Malaysia Airlines or Air Asia ??

[bigmarco]

Greetings everyone.
I'm off to the Philippines towards the end of March for a month.
My wife would like to pop over to Malaysia to see her brother for a few days which would be nice. My problem is that the flying time direct is about 4 hours, but the only 2 airlines that seemingly fly direct from Manila according to Skyscanner are Malaysia and Air Asia who haven't exactly had good press in recent years.
Faced with this choice I must confess that I'm more inclined to bottle out.
Has anyone got any other suggestions ??

[Terpe]

I can only share limited experience.
I've not had any bad experiences with Malaysia Airlines

I have though not had any good experiences with AirAsia

To be fair, Malaysia Airlines has been rebranded and reorganised and I've had no flights since that.

My biggest gripe with AirAsia is the often changing flight times and still long long delays. It may not always be their fault but these days I'd rather pay a bit extra for a better chance of a decent schedule.

Not much help I know but something to consider

[SimonH]

Have you tried Clark as a departure airport?

[SimonH]

Actually, where in Malaysia? Could it be worth flying into Singapore and then getting a coach

[Bluebirdjones]

Actually, where in Malaysia? Could it be worth flying into Singapore and then getting a coach

A coach ...... a long, hard journey. But a train is possible.

If I recall correctly, Malaysia Air route share with Philippines Airlines, so it's a toss up as to who the flight will be operated by.
KL is an interesting city, highly recommended. Petronas Towers (get there early for a ticket) and the Batu Caves are a must.

[SimonH]

A coach ...... a long, hard journey. But a train is possible.

If I recall correctly, Malaysia Air route share with Philippines Airlines, so it's a toss up as to who the flight will be operated by.
KL is an interesting city, highly recommended. Petronas Towers (get there early for a ticket) and the Batu Caves are a must.

That's why I said where in Malaysia

I took a nice air conditioned coach from Singapore to Malaka, not that long and very comfortable

[Michael Parnham]

Actually, where in Malaysia? Could it be worth flying into Singapore and then getting a coach

From Singapore overland Coach or Rail would be quite an adventure, Mmmm nice

[andy222]

I think cebu pacific have flights from manila to malaysia Marco

[Tawi2]

I think cebu pacific have flights from manila to malaysia Marco

I Know they fly to KK in sabah.

[andy222]

They fly direct to KL.

[Terpe]

I had some interesting times at the Hard Rock Cafe in KL

As others have said, given a chance, it's a really 'must-go' destination. IMO

[bigmarco]

Thanks Guys for your advice.
Clark is not an option. Coming up 2 stops and almost £700.
I've done it before when I was actually in Singapore. Specially Taxi place actually drives you across at a reasonable price.
Just checked Skyscanner again and Cebu Pacific are now showing cheapest to both KL and Singapore. Are they any good ?

[Bluebirdjones]

Marco, why not go to the Philippines via KL ?
Fly direct from London to KL ...... stop off for 3-4 days, then get a flight to Manila or Cebu ?
Breaks the journey, Mrs Marco gets to see her brother ....... perfect !

[bigmarco]

Marco, why not go to the Philippines via KL ?
Fly direct from London to KL ...... stop off for 3-4 days, then get a flight to Manila or Cebu ?
Breaks the journey, Mrs Marco gets to see her brother ....... perfect !

Makes total sense Bluebird and that's what we did a few years back. Actually stopped on the way home.
However she lost contact with him for some time and they've only just got back in contact with each other. Problem is we've already booked our return tickets for end of March.

[Michael Parnham]

Thank you for creating this thread Marco it has helped me rethink my next journey to Philippines