*A lounge in PVG??
Apr 25, 2012 | 10:49 am
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*A lounge in PVG??
Flying soon in F on UA PVG-LAX. The *A website lounge finder tool isn't working and a search here showed no current info. So, I'm left wondering whether there is a *A lounge in PVG these days and, if so, what it's like.
Apr 25, 2012 | 11:14 pm
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Looks like a contract lounge.
I have not personally been there but if you can wait until May 8th, I can give you a report!
I have not personally been there but if you can wait until May 8th, I can give you a report!
Apr 27, 2012 | 9:11 am
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More discussion here in the UA forum.
You will have access to the FM (Shanghai Airlines) lounge. It is a typical Chinese airport lounge. The business side will be quite crowded at times, F not so much. But set your expectations low so you will not be disappointed.
You will have access to the FM (Shanghai Airlines) lounge. It is a typical Chinese airport lounge. The business side will be quite crowded at times, F not so much. But set your expectations low so you will not be disappointed.
May 7, 2012 | 10:02 am
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This doesn't sound like the lounge DL uses at PVG. The location is roughly what is marked on the map, on mezzanine level and open to the terminal below with the DL gates, but the FC section is within the main lounge. You show your credentials at the counter and are directed to either the FC area, which is small and right ahead after you turn left at the reception counter, or the bigger business class area, to which you veer to the left after the left turn at the counter. The FC area has larger and nicer seats and IME more periodicals.
Dec 11, 2012 | 3:12 pm
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I will be in transit at PVG in less than one week (F class) on my way from ORD to BKK. I am wondering about lounges at PVG. Sounds like there is a smallish one that I will be able to use.
I read on another internet site that you must claim your bags upon arrival at PVG and then re-check them. Is this true??? Hope not! Hoping bags go from ORD to BKK in a seamless manner, just as they do when I transit through NRT or HKG.
I read on another internet site that you must claim your bags upon arrival at PVG and then re-check them. Is this true??? Hope not! Hoping bags go from ORD to BKK in a seamless manner, just as they do when I transit through NRT or HKG.
Dec 13, 2012 | 2:28 am
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I will be in transit at PVG in less than one week (F class) on my way from ORD to BKK. I am wondering about lounges at PVG. Sounds like there is a smallish one that I will be able to use.
I read on another internet site that you must claim your bags upon arrival at PVG and then re-check them. Is this true??? Hope not! Hoping bags go from ORD to BKK in a seamless manner, just as they do when I transit through NRT or HKG.
I read on another internet site that you must claim your bags upon arrival at PVG and then re-check them. Is this true??? Hope not! Hoping bags go from ORD to BKK in a seamless manner, just as they do when I transit through NRT or HKG.
Dec 13, 2012 | 12:41 pm
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Wow... thanks for that reply, 1kBill.
I'm coming in on UA and leaving PVG on Thai. I guess I won't need to worry too much about lounges if I have to reclaim/recheck bags.
Does this mean leaving airside and re-entering thru security?? Glad I've got a couple of hours at PVG.
I'm coming in on UA and leaving PVG on Thai. I guess I won't need to worry too much about lounges if I have to reclaim/recheck bags.
Does this mean leaving airside and re-entering thru security?? Glad I've got a couple of hours at PVG.
Dec 14, 2012 | 7:31 am
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Just changed my ticket to avoid PVG all together. Now it's ORD-NRT-BKK, saver award in F. No more worries about having to collect and re-check bags! No worries about having proof of my onward ticket out of PVG within hours...
Now, if I can just get my husband's ticket changed too!! He will join me in Bangkok about 5 days later. His flight date is not showing anything available in F (saver) just yet. I'll keep watching though. I know that availability will often pop up within a couple of days of flying.
Now, if I can just get my husband's ticket changed too!! He will join me in Bangkok about 5 days later. His flight date is not showing anything available in F (saver) just yet. I'll keep watching though. I know that availability will often pop up within a couple of days of flying.