I had a long layover in Shanghai, as my flight was arriving from Singapore at around 5:30AM, and I was continuing to Los Angeles at 1:20PM. Upon arrival I made the long trek from my gate to the immigration and transfer area. I think we arrived at the furthest possible gate, and even walking at…
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Hopefully they'll have a better lounge when the satellite terminal opens next year.
Which VPN did you have success with and how was the speed? Especially recent data points are always useful vis-a-vis China. Thanks!
@ Gary -- I was using ExpressVPN. Didn't do a Speedtest though, unfortunately.
Maybe you can specify that it's Pudong airport in the title?
I can infer it by the pictures, but still...
The Business Class side of the lounge gets PACKED right before MU583, by the way. Lots of long haul leaving around that time, apparently? I enjoyed the food there when I was there in January, though.
Also Lux = body wash and Rejoice = shampoo; Think of Rejoice as the Chinese Pert? Is Pert still around? I recall at one point the bottles were very similar... Though perhaps I'm wrong.
You've mentioned before sometimes the English translations of things aren't that descriptive. Many apps like Google Translate provide translations via the camera function.
One fun fact relating to the duty free bags...the Sunrise Duty Free shops in Beijing and Shanghai offer the best price of cosmetic products across entire Asia
Am I the only one who thinks the color of the chair upholstery is too 1980s with its dark browns and tans?
PVG T2 also has a few good lounges. T2 77 is managed by Plaza Premium which accepts Priority Pass. IIRC T2 71 Air China Lounge has a la carte dining area. MU's lounge is always crowded unless you have access to the first class side since most SkyTeam airlines are at T1.
"The design of it reminded me a lot of the bars you’ll find in Etihad’s lounges."
If the Chinese excel at anything, it's at being knock-off artists.
The part where you complained about the signs lacking description in English, to be completely fair, the Chinese text also translates to leisure food. It's not like it was a language problem.
You didn’t mention this, but in addition to the hot food shown they have a noodle bar (in both Biz and F lounges)
The noodle bar is great!
The Business class lounge can get pretty busy, especially in the dining area. But upstairs is much quieter. Even when busy there was plenty of open seating.
I don’t thunk people realized that the lounge was 2 floors
Why didn’t you ask the robot what the food items were and the different brands of shower products?
This review doesn't give justice to the Chinese food options, which would probably be much better than the bad looking western options.
You just showed a picture of the toppings, which I presume are for porridge. There are buns in the steamers on the top right of the picture, but you didn't open them. And as others mentioned, there's a noodle bar (although maybe not for breakfast?).
"While there would have been a bit of a wait, I was pleasantly surprised that there was a SkyPriority lane."
Skyteam member China Eastern is based in Shanghai, so that's their homecourt. Specifically, Shanghai Pudong T1 and Shanghai Hongqiao T2 are conquered by China Eastern, so you can find many facilities with Skyteam Priority service.
@Kyle yes, so one can eat it more easily.
I think the new MU lounge in the brand new International Terminal (T1) at Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) is definitely the best lounge in Mainland China. It can easily be accessed by premium passengers that fly MU/FM/HX/JL/NH (not sure about KA) out of SHA.