![]() ![]() Departure itself was an hour and ten minutes behind schedule. We arrived at our gate when instructed however, there was an hour’s delay to board with no explanation (either at the gate or on board). There is a train to take you to your gate (Pudong is a huge airport, with some 50 million passengers passing through annually). The lounge provided a decent range of food and beverages (needed after the previous flight, where both were scarce), and best of all, booths where we could stretch out for a nap. This only guaranteed two hours’ access, with no option to extend however, once we were admitted, our status wasn’t checked and we stayed five. The cost was very reasonable: $115 for the two of us. ![]() We’d heard that there were not many rest areas in Pudong, and with a 9-hour layover, I had booked us into a lounge (No 36, run under the China Eastern banner). My daughter and I already had boarding passes, issued (as we queued at the departure gate, which caused some anxiety) prior to a previous 11-hour flight from Rome to Shanghai. ![]()
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