outside of the international terminal building), you will see taxi queue.
2) Shuttle bus, 20 RMB ($3), to Wulinmen CAAC Ticket Office or East Railway Station Line (two most popular options). The waiting hall for the shuttle bus is at Gate 10 (you can purchase ticket at Gate 14, too) Arrival Hall, on the first floor of the terminal building. Further details, see https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cit...ation.htm#hang
3) Shuttle from Hangzhou city center to PVG, 110 RMB, 3.5 hours: a) Wulinmen Ticket Office Central Hangzhou to PVG: (5:30, 6:10, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00)
b) Hangzhou Dragon Sports Center to PVG, 110 RMB, (7:00, 8:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:00 ). Further details, see https://traveladept.com/bus-pudong-hangzhou/
4) Train from Hangzhou East station to Shanghai Hongqiao; less than 100 RMB (~1 hr); then you can take Subway Line #2 to PVG, ~10 RMB and 2 hrs; or shuttle bus (Airport Line #1), about 1 hr, 30 RMB ($4.5), every 15 - 25 minutes. The Hangzhou East ticketing windows are located on 1st Floor, EAST Area of the station. Please allow 20-30 minutes for walking to 2nd floor departure, and security check. The frequency of Hangzhou-Hongqiao trains is as good as that of subways in many US cities.
5) Getting cash at HGH The international terminal at HGH (where you arrive) only has an exchange vendor with hefty fees that is open limited hours. However, the adjacent domestic terminal has a bank ATM. To get to the entrance of the domestic terminal, exit the international terminal and keep walking right, past the taxi stand. Then enter and take the escalator to the second floor. The bank ATM will be on your left, next to the escalator.
6 Getting TWOV without issues The advice is to print out your itinerary, hotel reservation, etc., to speed up the procedure at the entry point in China. At SFO, the check-in agents were clueless, so be prepared to get there very early and fight for your boarding passes. Please read the last few pages on this thread for first-hand experiences. Good luck. There is a thread on FT for further details. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...hread-231.html
ATM To get to the entrance of the domestic terminal, exit the international terminal and keep walking right, past the taxi stand. Then enter and take the escalator to the second floor. The bank ATM will be on your left, next to the escalator.
Travel information for Beijing and airport:
Beijing will have 2 hubs starting Sept 30,2019. PEK (Beijing Capital International Airport) is original main hub and will continue for Star Alliance flights and Cathay Pacific (including subsidiary Cathay Dragon Air). PKX (Beijing Daxing International Airport, will debut Sept 30, 2019) planned for airlines of the SkyTeam alliance and One World Alliance (AA, BA, etc. except Cathay Pacific) will be relocated to the new airport. Most flyers taking advantage of this China OJ deal will continue fly through PEK. Some people who use positioning flights through Beijing using non-Star Alliance airlines need to make sure you are flying into PEK, or else need 2hr ground transportation from PKX to PEK.
PEK allows TWOV within 24hr to stay inside security zone airside. This is more convenient for immediate turn than Shanghai-PVG, which force all passengers to exit immigration and customs, then re-check in from land side, even if you have immediate turn within 24hr.
Who are going? When for outbound and inbound? Routing from major hubs:
July 2017
August 2017
Quinlanty: Aug 3, ORD-HKG-HGH; Aug 7, PVG-LAX-SFO-IAH-ORD-YYZ (see post #284 for a brief report on TWOV procedure at HGH).
