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
Mar 23, 2018, 3:39 pm
#676
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 49
This one is cheaper, $340, returning from Beijing. You will still need a one-way reservation to return to SAN (SFO-SAN). Because you have a Chinese visa, this itinerary will work. Good luck.
Edit: will attach GF link when getting to my office.
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...941*.USD.33941
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...941*.USD.33941
Mar 23, 2018, 5:15 pm
#677
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Although Hong Kong is considered a part of China, this OJ China deal have to make a stop in a Chinese city other than Hong Kong. I am sorry that your proposed itinerary will not work with this deal.
Mar 23, 2018, 7:16 pm
#678
Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: UA 1K (Million Miler). AA Gold (lifetime 1 Million). TK Elite Gold
Posts: 895
Maybe fly into CAN via HKG, then train back to Hong Kong to continue later into PEK or Shanghai back to Canada . Possibly one of best possible routings to use this fare.
Mar 23, 2018, 9:43 pm
#680
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: YUL
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 77
First MR @ 466 USD ORD->GUM->HKG->HGH->IAD->YUL
Hi all,Trying to hit *A Gold by doing UA-China MR (if possible max of 2).Departure Airport: YUL, BTV, ORD
Miles Needed: *A Gold (canadian resident, no UA PQD necessary)
Current Status: AC AP & UA MP none
Required Spend or Budget: ideally < 400-500 USD
Preffered Travel Dates: Weekends +/- 1 day (max: Thur-Mon)
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I found the following MR deal on ITA Matrix for 466 USD.
1- Any ways to increase mileage (ex: HGH-PEK-SFO-IAD instead of HGH-PEK-IAD)?
2 - This would be my first MR. Any comments, advice?
3- Any concern with Chinese customs? I'm a Canadian. Don't have Chinese Visa.4- I can either increase my layover either in HKG or HGH. Any advice on which to choose?
Thanks,6:05 am
Apr 3
6:05 pm
Apr 4
21h 0m
ORD to GUM
IAH, HNL
6:45 pm
Apr 4
9:50 pm
5h 5m
GUM to HKG
--
7:50 am
Apr 5
10:05 am
2h 15m
HKG to HGH
--
2:30 pm
Apr 6
7:50 pm
17h 20m
HGH to IAD
PEK
8:30 am
Apr 7
10:12 am
1h 42m
IAD to YUL
--
Miles Needed: *A Gold (canadian resident, no UA PQD necessary)
Current Status: AC AP & UA MP none
Required Spend or Budget: ideally < 400-500 USD
Preffered Travel Dates: Weekends +/- 1 day (max: Thur-Mon)
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I found the following MR deal on ITA Matrix for 466 USD.
1- Any ways to increase mileage (ex: HGH-PEK-SFO-IAD instead of HGH-PEK-IAD)?
2 - This would be my first MR. Any comments, advice?
3- Any concern with Chinese customs? I'm a Canadian. Don't have Chinese Visa.4- I can either increase my layover either in HKG or HGH. Any advice on which to choose?
Thanks,6:05 am
Apr 3
6:05 pm
Apr 4
21h 0m
ORD to GUM
IAH, HNL
6:45 pm
Apr 4
9:50 pm
5h 5m
GUM to HKG
--
7:50 am
Apr 5
10:05 am
2h 15m
HKG to HGH
--
2:30 pm
Apr 6
7:50 pm
17h 20m
HGH to IAD
PEK
8:30 am
Apr 7
10:12 am
1h 42m
IAD to YUL
--
Last edited by ttyl; Mar 23, 2018 at 10:01 pm
Mar 24, 2018, 9:56 am
#681
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
Mar 24, 2018, 12:03 pm
#682
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: UA 1K 3MM Lifetime, AA PlatPro,Marriott Titanium Elite Lifetime, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 741
Mar 24, 2018, 12:08 pm
#684
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: UA 1K 3MM Lifetime, AA PlatPro,Marriott Titanium Elite Lifetime, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 741
Mar 24, 2018, 12:11 pm
#685
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
Mar 24, 2018, 12:15 pm
#686
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: UA 1K 3MM Lifetime, AA PlatPro,Marriott Titanium Elite Lifetime, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 741
Mar 25, 2018, 4:15 am
#687
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Montréal, Canada
Posts: 1,610
I tweaked my original itinerary as I wanted to be home earlier than originally planned. I was lucky enough to be able to use two GPU's to upgrade my revised fares (now "W") for all segments but for HKG-HGH (KA), and EWR-YUL (single class service). Obviously the costs were much higher than the original ~ $340 CAD, but at a total of $1420 CAD, and no change fee, quite reasonable for business class to and from HKG. I will be on the 20:10 KA flight HKG-HGH and will be staying at the relatively new Hangzhou Marriott Qianjiang. Regarding transit, Uber doesn't seem to be an option any longer and Didi in HGH uses a Chinese only UI. Car services are costly, at approximately $65-$85 USD o/w, and Google maps estimates public transit to take more than 3 hours at my 22:30 arrival time. Consequently, taxis and cash appear to be the logical choice. Has anyone had any recent experience using taxis from HGH to the city?
