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Hello! We are looking into purchasing tickets online for a tourist visa roundtrip for two (lets say expedia or travelocity) but would like to ask what all other fees are included or not included on the purchased ticket? Our concern is we purchase ticket for our parents online so they already have it handy when they leave but what all fees do they need to pay when they get to the airport.

Some here in VJ say that they didn't have to pay travel tax, some said they did. Now from research, most said that if tickets were purchased thru travel agency, they usually include the travel tax (1620), another one mentioned that she purchased tix thru travelocity online and was not asked to pay the 1620 when she went to the airport but the date for that reply was Nov 2008. Is there anybody out there who had a recent experience with travelocity and if they needed to pay the PTA (traveltax) during booking or at the airport?

I also understand that there are terminal fees that needs to be paid upon departure from NAIA. Now my question is since this is a roundtrip, how many times do they have to pay fees since it's roundtrip?

Thanks in advance to everybody...

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angel_eyes1976   0

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Hello! We are looking into purchasing tickets online for a tourist visa roundtrip for two (lets say expedia or travelocity) but would like to ask what all other fees are included or not included on the purchased ticket? Our concern is we purchase ticket for our parents online so they already have it handy when they leave but what all fees do they need to pay when they get to the airport.

Some here in VJ say that they didn't have to pay travel tax, some said they did. Now from research, most said that if tickets were purchased thru travel agency, they usually include the travel tax (1620), another one mentioned that she purchased tix thru travelocity online and was not asked to pay the 1620 when she went to the airport but the date for that reply was Nov 2008. Is there anybody out there who had a recent experience with travelocity and if they needed to pay the PTA (traveltax) during booking or at the airport?

I also understand that there are terminal fees that needs to be paid upon departure from NAIA. Now my question is since this is a roundtrip, how many times do they have to pay fees since it's roundtrip?

Thanks in advance to everybody...

filipino citizens leaving the philippines will pay international teminal fee amounting to P750 and travel tax amounting to P1620...they don't have to pay terminal fee or travel tax on their return to PI... they will only pay domestic terminal fee (P200) if they have a connecting flight to another province (say cebu).... tickets bought online does not include the airport terminal fee or travel tax... i don't know with tickets bought from an agency....

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Hello! We are looking into purchasing tickets online for a tourist visa roundtrip for two (lets say expedia or travelocity) but would like to ask what all other fees are included or not included on the purchased ticket? Our concern is we purchase ticket for our parents online so they already have it handy when they leave but what all fees do they need to pay when they get to the airport.

Some here in VJ say that they didn't have to pay travel tax, some said they did. Now from research, most said that if tickets were purchased thru travel agency, they usually include the travel tax (1620), another one mentioned that she purchased tix thru travelocity online and was not asked to pay the 1620 when she went to the airport but the date for that reply was Nov 2008. Is there anybody out there who had a recent experience with travelocity and if they needed to pay the PTA (traveltax) during booking or at the airport?

I also understand that there are terminal fees that needs to be paid upon departure from NAIA. Now my question is since this is a roundtrip, how many times do they have to pay fees since it's roundtrip?

Thanks in advance to everybody...

filipino citizens leaving the philippines will pay international teminal fee amounting to P750 and travel tax amounting to P1620...they don't have to pay terminal fee or travel tax on their return to PI... they will only pay domestic terminal fee (P200) if they have a connecting flight to another province (say cebu).... tickets bought online does not include the airport terminal fee or travel tax... i don't know with tickets bought from an agency....

This is only if travel agency is in PI, they include the travel tax when u purchase tix there.

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I bought my fiances ticket along with mine here in the U.S.A using my normal travel agent. We flew in together on July 17th on China airlines. I was not asked to pay a tax at any time when leaving Manila, and it was not charged when I purchased the ticket. Good luck.

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