September 2017
Kmxu: 1 Sept, IAD-HNL-GUM-, 3 Sept, GUM-PVG; 4 Sept, PVG-SFO-ORD
Quinlanty; Sep 1, IAD-HNL-GUM; Sept 3, GUM-PVG, Sep 4, PVG-SFO-ORD-YYZ
pushmyredbutton: Sept 1; SFO-HNL-GUM-HKG Sept 3rd: HKG-HGH, Sept 4th: PVG-SFO
X31: 8 Sept BTV-EWR-SFO-HKG-HGH; 11 Sept PVG-NRT; 12 Sept HND-SFO-IAH-EWR; 13 Sept EWR-YUL
Kmxu + 3: 9 Sept, IAD-SFO-HKG-HGH; 12 Sept, PVG-SFO-IAD
techdarko: 12 Sept, SFO-HKG; 14 Sept, HKG-HGH; 16 Sept, PVG-SFO
Quinlanty: Sep 14; SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 18, PVG-SFO-YVR
bencanfly: Sep 14, SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 18, PVG-SFO-IAD
tde211: Sept 17, SFO-HKG-HGH; Oct 18 - PVG-SFO-YVR
Fishleafer: Sep 20, SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 26, PVG-SFO-YVR
X31: 21 Sept BTV-EWR-HNL-GUM-HKG; 23 Sept HKG-HGH; 25 Sept PVG-SFO-IAH-EWR; 26 Sept EWR-YUL
985X: Sept 22, LAX-SFO-HKG; Sept 23, HKG-HGH; Sept 25, PVG-LAX; Sept 26, LAX-YVR
flyingstudent: Sept 23: SFO-HGH
netoreisinger: 30 Sept, BOS-EWR-HKG-HGH; 4 Oct, PVG-SFO-ORD-YUL
October 2017
gba: Oct 22, SFO-HKG-HGH; Oct 29: PVG-NRT-SEA-YVR
beyounged: Oct 24, SAN-SFO-HKG, Oct 26, HKG-HGH, Nov 8, PVG-HND-YVR
as219: Oct 26, LGA-ORD-HKG (+1); Oct 30: HKG-SFO-EWR-YUL (+1)
X31: 26 Oct BTV-ORD-HKG; 28 Oct HKG-HGH; 30 Oct PVG-SFO; 31 Oct SFO-ORD-YUL
riphamilton +1: Oct 27, BOS-EWR-HNL-GUM-HKG (+1); Oct 30: HKG-GUM-NRT; Oct 31: NRT-ORD-YUL
November 2017
Quinlanty: Nov 3, BOS-EWR-HKG-HGH; Nov 6, HGH-SFO-IAH-ORD-YYZ
pushmyredbutton: Nov 19: BDL-ORD-HKG-HGH, Nov 27 HGH HKG-SFO-(YVR)
Davistev: Nov26, LAX-NRT-PVG
December 2017
Kmxu: Dec 1, IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG; Dec 3, HKG-HGH, Dec 4, PVG-SFO-IAD
X31: Dec 1, YUL-IAD-IAH; Dec 2, IAH-LAX-PVG; Dec 4, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL; Dec 4, HNL-EWR-BTV.
January 2018
Kewldude21: Jan 14 IAH-EWR-HKG Jan 16 HKG-HGH Jan 22 PVG-SFO-IAH
mpiotrow: Jan 21, ORD-SFO-KIX; Jan 23, KIX-HGH; Jan 24, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL-DEN-YYZ
February 2018
March 2018
Davistev: Mar03, PVG-SFO-YVR
flyer777lr: Mar 20, DEN-HNL-GUM; Mar 23, GUM-KIX (NH)-HGH; Mar 26, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL; Mar 27, HNL-EWR-YYZ
Kewldude21: Mar 22 IAH-EWR-HKG Mar 24 HKG-HGH Mar 28 HGH-PEK-SFO-IAH
flyme2: Mar 28, BTV-ORD-HKG; Mar 29: HKG-HGH; Apr 17: HKG-EWR-YUL
JetSetDave: Mar 29, EUG-SFO-HKG-HGH; April 3, PVG-SFO-EUG
Coeur 05: March 31, bos-sfo-hkg-pvg; April 5, PVG-lax-ord-yow
April 2018
ttyl: Apr 01 BTV-IAD-EWR-HKG; Apr 02 HKG-HGH; Apr 04 PVG-SFO-IAD-LGA-YUL
Toronto1970: April 6, EWR-ORD-HKG-HGH; April 13, CTU-SFO-EWR-YYZ
Exiled in Express: April 18, ORD-HKG-HGH; April 30, WUH-NRT-SEA-YVR
X31: Apr. 28 : BTV-EWR-HKG-HGH; May 1st : PVG-KIX; May 15th : ITM-HND-YVR-YYJ
May 2018
Kewldude21: May 3 IAH-SFO-HKG May 13 PEK-SFO-IAH
October 2018
KMXU, Oct. 18, IAD-SFO-HKG-HGH, Oct. 25, PVG-SFO-IAD
November 2018
KMXU, Nov. 14, ORD-HKG-XIY, Nov. 19, PEK-ORD
September 2019
xinliz Sept 4 SFO-NRT-PVG Sept 25 PEK-EWR-YOW
Flying Machine Sept 9 LAX-SFO-HKG Sept 10 HKG-HGH Sept 16 PVG-SFO-IAD
October 2019
kmxu: Oct 26, IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG, Oct. 27, HKG-XIY, Oct 30, CTU-SFO-IAH
wolfpacktrojan: Oct. 26, EWR-SFO-PVG, Oct. 28, PVG-NRT-SFO-YVR
November 2019
kmxuand his colleague: Nov 9, IAD-PEK, Nov 12, PEK-NRT-HNL-SFO-YYZ
kmxu's colleague: Nov 13, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 16, PEK-ORD
kmxu: Nov. 20, IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 22, PEK-EWR-YYZ
kmxu: Nov. 23, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 26, PEK-ORD
aquanine Nov 28: LAX-SFO-KIX, Nov 30: KIX-PEK, Dec 2: PEK-SFO-YVR
December 2019
kmxu: Nov. 30, IAD-NRT-PEK, Dec. 2, PEK-ORD-YYZ
kmxu: Dec. 3, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Dec. 6, PEK-ORD
jskang Dec 5, EWR-PVG, Dec 8, PEK-NRT-IAD-YOW
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
1) Taxi to Hangzhou city center, about 100 RMB ($15) for the entire party, not per person, walking from international terminal to domestic terminal (i.e., right turn after you get outside of the international terminal building), you will see taxi queue.
