Using airport transit hotel
Apr 6, 2009, 12:32 am
#33
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The transit hotel is within the secured area. Are you sure you have to have an onward boarding pass to use it? I know people that have used it on arrival, then gone into town for a couple days (in order to avoid a more expensive hotel bill on the first short night).
And yes, I totally agree about booking the transit hotel in advance. They have an email address, but I generally find it more effective to call.
And yes, I totally agree about booking the transit hotel in advance. They have an email address, but I generally find it more effective to call.
1. He did not state that one needs an onward boarding pass to spend the night in the transit hotel.
2.What he did say was that, if one is land side and wants to use the transit hotel, one must have a BP so that you can get to air side.
Air side is a controlled area (after passport control), but it is not a secured area in the sense it is used in the U.S. There is security at your departure gate. The transit area between passport control and the gate is controlled but not secured. There is no point getting confiused and confusing others.
Apr 6, 2009, 4:06 pm
#34
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Iowa, USA
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Just to be clear. I have done this many times without incident:
I book a ticket to SIN from the US somewhere. And separately buy a SIN-CGK ticket. I stay at the transit hotel.
What do I do with my luggage? Nothing!
The luggage is tagged to SIN, so it does spin around on the carousel for a while as I fall asleep in the transit hotel. But then when I wake up, a couple of hours prior to my CGK flight, I go to the transfer desk, show them my luggage tags, then the helpful attendant radios to the luggage people who then go look for my bags and dutifully tag them to CGK.
No harm, no foul, and no need to cross immigration or wait for my luggage.
I book a ticket to SIN from the US somewhere. And separately buy a SIN-CGK ticket. I stay at the transit hotel.
What do I do with my luggage? Nothing!
The luggage is tagged to SIN, so it does spin around on the carousel for a while as I fall asleep in the transit hotel. But then when I wake up, a couple of hours prior to my CGK flight, I go to the transfer desk, show them my luggage tags, then the helpful attendant radios to the luggage people who then go look for my bags and dutifully tag them to CGK.
No harm, no foul, and no need to cross immigration or wait for my luggage.