Last edited by flyme2; Mar 25, 2018 at 5:21 am
Mar 25, 2018, 7:04 am
#688
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Houston, Texas
Programs: AA DL BA UA FAIRMONT SPG HILTON MARRIOTT HYATT
Posts: 83
I tweaked my original itinerary as I wanted to be home earlier than originally planned. I was lucky enough to be able to use two GPU's to upgrade my revised fares (now "W") for all segments but for HKG-HGH (KA), and EWR-YUL (single class service). Obviously the costs were much higher than the original ~ $340 CAD, but at a total of $1420 CAD, and no change fee, quite reasonable for business class to and from HKG. I will be on the 20:10 KA flight HKG-HGH and will be staying at the relatively new Hangzhou Marriott Qianjiang. Regarding transit, Uber doesn't seem to be an option any longer and Didi in HGH uses a Chinese only UI. Car services are costly, at approximately $65-$85 USD o/w, and Google maps estimates public transit to take more than 3 hours at my 22:30 arrival time. Consequently, taxis and cash appear to be the logical choice. Has anyone had any recent experience using taxis from HGH to the city?
Mar 25, 2018, 11:18 pm
#689
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: YUL
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 77
Hi again,
I actually settled for the following itinerary (for now
).
This will be my first Mileage Run. I booked the following itinerary for 384 USD.
Sun Apr 01 Burlington to Hong Kong
BTV to IAD 09:30 AM - 11:16 AM United Airlines Flight 3774
IAD to EWR 12:44 PM - 02:10 PM United Airlines Flight 4922
EWR to HKG 03:15 PM - 07:10 PM United Airlines Flight 179
Mon Apr 02 Hong Kong to Hangzhou
HKG to HGH 08:10 PM - 10:30 PM Cathay Dragon Flight 622
Wed Apr 04 Shanghai to Montreal
PVG to SFO 12:30 AM - 08:35 PM United Airlines Flight 890
SFO to IAD 11:28 PM - 07:35 AM United Airlines Flight 697
IAD to LGA 08:15 AM - 09:33 AM United Airlines Flight 6255
LGA to YUL 10:40 AM - 12:04 PM United Airlines Flight 8183
Anyways to add a 4 day stay at ORD on the way back from PVG? There were options with stopover through ORD instead of IAD.
Thanks
I actually settled for the following itinerary (for now
).This will be my first Mileage Run. I booked the following itinerary for 384 USD.
Sun Apr 01 Burlington to Hong Kong
BTV to IAD 09:30 AM - 11:16 AM United Airlines Flight 3774
IAD to EWR 12:44 PM - 02:10 PM United Airlines Flight 4922
EWR to HKG 03:15 PM - 07:10 PM United Airlines Flight 179
Mon Apr 02 Hong Kong to Hangzhou
HKG to HGH 08:10 PM - 10:30 PM Cathay Dragon Flight 622
Wed Apr 04 Shanghai to Montreal
PVG to SFO 12:30 AM - 08:35 PM United Airlines Flight 890
SFO to IAD 11:28 PM - 07:35 AM United Airlines Flight 697
IAD to LGA 08:15 AM - 09:33 AM United Airlines Flight 6255
LGA to YUL 10:40 AM - 12:04 PM United Airlines Flight 8183
Anyways to add a 4 day stay at ORD on the way back from PVG? There were options with stopover through ORD instead of IAD.
Thanks
Mar 26, 2018, 3:47 am
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: UA 1K (Million Miler). AA Gold (lifetime 1 Million). TK Elite Gold
Posts: 895
Hi again,
I actually settled for the following itinerary (for now ).
This will be my first Mileage Run. I booked the following itinerary for 384 USD.
Sun Apr 01 Burlington to Hong Kong
BTV to IAD 09:30 AM - 11:16 AM United Airlines Flight 3774
IAD to EWR 12:44 PM - 02:10 PM United Airlines Flight 4922
EWR to HKG 03:15 PM - 07:10 PM United Airlines Flight 179
Mon Apr 02 Hong Kong to Hangzhou
HKG to HGH 08:10 PM - 10:30 PM Cathay Dragon Flight 622
Wed Apr 04 Shanghai to Montreal
PVG to SFO 12:30 AM - 08:35 PM United Airlines Flight 890
SFO to IAD 11:28 PM - 07:35 AM United Airlines Flight 697
IAD to LGA 08:15 AM - 09:33 AM United Airlines Flight 6255
LGA to YUL 10:40 AM - 12:04 PM United Airlines Flight 8183
Anyways to add a 4 day stay at ORD on the way back from PVG? There were options with stopover through ORD instead of IAD.
Thanks
I actually settled for the following itinerary (for now
).This will be my first Mileage Run. I booked the following itinerary for 384 USD.
Sun Apr 01 Burlington to Hong Kong
BTV to IAD 09:30 AM - 11:16 AM United Airlines Flight 3774
IAD to EWR 12:44 PM - 02:10 PM United Airlines Flight 4922
EWR to HKG 03:15 PM - 07:10 PM United Airlines Flight 179
Mon Apr 02 Hong Kong to Hangzhou
HKG to HGH 08:10 PM - 10:30 PM Cathay Dragon Flight 622
Wed Apr 04 Shanghai to Montreal
PVG to SFO 12:30 AM - 08:35 PM United Airlines Flight 890
SFO to IAD 11:28 PM - 07:35 AM United Airlines Flight 697
IAD to LGA 08:15 AM - 09:33 AM United Airlines Flight 6255
LGA to YUL 10:40 AM - 12:04 PM United Airlines Flight 8183
Anyways to add a 4 day stay at ORD on the way back from PVG? There were options with stopover through ORD instead of IAD.
Thanks
If purchased you have only 24 hours yo revise this itinerary
Otherwise, a hefty change fee will be levied.
Good luck and safe travels.