2) Shuttle bus, 20 RMB ($3), to Wulinmen CAAC Ticket Office or East Railway Station Line (two most popular options). The waiting hall for the shuttle bus is at Gate 10 (you can purchase ticket at Gate 14, too) Arrival Hall, on the first floor of the terminal building. Further details, see https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cit...ation.htm#hang
3) Shuttle from Hangzhou city center to PVG, 110 RMB, 3.5 hours: a) Wulinmen Ticket Office Central Hangzhou to PVG: (5:30, 6:10, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00)
b) Hangzhou Dragon Sports Center to PVG, 110 RMB, (7:00, 8:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:00 ). Further details, see https://traveladept.com/bus-pudong-hangzhou/
4) Train from Hangzhou East station to Shanghai Hongqiao; less than 100 RMB (~1 hr); then you can take Subway Line #2 to PVG, ~10 RMB and 2 hrs; or shuttle bus (Airport Line #1), about 1 hr, 30 RMB ($4.5), every 15 - 25 minutes. The Hangzhou East ticketing windows are located on 1st Floor, EAST Area of the station. Please allow 20-30 minutes for walking to 2nd floor departure, and security check. The frequency of Hangzhou-Hongqiao trains is as good as that of subways in many US cities.
5) Getting cash at HGH The international terminal at HGH (where you arrive) only has an exchange vendor with hefty fees that is open limited hours. However, the adjacent domestic terminal has a bank ATM. To get to the entrance of the domestic terminal, exit the international terminal and keep walking right, past the taxi stand. Then enter and take the escalator to the second floor. The bank ATM will be on your left, next to the escalator.
6 Getting TWOV without issues The advice is to print out your itinerary, hotel reservation, etc., to speed up the procedure at the entry point in China. At SFO, the check-in agents were clueless, so be prepared to get there very early and fight for your boarding passes. Please read the last few pages on this thread for first-hand experiences. Good luck. There is a thread on FT for further details. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...hread-231.html
ATM To get to the entrance of the domestic terminal, exit the international terminal and keep walking right, past the taxi stand. Then enter and take the escalator to the second floor. The bank ATM will be on your left, next to the escalator.
Travel information for Beijing and airport:
Beijing will have 2 hubs starting Sept 30,2019. PEK (Beijing Capital International Airport) is original main hub and will continue for Star Alliance flights and Cathay Pacific (including subsidiary Cathay Dragon Air). PKX (Beijing Daxing International Airport, will debut Sept 30, 2019) planned for airlines of the SkyTeam alliance and One World Alliance (AA, BA, etc. except Cathay Pacific) will be relocated to the new airport. Most flyers taking advantage of this China OJ deal will continue fly through PEK. Some people who use positioning flights through Beijing using non-Star Alliance airlines need to make sure you are flying into PEK, or else need 2hr ground transportation from PKX to PEK.
PEK allows TWOV within 24hr to stay inside security zone airside. This is more convenient for immediate turn than Shanghai-PVG, which force all passengers to exit immigration and customs, then re-check in from land side, even if you have immediate turn within 24hr.
Who are going? When for outbound and inbound? Routing from major hubs:
July 2017
August 2017
Quinlanty: Aug 3, ORD-HKG-HGH; Aug 7, PVG-LAX-SFO-IAH-ORD-YYZ (see post #284 for a brief report on TWOV procedure at HGH).
