Flights from Manila to USA

[MarieandBryan 0]

Hello all

Can someone share their experience with picking the best flight to bring their fiancee to the USA.

Thank,

Bryan

[Jasman0717 9]

I have always used Cathay Pacific because I liked their service. A friend flew back from the RP for a visit here last Christmas and had a bad experience with NWA. I suggest you have your fiancee buy the ticket there, you should get a much better deal. Claudeth flew out of Cebu and got her ticket for about $200 less than if I would have purchased it. Good luck

[StarProg 0]

On my last trip to the Philippines, I flew Philippine Airlines. I enjoyed the flight much more than my usual China Airlines. I was much more comfortable flying with a bunch of Filipinos rather than Chinese (not that I have anything against Chinese, just identified more with the Filipinos), and best of all the flight is nonstop.

[garya505 2]

Philippine Airlines has non-stop flights from MNL to LAX and MNL to SFO. Most or all of the others stop somewhere in Asia. I haven't been on one of the Phil Air non-stop flights yet, but I was on a Phil Air flight from MNL to LAS with a stop in Vancouver.

I have also taken Korea/Delta with good results (stop in Seoul).

Usually I find Phil Airlines and China Airlines have the best fares, but you gotta check. Also, your connecting flights will be a big factor.

[Glenn & Rosemarie 0]

I live in North Florida, so I use Northwest Airlines. For me, I earn enough sky miles that every fourth trip is free. Prices are good. I know for sure it is much cheaper in US dollars to buy a ticket from Manila to US, than from US to Manila. Doesn't make sense but it is. I see your in Texas. Northwest has excellent prices out of Houston to Manila. For me, it's Jacksonville to Detroit and then Detroit to Manila, with a 2 hour stop in Nagoya. Excellent flight. I checked on the price for Manila to Jacksonville for Rosemaries hopefully soon to be departure. It was $668 for one way. Not a bad price. Good luck!

[jsnearline 2]

The most direct route would be to fly PAL nonstop to LAX and then connect on a US carrier to Texas.

NWA is often cheap, but you get what you pay for.

Cathay is the nicest way to go in my opinion (new planes with in seat entertainment systems), but you do have the transfer at Hong Kong.

[trey 0]

Hello all

Can someone share their experience with picking the best flight to bring their fiancee to the USA.

Thank,

Bryan

I searched on kayak.com which searches all the airlines and most the ticket brokers. I ended up using NW Airlines directly for the best price, thus eliminating the ticket broker fees.

[garya505 2]

Ya, www.kayak.com is great.

[flipicaneze 20]

I have been on Korea and China. So far I loved the service on China, although my rear end getting kissed all the time got old halfway through a 14 hour flight. My Filipino travel agent has veered me away from PAL because of the overpriciness and not as good service experience he has had. I heard from some filipino friends of mine JAL is a sweet airline too.

But now that my wife got her work permit, and was a travel agent in the Philippines, she is working for AirFrance, a part of Skyteam which gives us the options of NWA, Korean Airlines or Continental Airlines to get to the Philippines. Sorry PAL, no chance now you never joined Skyteam.

My agent however has been the least expensive among all that I have tried and he bends over backwards to take care of you. His name is John at Travel USA, 847-818-1856.

Edited October 29, 2006 by flipicaneze

[RiggerAF 0]

Is it really necessary to buy roundtrip ticket for fiancee? Coz no way she can use it unless the two of us is going to take a vacation.

[flipicaneze 20]

Is it really necessary to buy roundtrip ticket for fiancee? Coz no way she can use it unless the two of us is going to take a vacation.

Uhm.......no.

I live in North Florida, so I use Northwest Airlines. For me, I earn enough sky miles that every fourth trip is free. Prices are good. I know for sure it is much cheaper in US dollars to buy a ticket from Manila to US, than from US to Manila. Doesn't make sense but it is.

The ticketing difference also depends on the time of year too. The peak season is opposite over there. So when its peak season for us here in the States, its dead season over there and vice versa.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I live in North Florida, so I use Northwest Airlines. For me, I earn enough sky miles that every fourth trip is free. Prices are good. I know for sure it is much cheaper in US dollars to buy a ticket from Manila to US, than from US to Manila. Doesn't make sense but it is. I see your in Texas. Northwest has excellent prices out of Houston to Manila. For me, it's Jacksonville to Detroit and then Detroit to Manila, with a 2 hour stop in Nagoya. Excellent flight. I checked on the price for Manila to Jacksonville for Rosemaries hopefully soon to be departure. It was $668 for one way. Not a bad price. Good luck!

I had read someone here on VJ stating that immigration will have a problem with a one-way ticket for a K-1 visa. Is it possible to just buy a one-way and save the money?

[Glen Charles 0]

I had read someone here on VJ stating that immigration will have a problem with a one-way ticket for a K-1 visa. Is it possible to just buy a one-way and save the money?

A friend of mine had no problems getting a 1 way ticket for his fiance 6 weeks ago on a K1.

I usually just use Orbitz.com

I sort by price first, and it gives me maybe a hundred flights, then I find the shortest flight that in the first fourth of the results, getting me something cheap and quick.

I don't go after flight miles, because the savings I get from my method exceed the savings derived from flight miles.

BTW, I would not buy a NWA flight far in advance. They are financially weak and have labor problems.

I usually end up on China airlines.

A word to the wise: after you find your flight, doublecheck the airlines website to see if the schedules jibe. 2 times in a row, I ran late in Houston from a China Airlines flight- once I managed to run to the connecting plane, the second time I failed. Turned out that the Orbitz schedule said that that the plane would arrive an hour before the airline had scheduled it to arrive. Got a free night in Houston in a Marriot out of it, but I missed a day of work.

[BJZags 17]

I had read someone here on VJ stating that immigration will have a problem with a one-way ticket for a K-1 visa. Is it possible to just buy a one-way and save the money?

What's the alternative? Buying an open-ended round-trip ticket that is valid for how long? The rest of her life assuming the marriage works out the way it is supposed to? I'd think a one-way ticket is the only reasonable way to go since you may be buying the ticket within a few days of use. One-way to from Phil: $650, round-trip: $1800.

[flipicaneze 20]

I had read someone here on VJ stating that immigration will have a problem with a one-way ticket for a K-1 visa. Is it possible to just buy a one-way and save the money?

What's the alternative? Buying an open-ended round-trip ticket that is valid for how long? The rest of her life assuming the marriage works out the way it is supposed to? I'd think a one-way ticket is the only reasonable way to go since you may be buying the ticket within a few days of use. One-way to from Phil: $650, round-trip: $1800.

For one open ended tickets as far as I know with China Airlines is 6 months. I know because I had to extend the trip another two weeks after the month stay. Also a friend of mine had trouble with his passport and getting on the plane trying to get through the check in counter.

Two, I don't think the embassy cares either way, for they do suggest in the packet 4 that you DO NOT purchase your ticket before the interview in case they outright reject you or something like that.