PAL

[GD21 0]

What's the lowdown on this airline. I want to put my baby on the direct from MNL to LAX? Will I have issues.

Note that I am here in the states so I WON'T BE THERE

I'll get her a copy of my CC and drivers license.

If she prints out the eticket or goes up with the conf. # will there be issues?

Have any of you flown them over here? Any experiences?

Thanks.

[Dakine 26]

For one thing PAL gives a first time immigrant discount if you ask for it. I got about 20% for my wife and anak. I've flown PAL NUMEROUS times.

Edited August 16, 2009 by Haole

[GD21 0]

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

[ski4evr 0]

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

Great question. I am watching for a reply from someone's experience. I was going to wire the money to her BDO account from the USA and have her purchase the ticket there but she said there is a lot of fraud and she was worried about getting a fake ticket

Now I am planning to purchase it online, pay for it on my credit card, put her name on the ticket, and email it to her the

e-ticket for her to print.

Jeff

[Dakine 26]

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

Great question. I am watching for a reply from someone's experience. I was going to wire the money to her BDO account from the USA and have her purchase the ticket there but she said there is a lot of fraud and she was worried about getting a fake ticket

Now I am planning to purchase it online, pay for it on my credit card, put her name on the ticket, and email it to her the

e-ticket for her to print.

Jeff

When my wife and anak were first coming over I purchased tickets [Credit card] from a travel agent here in Hawaii and my wife picked them up at her local PAL office in the Philippines.

She had to pay PTA the P1620 travel tax also. P810 for anak.

[GD21 0]

That sounds like a good plan. I will look into it. Thanks.

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

Great question. I am watching for a reply from someone's experience. I was going to wire the money to her BDO account from the USA and have her purchase the ticket there but she said there is a lot of fraud and she was worried about getting a fake ticket

Now I am planning to purchase it online, pay for it on my credit card, put her name on the ticket, and email it to her the

e-ticket for her to print.

Jeff

I was planning this route also. Please let me know if this will work? Thanks.

[ski4evr 0]

That sounds like a good plan. I will look into it. Thanks.

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

Great question. I am watching for a reply from someone's experience. I was going to wire the money to her BDO account from the USA and have her purchase the ticket there but she said there is a lot of fraud and she was worried about getting a fake ticket

Now I am planning to purchase it online, pay for it on my credit card, put her name on the ticket, and email it to her the

e-ticket for her to print.

Jeff

I was planning this route also. Please let me know if this will work? Thanks.

I will not be purchasing a ticket until mid-September so I will be following the thread.

[Jose Rizal 1]

What's the lowdown on this airline. I want to put my baby on the direct from MNL to LAX? Will I have issues.

Note that I am here in the states so I WON'T BE THERE

I'll get her a copy of my CC and drivers license.

If she prints out the eticket or goes up with the conf. # will there be issues?

Have any of you flown them over here? Any experiences?

Thanks.

Flew via PAL from MNL to LAX using my wife's credit card. They didn't ask for the card number.

[Dean Cain 0]

What's the lowdown on this airline. I want to put my baby on the direct from MNL to LAX? Will I have issues.

Note that I am here in the states so I WON'T BE THERE

I'll get her a copy of my CC and drivers license.

If she prints out the eticket or goes up with the conf. # will there be issues?

Have any of you flown them over here? Any experiences?

Thanks.

How old is your baby and who a accompany her to the US? The only issue you will have is that she will need a clearance from DSW or DFA to fly to the US if the parent can't accompany her.

What's the lowdown on this airline. I want to put my baby on the direct from MNL to LAX? Will I have issues.

Note that I am here in the states so I WON'T BE THERE

I'll get her a copy of my CC and drivers license.

If she prints out the eticket or goes up with the conf. # will there be issues?

Have any of you flown them over here? Any experiences?

Thanks.

How old is your baby and who a accompany her to the US? The only issue you will have is that she will need a clearance from DSW or DFA to fly to the US if the parent can't accompany her.