September 2017
Kmxu: 1 Sept, IAD-HNL-GUM-, 3 Sept, GUM-PVG; 4 Sept, PVG-SFO-ORD
Quinlanty; Sep 1, IAD-HNL-GUM; Sept 3, GUM-PVG, Sep 4, PVG-SFO-ORD-YYZ
pushmyredbutton: Sept 1; SFO-HNL-GUM-HKG Sept 3rd: HKG-HGH, Sept 4th: PVG-SFO
X31: 8 Sept BTV-EWR-SFO-HKG-HGH; 11 Sept PVG-NRT; 12 Sept HND-SFO-IAH-EWR; 13 Sept EWR-YUL
Kmxu + 3: 9 Sept, IAD-SFO-HKG-HGH; 12 Sept, PVG-SFO-IAD
techdarko: 12 Sept, SFO-HKG; 14 Sept, HKG-HGH; 16 Sept, PVG-SFO
Quinlanty: Sep 14; SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 18, PVG-SFO-YVR
bencanfly: Sep 14, SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 18, PVG-SFO-IAD
tde211: Sept 17, SFO-HKG-HGH; Oct 18 - PVG-SFO-YVR
Fishleafer: Sep 20, SFO-HKG-HGH; Sep 26, PVG-SFO-YVR
X31: 21 Sept BTV-EWR-HNL-GUM-HKG; 23 Sept HKG-HGH; 25 Sept PVG-SFO-IAH-EWR; 26 Sept EWR-YUL
985X: Sept 22, LAX-SFO-HKG; Sept 23, HKG-HGH; Sept 25, PVG-LAX; Sept 26, LAX-YVR
flyingstudent: Sept 23: SFO-HGH
netoreisinger: 30 Sept, BOS-EWR-HKG-HGH; 4 Oct, PVG-SFO-ORD-YUL
October 2017
gba: Oct 22, SFO-HKG-HGH; Oct 29: PVG-NRT-SEA-YVR
beyounged: Oct 24, SAN-SFO-HKG, Oct 26, HKG-HGH, Nov 8, PVG-HND-YVR
as219: Oct 26, LGA-ORD-HKG (+1); Oct 30: HKG-SFO-EWR-YUL (+1)
X31: 26 Oct BTV-ORD-HKG; 28 Oct HKG-HGH; 30 Oct PVG-SFO; 31 Oct SFO-ORD-YUL
riphamilton +1: Oct 27, BOS-EWR-HNL-GUM-HKG (+1); Oct 30: HKG-GUM-NRT; Oct 31: NRT-ORD-YUL
November 2017
Quinlanty: Nov 3, BOS-EWR-HKG-HGH; Nov 6, HGH-SFO-IAH-ORD-YYZ
pushmyredbutton: Nov 19: BDL-ORD-HKG
Davistev: Nov26, LAX-NRT-PVG
December 2017
Kmxu: Dec 1, IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG; Dec 3, HKG-HGH, Dec 4, PVG-SFO-IAD
X31: Dec 1, YUL-IAD-IAH; Dec 2, IAH-LAX-PVG; Dec 4, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL; Dec 4, HNL-EWR-BTV.
January 2018
Kewldude21: Jan 14 IAH-EWR-HKG Jan 16 HKG-HGH Jan 22 PVG-SFO-IAH
mpiotrow: Jan 21, ORD-SFO-KIX; Jan 23, KIX-HGH; Jan 24, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL-DEN-YYZ
February 2018
March 2018
Davistev: Mar03, PVG-SFO-YVR
flyer777lr: Mar 20, DEN-HNL-GUM; Mar 23, GUM-KIX (NH)-HGH; Mar 26, HGH-HKG-GUM-HNL; Mar 27, HNL-EWR-YYZ
Kewldude21: Mar 22 IAH-EWR-HKG Mar 24 HKG-HGH Mar 28 HGH-PEK-SFO-IAH
flyme2: Mar 28, BTV-ORD-HKG; Mar 29: HKG-HGH; Apr 17: HKG-EWR-YUL
JetSetDave: Mar 29, EUG-SFO-HKG-HGH; April 3, PVG-SFO-EUG
Coeur 05: March 31, bos-sfo-hkg-pvg; April 5, PVG-lax-ord-yow
April 2018
ttyl: Apr 01 BTV-IAD-EWR-HKG; Apr 02 HKG-HGH; Apr 04 PVG-SFO-IAD-LGA-YUL
Toronto1970: April 6, EWR-ORD-HKG-HGH; April 13, CTU-SFO-EWR-YYZ
Exiled in Express: April 18, ORD-HKG-HGH; April 30, WUH-NRT-SEA-YVR
X31: Apr. 28 : BTV-EWR-HKG-HGH; May 1st : PVG-KIX; May 15th : ITM-HND-YVR-YYJ
May 2018
Kewldude21: May 3 IAH-SFO-HKG May 13 PEK-SFO-IAH
October 2018
KMXU, Oct. 18, IAD-SFO-HKG-HGH, Oct. 25, PVG-SFO-IAD
November 2018
KMXU, Nov. 14, ORD-HKG-XIY, Nov. 19, PEK-ORD
September 2019
xinliz Sept 4 SFO-NRT-PVG Sept 25 PEK-EWR-YOW
Flying Machine Sept 9 LAX-SFO-HKG Sept 10 HKG-HGH Sept 16 PVG-SFO-IAD
October 2019
kmxu: Oct 26, IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG, Oct. 27, HKG-XIY, Oct 30, CTU-SFO-IAH
wolfpacktrojan: Oct. 26, EWR-SFO-PVG, Oct. 28, PVG-NRT-SFO-YVR
November 2019
kmxuand his colleague: Nov 9, IAD-PEK, Nov 12, PEK-NRT-HNL-SFO-YYZ
kmxu's colleague: Nov 13, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 16, PEK-ORD
kmxu: Nov. 20, IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 22, PEK-EWR-YYZ
