Flight Costs?

[Neu75]

Anyone seen any reasonable flights to the Philippines recently?
They seem to be between £700 and £800 in my search :NoNo:

[Terpe]

Have you tried Skyscanner (http://www.skyscanner.net/) or Kayak (http://www.kayak.co.uk/flights?ispredir=true)

There's also Yapta (http://www.yapta.com) which will track flight prices and alert you when to buy.

Alternatively take a look in the Philippine free newspapers such as Philippine Planet. Quite a few travel agents offer some good deals (Crystal Travel for example)
You can often secure an increased baggage allowance.

In general though flight prices have increased somewhat.

[hawk]

cheaper around september i went in may and payed £530 Dile a flight as terpe says try his sites as i did also or try direct with airline klm cathy pascfic and others

[chippy]

Cheapest i can find is £850 each.

[stevewool]

all depends on when you are flying, and from where, best bet is skyscanner like terpe says, put in the month and see what comes up,

[Neu75]

Have you tried Skyscanner (http://www.skyscanner.net/) or Kayak (http://www.kayak.co.uk/flights?ispredir=true)

There's also Yapta (http://www.yapta.com) which will track flight prices and alert you when to buy.

Alternatively take a look in the Philippine free newspapers such as Philippine Planet. Quite a few travel agents offer some good deals (Crystal Travel for example)
You can often secure an increased baggage allowance.

In general though flight prices have increased somewhat.

Thank you for the ideas, Terpe :)

[Neu75]

cheaper around september i went in may and payed £530 Dile a flight as terpe says try his sites as i did also or try direct with airline klm cathy pascfic and others

Thanks hawk :)

[Neu75]

all depends on when you are flying, and from where, best bet is skyscanner like terpe says, put in the month and see what comes up,

Thanks stevewool.
The irratating thing is that you get quoted something like £500 on the first web page of many online sites then it jumps to around £800 when you put your dates in :NoNo:

[chippy]

all depends on when you are flying, and from where, best bet is skyscanner like terpe says, put in the month and see what comes up,

Tried them all steve myself from LHR manchester Birmingham all are exspensive now probably to do with the rise in airport tax as the seat price was £185 and the rest of the cost was taxes of around £500 for tax alone.

[chippy]

Thanks stevewool.
The irratating thing is that you get quoted something like £500 on the first web page of many online sites then it jumps to around £800 when you put your dates in :NoNo:

They only put them prices just so they get you to there web site.

[Neu75]

They only put them prices just so they get you to there web site.

There should be something like the trade descriptions act to ban them from doing this :NoNo:

[bigmarco]

Anyone seen any reasonable flights to the Philippines recently?
They seem to be between £700 and £800 in my search :NoNo:

Been looking myself for mid July. £794 was the cheapest I got last week but they seem to have crept up another £100 this week. I'll message you if I see any bargains as I check on a regular basis. Good luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[WhiteBloodAda]

November I got £605 with a 40kg baggage! not quite sure how I'm going to fit 40kg into my suitcase mind you :P

[andy222]

Like everyone has said crystal travel and skyscanner are good but you can always phone them up and try and get a better deal than the one they quote.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[deeen]

Worth looking at Travelocity also.
What dates are you looking for?

[chippy]

Like everyone has said crystal travel and skyscanner are good but you can always phone them up and try and get a better deal than the one they quote.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

I have been in touch with both companys just this week for the 6 weeks holiday i was quoted around £850 as cheapest.

This is what causes us problems having a child at school you can only go during school holidays plus the goverment (conservatives) have made us pay more air tax the further away you fly the more you pay.

[chippy]

Worth looking at Travelocity also.
What dates are you looking for?

2 Adults @ £1,248.85pp incl. £399.89pp taxes & fees £2,497.701 Child incl. £399.89 taxes & fees £1,036.35Booking fee £0.00Total price£3,534.05

[andy222]

2 Adults @ £1,248.85pp incl. £399.89pp taxes & fees £2,497.701 Child incl. £399.89 taxes & fees £1,036.35Booking fee £0.00Total price£3,534.05

I guess that one is out of the window then. Its going to be hard for you to get a good deal. Just book the cheapest. Think yourself lucky your not going christmas time.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[chippy]

Will wait now see what next year brings then if prices dont come down which i think they wont my wife and son will have to go alone.

[stevewool]

flown twice at xmas time and 1 flight cost £612 the other £555, i try to go for a month so then the flight dont sound as bad, each to them own, but if you think the price is good then book it, the last flight we booked in feb and flew out dec, but the price was £555, so i deal i thought it was

[Neu75]

Been looking myself for mid July. £794 was the cheapest I got last week but they seem to have crept up another £100 this week. I'll message you if I see any bargains as I check on a regular basis. Good luck :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Thanks bigmarco

[Neu75]

Will wait now see what next year brings then if prices dont come down which i think they wont my wife and son will have to go alone.

Think I will be waiting until next year now the way prices are looking.

[Neu75]

November I got £605 with a 40kg baggage! not quite sure how I'm going to fit 40kg into my suitcase mind you :P

Who did you book this with, please?

[bigmarco]

Travelcentre.co.uk are the cheapest tonight at £881.69. Crystal Travel quoting £936.79. Shower of gangsters the lot of them.

.http://booking.travelcenteruk.co.uk/SearchResult.aspx?Air=

[Ako Si Jamie]

I did a bit of research over the weekend using Skyscanner & PIC. I found that flights between Heathrow & Manila from July 9th to August 20th were all over £700 for journeys with stopovers of six hours or less. Both departure dates were on the same day going and returning and were over a three week period.

Flights from August 21st did come down a bit though.

Air China was the cheapest @ £560 leaving Tues Aug 21st (5hr & 2hr stopover)

Cathay Pacific had flights @ £592 leaving Wed Aug 22nd (1hr & 2hr stopover)

Kuwait Airways had flights @ £580 leaving Sat Aug 25th (5hr & 6hr stopover)

But between Aug 21st-28th there were only 11 flights available for under £650

The early part of September didn't have a great deal of flights either for less than £650 although there seemed to be quite a few priced at £666 going with Cathay.

I also went onto Etihads website and it seems if you book around 6 months ahead the price is around £550.

I think flights for £500 or less are more or less extinct and going by what I researched, the best time to book is at least two to three months in advance.

[Neu75]

Hi jamieXXXmaria,
I could not see anything anywhere near as cheap as £550 for 2013 ????

[Ako Si Jamie]

Hi jamieXXXmaria,
I could not see anything anywhere near as cheap as £550 for 2013 ????
I've only looked at the first few months of 2013 because that's when I'm going and Etihad are doing flights for around £550 and I'm sure I've seen lower priced flights going with Kuwait.

What month are you travelling?

[Neu75]

I have also been looking at January and February, jamieXXXmaria

[Ako Si Jamie]

Me too, but I was looking more at end of Jan and beginning of Feb.

I think the first few weeks of the new year could be higher prices because of people returning after the holiday period. I managed to get a flight with Saudi going on Jan 15th 2011 for £444 booked in the November but I very much doubt I could get near that price, two years on. :NoNo: