I have travelled from the UK to Manila twice using KLM and both times I paid roughly the same amount round about £900. I was wondering if anyone had any advice about how to get a cheaper flight but possibly still flying with KLM.
Does it work out cheaper if u book a flight closer to your flying date rather than booking it up to months in advance? I want to fly around the 14th of July and travel back around the 8th of August. Any advice would be much appreciated
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I just booked two tickets to Clark a/c flying with Cathay price £655pp departing Heathrow April 26th
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So you come from the 'Black Country'. So i presume you fly from Birmingham? I always go on the skyscanner website courtesy of forum members on here. KLM are a bit expensive. The cheaper version is China Southern. I think they are part of the Skyteam network just like KLM.
Sorry, I'm not very clued up lolwhat is Clark a/c? I just searched tiicket prices with Cathay and they are around the £900 price mark as well
Skyscanner? Cheers mate, I will check it out!
Don't book direct with Cathay. I booked with Crystal Travel & got these prices yesterday. Their number is 0800 3680300Originally Posted by lilbasuk
sorry im not very clued up lol
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Clark Airport, Angeles City, Pampanga
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Ok mate, so it works out cheaper if u don't book direct? I'll give it a go
I went direct to Cathay - £644 Manchester/Heathrow/Hong Kong/Clark - cheaper than going with travel agent. I went for 2 and a half months
Hawk, I phoned Cathay direct & was quoted £900. I then phoned Crystal the next day & was quoted £655
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There's a huge amount of really good info here about how to find the best flights for you.I have travelled from the UK to Manila twice using KLM and both times I paid roughly the same amount round about £900. I was wondering if anyone had any advice about how to get a cheaper flight but possibly still flying with KLM.
Does it work out cheaper if u book a flight closer to your flying date rather than booking it up months in advance? I want to fly around the 14th of July and travel back around the 8th of August. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Sometimes cheap is not cheap and not best, it depends on what you want.
Make a search, look at the options and decide what's best for you.
The flight prices and airline choices vary almost daily. You must take some time to realise you goal.
Direct or agent doesn't matter.
Thanks for your help lads, I suppose the best thing for me to do is just shop around for a while and try and get the best deal
Yes, it depends on what you consider to be the best deal.
Price is not an indicator of best deal.
Stick to known sites, there has recently been known scam site.
Since 2012 KLM stopped direct flights from Europe to Manila due to the tax.
Find it surprising there are no direct flights as the filipino population in Europe is growing in numbers. Am guessing it has something to do with business class travellers.
If one of the major airlines buys the new airbus 380 'all cattle class' planes direct flights from Europe may start again.
Lots of great advice, but start at Skyscanner, then you have a price to work on. Remember, some cheap flights have such a long time waiting for the connection flight. Also move your days, you will be amazed at what you can save plus check other airports too - that could be another few hundred pounds in savings. It all helps
I have noticed cathay is cropping up a lot lads but I guess the op is flying from birmingham and cathay does not operate from this airport. No offense intended but I suppose it would help if the ops would say where they want to travel from.
£900 is far too much to be paying for an Economy class ticket to the Phils.
Aim for the £600 mark.
£600? Depends on where you fly from and what time of the year you intend to go.
Try dial a flight we always used them everytime we travel... Hope it helps.
Hi Lilbasuk, try STA Birmingham tel, 08717029804, very reliable been around many years, also competitive, this is the High St branch, they are also in Birmingham Uni.
That's why I said 'aim for'.
It can be cheaper to book direct with the airline, it all depends on when you're going (don't go in the school hols its the most expensive time then), the airline might have special offer on and you can search for the cheapest datesok mate, so it works out cheaper if u dont book direct, il give it a go
I booked 4 tickets this time last year with Singapore Airlines for around £530 each.
Just a quick check on Singapore Airlines:
You can travel on Sunday 26th of May from Manchester to Manila and return on Tuesday 11th June for £662.40!
Thank u everyone for the input.
We went last year with Cathay from London and booked direct, if you go on their site you can play around with departure dates and times to give a better price. It was just a few quid more then travel agents but felt more confident with booking direct.
By the way I think Cathay must have one of the fastest routes to P.I. , although last year I had a few problems with both the outward and homeward journeys, very unusual for Cathay who are our 1st preference followed by Singapore.
Last time, we too used Cathay from London to Hong Kong, then onwards to Manila, but what was good for us is we had a week stop over in Hong Kong for the same price, £555 each and we flew out Dec and came back Jan, a brilliant price and holiday too
I looked at flights from London and Manchester, but being as my 1st choice is Birmingham, the cost of travelling to these airports was just not worth it in the end.
I came across this site a couple of weeks ago. Don't know if it is any good or not but must be worth a look. It has a "calendar of lowest fairs" option which I like very much. http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
Good hunting.
Bill
I dont believe it£900 is far too much to be paying for an Economy class ticket to the Phils.
Aim for the £600 mark.
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