kmxu: Nov. 23, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Nov. 26, PEK-ORD
aquanine Nov 28: LAX-SFO-KIX, Nov 30: KIX-PEK, Dec 2: PEK-SFO-YVR
December 2019
kmxu: Nov. 30, IAD-NRT-PEK, Dec. 2, PEK-ORD-YYZ
kmxu: Dec. 3, YYZ-IAD-NRT-PEK, Dec. 6, PEK-ORD
jskang Dec 5, EWR-PVG, Dec 8, PEK-NRT-IAD-YOW
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
UA, USA to China OJ from $303 ai
Jul 20, 2017, 8:15 am
#136
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
Does anybody have experience doing TWOV flying into HGH and out of PVG? As I read TIMATIC this should be allowed:
[KVS Tool 8.4.7/Diamond - TIMATIC: Visa/Entry Requirements]
[KVS Tool 8.4.7/Diamond - TIMATIC: Visa/Entry Requirements]
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National USA (US) /Embarkation USA (US) Transit China (People's Rep.) (CN) Destination Japan (JP) ALSO CHECK DESTINATION INFORMATION BELOW [Visa Information - Transit] China (People's Rep.) (CN) [Information For Normal Passports] TWOV (Transit Without Visa): ... Visa required, except for Nationals of USA holding confirmed onward air, cruise or train tickets to a third country, arriving and departing from any one of the following locations: Hangzhou (HGH), Nanjing Lukou (NKG), Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) or Shanghai Pudong (PVG) for a maximum of 144 hours, starting from 00:01 on the day following the day of entry. (SEE NOTE 75232)
According to the summary on tripadvisor, the answer is yes for the 144 hour visa:
- You enter the country through one of these eligible airports and leave from another of these airports. So you do not need to leave the country by departing from the airport in the same city that you arrived in as long as the arriving and departing airport are among this list of four (You can arrive in Shanghai and leave from Hangzhou for example);
Note that they claim this isn't true for the 72-hour visa:
- You will leave the country by departing from the airport in the same city that you arrived in (for Shanghai you can arrive at one airport and leave from the other);
Jul 20, 2017, 2:23 pm
#137
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 51
Thanks OP!, Firstly this is still available, I just booked this AWESOME trip, directly on the United Airlines website (not using Google Flights or ITA), for $340 USD/person. Warning: the website was extremely glitchy pricing out this itinerary:
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Jul 20, 2017, 4:57 pm
#138
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,952
Good job!
Your reservation is most complicated on this board. Congratulations.
At Guam, you won't get a car if you do not book one before you arrive. At Hangzhou, you should get some cash with you. In other places, you can survive without cash.
Have a good journey.
At Guam, you won't get a car if you do not book one before you arrive. At Hangzhou, you should get some cash with you. In other places, you can survive without cash.
Have a good journey.
Thanks OP!, Firstly this is still available, I just booked this AWESOME trip, directly on the United Airlines website (not using Google Flights or ITA), for $340 USD/person. Warning: the website was extremely glitchy pricing out this itinerary:
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Last edited by Kmxu; Jul 22, 2017 at 3:15 pm
Jul 21, 2017, 9:20 am
#139
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K 0.7MM (trying to get to 1MM!)
