Hello,
Family and I are due to go to Australia soon, stopping in Hong Kong for nearly 2 hours, and then Singapore on return for nearly 3 hours (although changing planes on return flight). We will be "in transit".
Do we need local currency at this time? What do "in transit" passengers do and is anything provided?
Thanks.
2 hours isn't really a long time when you're transitting. By the time you've disembarked your inbound flight and made your way through connections, I bet half will have gone. Transitting passengers normally just have a walk to strech their legs, have a drink or bite to eat, a quick look around duty free then board your onward connection. That's assuming you're through checked and don't need to collect luggage and check-in again. You'll find international currencies such as the pound, euro and US Dollar are widely accepted in the departure lounge
Darren
When I last did the route in October, all liquids over 100ml were being confiscated at the gate for the onward HKG/SYD flight unless they were spirits purchased in the duty free shop and in a sealed bag. Quite a few people in transit had bought bottles of Evian in the airside shops at HKG and were having these taken away from them at the gate.
For me I personally always either have a small amount of "local" currency for transit stops or small denomination USD$ bills. I learnt the hard way a few years back when caught on a delayed flight at a transit airport with no cash to buy water/snacks etc.
Thank you for your responses - sorry it took a while to acknowledge!
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