Airfares to Philippines

[DavidandJenny 1]

Any suggestions as to best airfares to Philippines? Obviously an agency that you have used before. Ticket prices have sky rocketed!

[Maxx121 14]

First trip I made by myself:

Expedia.com - cost me 1700 but brought the ticket about 3 weeks in advance. This was for a flight from jfk to narita to cebu.

Second trip i made:

http://www.china-airlines.com/en/ - cost me 1300 for myself and my almost 2 year old son. this is from JFK to MNL purchased 2 months in adavance.

http://www.philippineairlines.com/home/home.jsp - cost me and my son about 50 bucks.

http://www.kayak.com/

good tool for comparison shopping, but before you buy always check with the carrier online as they sometimes run discounts that sites like expedia and kayak dont pick up.

I have yet to find a travel agent that could get me a flight for myself and my son for less than 1400 bucks. so i purchased a ticket straigh to manila from china airlines as they run online discounts and then i purchased a flight that leave 2 hours after i land in manila from phillipine airlines. I saved a BUNCH of money.

[rayne_4 0]

Hello!

You can also try searching through www.wego.com

Peak months are Dec, Jan and holy week (either march or april). =D

Hope this helps!

Lon

[AKteacher 104]

A Filipino friend of mine recommended a place called Star Tours, and I've used them twice in the past year. Both times they were able to get me better availability at lower fares than I could find on the web. Ask for Vicki - vstartours@integra.net

Star Tours

224 Puyallup Ave

Tacoma, WA 98402

Tel: 253-572-4566

Toll: 1-888-838-8318

Fax: 253-572-7654

[Nagishkaw 510]

Topic moved from OFF TOPIC to PHILIPPINES.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/129-philippines/

[DavidandJenny 1]

Ok, thank you all....Not traveling until June 2011, but will share this info with my wife. Thanks again for the response(s) oh, and for moving this to the Philippines Area Board.

[jimmynug 13]

Just a thought, you might want to consider changing your travel time. Besides x-mas, summer time (in u s), is the most expensive time to travel to the philippines. I have been traveling back and forth for 6 years and the only time I have spent over #$1,100 for a ticket is when I went in Jun/Jul. You can save much more money changing travel times than any travel agency can save you. Go to sites like BT Store, traelocity, etc and just search for different months. When more than one is traveling, it can make a huge difference. I have to buy three tickets now, so I travel when the ticket prices are right.

Jimmy

[thekfc 26]

Just a thought, you might want to consider changing your travel time. Besides x-mas, summer time (in u s), is the most expensive time to travel to the philippines. I have been traveling back and forth for 6 years and the only time I have spent over #$1,100 for a ticket is when I went in Jun/Jul. You can save much more money changing travel times than any travel agency can save you. Go to sites like BT Store, traelocity, etc and just search for different months. When more than one is traveling, it can make a huge difference. I have to buy three tickets now, so I travel when the ticket prices are right.

Jimmy

I have to agree on the travel dates/months. I paid less than $1000 for a RT trip JFK to MNL for a late January trip & for that safe trip at the end of June, I paid about $1400.

[SuperDuper! 230]

I have to agree on the travel dates/months. I paid less than $1000 for a RT trip JFK to MNL for a late January trip & for that safe trip at the end of June, I paid about $1400.

That is a steal-of-a-deal! Congratz.

I just don't know if it is possible to get that one again anytime soon.

Like the OP said, air-travel prices have skyrocketed.

All the major airlines made a profit this qtr, so maybe this emboldens them to raise prices.

[joe'swifey 1]

Hi there im also looking for cheaper ticket to phils. and found out that cathay pacific from jfk to manila cost 1067 taxes incl. for april next year but that weds. travel, they will add 50 more on weekends and cheapair tickets.com for asiana airlines also for april next year, cost 1024 i dont know though if thats including taxes beacuse i didnt call them yet. hope this helps you a lil bit and have a safe trip! mabuhay

[thekfc 26]

Hi there im also looking for cheaper ticket to phils. and found out that cathay pacific from jfk to manila cost 1067 taxes incl. for april next year but that weds. travel, they will add 50 more on weekends and cheapair tickets.com for asiana airlines also for april next year, cost 1024 i dont know though if thats including taxes beacuse i didnt call them yet. hope this helps you a lil bit and have a safe trip! mabuhay

Cathay Pacific is the airline that I use when I travel to Asia & also the airline that I paid less that $1000 for a trip JFK to MNL in January.

Also keep an eye on their deal of the month (on their website under offers & promotions). Also their ALL ASIA Pass is great for people who want to do multiple stops (travel to different countries/cities in Asia).

FYI, as for the price being $50 more on the weekend, midweek travel is usually cheaper than weekend travel - that goes for just about all airlines.

[kristalstravel 0]

Hi.. I am a travel agent and I agreed that airlines tickets so pricey nowadays but promo fares are the key to save a bunch of money on travelling. I had some promo few weeks ago and posts it on my FB business page,glad I did and some Filipinos happy to save some on their flights fare..You can contact me whenever you want and will update you everytime I have the promo fare going to Philippines.

Alma Kaczor

Kristals Travel and Tours

http://www.kristalstravel.com

Any suggestions as to best airfares to Philippines? Obviously an agency that you have used before. Ticket prices have sky rocketed!

Edited October 27, 2010 by kristalstravel

[DavidandJenny 1]

We will keep looking, we have some time until June 2011. Thanks for the suggestions and replies, we just will not pay close to or over 2k for a round trip.

[Kevin-n-Merlaine 14]

I was kinda shocked to find a really low fare on Korean Air for next JulyAug. RT from Dallas to MNL for 2 persons - a little over $1600 bucks...yes TWO travelers. Just have to shop OP. It's a pain but you'll find good deals

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

I have been to the Phils 3 times and each time I started searching for fares at least 2 months prior to my travel date. Each time NorthWest Airlines had the best fare compared to other airline web sites or any of the sites such as orbitz or priceline.......... I could have got a little cheaper fare if I departed from California (LA or San Fran) but I live on the east coast and from the east coast round trip to California and back to SC drove the total price way above the cost from Northwest. The airplies from California did not fly anywhere near where I live. Northwest from SC to Detroit to Narita, Japan to Manila. Now Northwest has become part of Delta airlines.

We are planning on traveling back next July and I will search as I have always but do not anticipate getting a fare lower than one of the major airlines that services the city where I live. Our final destination is Mindanao. I purchase my ticket ahead of time for the final leg to my destination on Philippine Airlines web site since I fly the following morning upon from Manila to Mindanao. The lowest fare was 1,200 and the highest was 1,400. I expect to pay more this trip due to the ever rising fares of the airlines.