Posts: 1,272
Thanks OP!, Firstly this is still available, I just booked this AWESOME trip, directly on the United Airlines website (not using Google Flights or ITA), for $340 USD/person. Warning: the website was extremely glitchy pricing out this itinerary:
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Outbound:
-Burlington Vermont (BTV) -Chicago (ORD)
22 HOUR LAYOVER IN CHICAGO
-Chicago (ORD) to Guam (GUM) (via Honolulu Hawaii, 55 minute layover)
-23 HOUR LAYOVER IN GUAM
-Guam (GUM) to Tokyo Japan (NRT)
-14 HOUR LAYOVER IN TOKYO
Tokyo Japan (NRT) to Hangzhou China (HGH)
RETURN:
Hangzhou China (HGH) to Hong Kong (HKG)
14 LAYOVER IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong (HKG) to Chicago (ORD) (3 hour layover in Chicago)
Chicago (ORD) to Ottawa (YOW)
Out of all the destinations, I'm actually looking forward to seeing Guam the most... 23 hour layover in Guam is awesome. Also 14 hour layovers in both Tokyo and Hong Kong... super excited. My girlfriend never been to Chicago and always wanted to go, even though its for only 22 hours... she'll love it.
Jul 21, 2017, 10:35 am
#140
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
I can't seem to get it to price into G class though.
Jul 21, 2017, 10:46 am
#141
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 51
March 21: ORD-HNL-GUM
March 23: GUM-NRT
March 24: NRT-HGH (ANA)
April 3: HGH-HKG (Dragonair)
April 4: HKG-ORD-YOW
Priced in G class
Last edited by Oj778; Jul 21, 2017 at 1:46 pm
Jul 21, 2017, 7:51 pm
#143
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Jul 21, 2017, 8:26 pm
#144
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 4
I've read it but the only flight it specifically mentions as a no go is UA 154 from GUM to PVG. From what I also get out of it there might be some small surcharges for the Island Hopper. Then again I'm not great at reading the fare rules.
Jul 22, 2017, 12:28 am
#146
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Ah, that must be it. i conflated the specific flight restriction with the surcharge for the Island Hopper.
Jul 22, 2017, 8:43 am
#147
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Jul 22, 2017, 9:18 am
#148
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1MM/1K, HH Diamond
Posts: 6,831
Many thanks to the OP!
I pulled the trigger on LGA-HKG-HGH-SFO-DEN-LGA-XXX for ~$380 including two days in Hangzhao. Could have routed via GUM, but since I couldn't make a stopover work, it didn't appeal so much. Now I have 24 hours to decide if I actually want to do this!
(HKG-HGH-SFO is TWOV eligible, right?)
I pulled the trigger on LGA-HKG-HGH-SFO-DEN-LGA-XXX for ~$380 including two days in Hangzhao. Could have routed via GUM, but since I couldn't make a stopover work, it didn't appeal so much. Now I have 24 hours to decide if I actually want to do this!
(HKG-HGH-SFO is TWOV eligible, right?)
Jul 22, 2017, 9:30 am
#149
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
The only way you can get the hopper to work would be to SDC to it, and that will be problematic on the outbound since you can't SDC when there's a partner flight on the reservation, so you'd only be able to do it on the way back, and you'd need to budget enough time in GUM/HNL in order to make the longer hopper work.
Jul 22, 2017, 2:50 pm
#150
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: SFO/DFW
Programs: AA-EP, A3*G, UA*S
Posts: 290
Many thanks to the OP!
I pulled the trigger on LGA-HKG-HGH-SFO-DEN-LGA-XXX for ~$380 including two days in Hangzhao. Could have routed via GUM, but since I couldn't make a stopover work, it didn't appeal so much. Now I have 24 hours to decide if I actually want to do this!
(HKG-HGH-SFO is TWOV eligible, right?)
I pulled the trigger on LGA-HKG-HGH-SFO-DEN-LGA-XXX for ~$380 including two days in Hangzhao. Could have routed via GUM, but since I couldn't make a stopover work, it didn't appeal so much. Now I have 24 hours to decide if I actually want to do this!
(HKG-HGH-SFO is TWOV eligible, right?)
And yes, HKG-HGH-SFO is eligible, only the flights immediately arriving into and departing from China matters for the third country rule.
