Ticket booked for my next visit to the Philippines

[grahamw48]

Bargains still to be had it seems.

My ticket cost £392 return, including all fees, from Manchester, with an excellent airline. (Emirates). 17.5 hours journey time.

Beginning of March.

I always book direct with the airline. The fare did include £20 discount, using a few air miles.

What was particularly useful this time, was being able to fly into Manila, but depart from Clark (Pampanga) for my return journey. Very convenient, as I/we live up in Pangasinan.

[Michael Parnham]

Bargains still to be had it seems.

My ticket cost £392 return, including all fees, from Manchester, with an excellent airline. (Emirates). 17.5 hours journey time.

Beginning of March.

I always book direct with the airline. The fare did include £20 discount, using a few air miles.

What was particularly useful this time, was being able to fly into Manila, but depart from Clark (Pampanga) for my return journey. Very convenient, as I/we live up in Pangasinan.

Decent price Graham, well done

[SimonH]

Good price Graham, I have 130,000 miles accrued with Emirates so far. 30,000 more for a free return in business class due about 9000 next month, so not long now

[Tawi2]

Thats cheap graham,i am looking for a ticket to bangkok or phnom penh for beginning of march,hope i get one cheap as that.

[fred]

Bloody hell Graham...I was paying 450.00 return in 1983 and I thought it was cheap!!

[bigmarco]

And there was I all pleased with my £540 Singapore airlines return March/April

[grahamw48]

Good price Graham, I have 130,000 miles accrued with Emirates so far. 30,000 more for a free return in business class due about 9000 next month, so not long now

Sadly, us peasant class folk don't acrue many. It would probably take me about 10 years to amass that lot... assuming I live that long. lol

I've already spent the 50 quid voucher Etihad sent me.

[grahamw48]

Bloody hell Graham...I was paying 450.00 return in 1983 and I thought it was cheap!!

Agreed air fares are much cheaper now, in real terms.

My first return flight to the Phils in July 1990 cost me £700 on KLM. That took a bit of saving up in those days.

[Michael Parnham]

Agreed air fares are much cheaper now, in real terms.

My first return flight to the Phils in July 1990 cost me £700 on KLM. That took a bit of saving up in those days.

My very first flight ever was with Cathay August 1989 Gatwick to Hong Kong to meet my ex who was working there, it cost me £1200, I didn't know at that time how to find flights other than go to Thomas Cook in town because at that time I had never flown before and thought going abroad was only for the affluent people

[grahamw48]

I bought my ticket through a 'mail order bride' dating agency.

They also did the documentation for my (to be decided after selecting from several hopefuls) bride to be... with just her name and address, etc needing to be inserted.

40 quid settlement visa fee to be added also.

Happy days.

[Tawi2]

I was a kid flying from honkers to manila,i sat next ro a guy called Bill,a taxi driver from brighton,i went into a marriage agency with him and perused the catalogue as he looked at different women,i wondered if he was going to pay in monthly installements like i used to when i bought an airgun from my mums littlewood catalogue

[grahamw48]

I was a kid flying from honkers to manila,i sat next ro a guy called Bill,a taxi driver from brighton,i went into a marriage agency with him and perused the catalogue as he looked at different women,i wondered if he was going to pay in monthly installements like i used to when i bought an airgun from my mums littlewood catalogue

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Yes.... and then you give them your house

[Tawi2]

They were funny times mate,i am glad i experienced them long before the internet.

[grahamw48]

For me... crazy times.

No regrets though.

[jonnijon]

Bargains still to be had it seems.

My ticket cost £392 return, including all fees, from Manchester, with an excellent airline. (Emirates). 17.5 hours journey time.

Beginning of March.

I always book direct with the airline. The fare did include £20 discount, using a few air miles.

What was particularly useful this time, was being able to fly into Manila, but depart from Clark (Pampanga) for my return journey. Very convenient, as I/we live up in Pangasinan.

Thats a special Yorkshire price

[SimonH]

Sadly, us peasant class folk don't acrue many. It would probably take me about 10 years to amass that lot... assuming I live that long. lol

I've already spent the 50 quid voucher Etihad sent me.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but get an Emirates credit card. You get 2 miles for every pound spent (4 if spent on flights), plus a 10,000 mile bonus if you spend £2K in the first 3 months. Before long you'll find yourself not so peasant like

[fred]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but get an Emirates credit card. You get 2 miles for every pound spent (4 if spent on flights), plus a 10,000 mile bonus if you spend £2K in the first 3 months. Before long you'll find yourself not so peasant like

[grahamw48]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but get an Emirates credit card. You get 2 miles for every pound spent (4 if spent on flights), plus a 10,000 mile bonus if you spend £2K in the first 3 months. Before long you'll find yourself not so peasant like

Cheers.. will investigate further.

[Leo]

hi i have booked Emirates out of Birmingham to Clark end of April return end of May £458 which I think is great I'm going to Subic no need to stay in Manila how long you going for Graham

[grahamw48]

Hi Lee.

I'm just going for the visa waiver 30 days.

Yes, good value airfares at present... especially with a quality airline like Emirates.

I'll be using the jeepney to go in and out of Clark (from Dau) though. The taxis are a total ripoff... so I'm told.

[Leo]

my girl friend is going to meet me at the airport she lives in Apalit waite see and see how we are going to travel I like jeepny if you was still in the area would have liked to have met you I have followed your story on here and I admire you

[grahamw48]

Well thanks Leo. You're a gentleman sir.

Sadly I'll be just going between first week March and first week April this time, but I do visit several times a year, so maybe another time mate. It would be nice to meet up.

(I believe the aircon jeepney is p50 each passenger, fixed price, whereas the taxis are p500 upwards, with a lot of arguing. )