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

I am concerned about the flight too....reading PAL web site...

http://www.philippineairlines.com/fares_an...ook_and_buy.jsp

Important Notice

To avoid fraudulent transactions and to protect credit card owners, PAL reserves the right to require that the credit card used in purchasing the ticket(s) online be presented at the ticket collection point, upon check-in or in cases of reissuance, rebooking or refund of a ticket.

If the credit card owner is not part of the travelling party and is unable to present the credit card used, PAL also reserves the right to require the presentation of clear photocopies of the front of the credit card and the valid PHOTO ID of the credit card owner at the ticket collection point, upon check-in and in cases of reissuance, rebooking and/or refund. It shall be the responsibility of the credit card owner to ensure that the passenger(s) comply with the requirement.

PAL reserves the right to deny boarding to passenger(s) or refuse to reissue, revalidate, rebook or refund a ticket for failure to comply with foregoing requirements.

Without prejudice to criminal prosecution under Republic Act No. 8484, PAL may cancel a confirmed reservation or may remove from any flight any passenger if PAL has reason to believe that a ticket(s) has been purchased using a fraudulent credit card.

[GD21 0]

Thank you for all the responses. As things grow nearer I look forward to more info and all of us getting our loved ones here.

By "baby" I mean my fiance, Diana, I call her my baby, honey, sweetie, etc. Sorry for any confusion.

[abbynorm2 0]

What's the lowdown on this airline. I want to put my baby on the direct from MNL to LAX? Will I have issues.

Note that I am here in the states so I WON'T BE THERE

I'll get her a copy of my CC and drivers license.

If she prints out the eticket or goes up with the conf. # will there be issues?

Have any of you flown them over here? Any experiences?

Thanks.

Either way works. I left my Fiancee a copy of my CC and Drivers License back in June when I was there knowing it wouldn't be long, in July she got the visa so we began a ticket search and I was able to get her to MNL from CDO cheap so I bought that ticket for her and she was allowed to fly after showing the copies of my ID and CC. She found a travel agent there in CDO that she got the MNL to LAX on PAL ticket $200 cheaper than I could find online so I transferred the money to her and she bought it there.

One thing to note is that when you are on the PAL website, they will ask for the information of the person traveling, just put her email addy in there and they will email the ticket directly to her.

[Jasman0717 9]

I sent Claudeth money to buy her ticket, it was about $150 cheaper than anything I could find. Make sure your fiancee has her CFO stamp too.

[SuperDuper! 230]

That sounds like a good plan. I will look into it. Thanks.

Cool. Thanks. But it's OK if I buy the ticket for her with my CCARD over the phone? She's not going to get the the Manila airport and have them tell her she can't fly?

Great question. I am watching for a reply from someone's experience. I was going to wire the money to her BDO account from the USA and have her purchase the ticket there but she said there is a lot of fraud and she was worried about getting a fake ticket

Now I am planning to purchase it online, pay for it on my credit card, put her name on the ticket, and email it to her the

e-ticket for her to print.

Jeff

I was planning this route also. Please let me know if this will work? Thanks.

My understanding is, that if a PAL ticket is purchased by someone else, the passenger simply has to have a copy of the ID and CC of the purchaser. I would even write a "permission slip" explaining that I am paying for my wife to immigrate to US. Then she is good to go!

Check out the PAL website. I remember reading about this issue there. My previous PAL email tickets also have verbiage about the above issue and procedure. Happens everyday. I imagine a large percentage of PAL tickets are bought for Filipinos by USC's.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I did the email ticket for my wife with PAL The only problem I had was that I tried to protect my CC number by blocking some of the numbers. I had to fax a copy of one of my statements so she could board the plane.

Using the PAL website was the cheapest way to buy the ticket, but I had a hard time getting the transaction to go through, since my CC company flagged it as an unauthorized foreign transaction. I had to call the CC company to authorize a one-time transaction. Then the transaction went through okay.

If you can't afford to be with your wife when she flies, I understand, but if she has never left the Philippines before, it will be a scary experience for her. Try to make the flight with her, if at all possible. I wish I had.

Edited August 16, 2009 by Mister_Bill