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[scos]

SCOS Filipinos cannot travel through united states to Canada unless they have a united states tourist visa,,,,,,,,your booking has to to be to Canada which is either Vancouver or toronto

Well that sux... I checked Cathay with my points, Solid full flights unti October 1st unless I want to book standby. I am going to call them to find out what that entails. It might work what with the strike and all...

 

[scos]

TRY checking out if you can send extra luggage as cargo and pick it up at the cargo terminal,,MY WIFE IS LUCKY SHE WILL NOT BRING ANY OF THE LITTLE BOYS CLOTHES I HAVE PLAENTY HERE FOR HIM,,,,SHE CAN USE HIS LUGGAGE CAPACITY,,,WHERE IS YOUR FINAL DESTINATION IN CANADA

Toronto

 

[scos]

Plus taxes,,,plus exchange on US dollar charge, plus exchange rate, plus seat cost, plus fuel surcharge,,,plus this plus that,,,,,,,oh my a deal went sour ,,,,,,,,,,,i cant find a deal on these supposedly first time immigrant rates,,,,and they are risky,,,,,like st raphaels travel agency office is a fish warehouse with 1 computer

They are available for PAL and for Cathay, but they are all sold out for August. And most of September too. Not only that, but they are also mostly 3 plane combos for Cathay (not sure about the details of the PAL offerings). So transit time is a lot longer and many go through the US. I finally gave up on them. If you book months in advance they would be good.

 

[scos]

Thought I found a good deal on cone travel but then looked at the after tax cost and it is higher. When you look on PAL or Cathay or on many other sites you get quoted the all-in fare. Cone seems to give you the base fare then adds in the taxes and everything after. So booking PAL direct is still looking to be the best available.

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

Thought I found a good deal on cone travel but then looked at the after tax cost and it is higher. When you look on PAL or Cathay or on many other sites you get quoted the all-in fare. Cone seems to give you the base fare then adds in the taxes and everything after. So booking PAL direct is still looking to be the best available.

if you enter JAL on the explorer then accept japan airlines 15% discount site,,,,takes you to cone travel that gives full price, in Canadian dollars

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

ive been searching flights all day to Toronto 1296dollars the best ive seen,,,,,all I see is the price rising for the last week of august,,,,,the price for the 2nd week of sept is going down today but if you wait a few days im sure it will start to rise sharply,,,,,don't wait past next Tuesday to book the sept 10 flight

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

it is 841 dollars from mnl-van-tor sept 10 on cone travel thats down 35 dollars since earlier today save the 455 dollars and add 736 dollars to it and fly to manila yourself for the anniversary and come back with her,,,,you can claim half of her luggage,,,savings of another 100 dollars,,, 8) 8) 8) 8) so for 636 dollars you can have a vacation in the phils RETURN FLIGHT TORONTO-MANILA AUGUST 28-SEPT 10,,,,, 1191 DOLLARS,,,,,,YOU CAN BRING A BOTTLE OF TANDUAY AND CARTON OF CIGGARETTES ANOTHER SAVINGS OF 100 DOLLARS VACATION IN PHILS NOW ONLY 536 DOLLARS

 

[scos]

Ewww, checked on Avion points redemption on 1-way flights. You have to convert points to dollars so that makes a $1500 flight 150,000 points! And if I convert to Cathay miles I can get the flight for 55000 points, but they charge $10 per kg for excess baggage just from Manila to Hong Kong (then another $150 flat rate after that). And of course Cathay is all stand-by.

The search continues...

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

jUST THINK HOW MUCH CHEAPER THE ANNIVERSARY DRINKS WILL BE IN THE PHILS,,,ANOTHER SAVINGS,,,,,,,WOW you can have pork lecheon for your anniversary,,,,whole pig,,,,, no more than it would take to eat out in toronto

 

[DaveSav]

Ewww, checked on Avion points redemption on 1-way flights. You have to convert points to dollars so that makes a $1500 flight 150,000 points! And if I convert to Cathay miles I can get the flight for 55000 points, but they charge $10 per kg for excess baggage just from Manila to Hong Kong (then another $150 flat rate after that). And of course Cathay is all stand-by.

The search continues...

Ouch i have a round trip flight on PhilAir from Vancouver to Manila for 1150 in August. They sure love jacking those prices up when it gets close to the date.

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

I think I just convinced myself to vacation in the phils ,,,,my anniversary is sept 2,,,,,,,if only we had visa in hand

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

Ewww, checked on Avion points redemption on 1-way flights. You have to convert points to dollars so that makes a $1500 flight 150,000 points! And if I convert to Cathay miles I can get the flight for 55000 points, but they charge $10 per kg for excess baggage just from Manila to Hong Kong (then another $150 flat rate after that). And of course Cathay is all stand-by.

The search continues...

at 10 kg and she has an 40kgs=400+150=550 dollars your vacation to the Philippines would be free

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

Thanks SCOS im booking myself a trip to the Philippines as soon as our visa is in hand,,,i get rewarded with this great idea for looking up plane fairs for you

 

[DaveSav]

Ewww, checked on Avion points redemption on 1-way flights. You have to convert points to dollars so that makes a $1500 flight 150,000 points! And if I convert to Cathay miles I can get the flight for 55000 points, but they charge $10 per kg for excess baggage just from Manila to Hong Kong (then another $150 flat rate after that). And of course Cathay is all stand-by.

The search continues...

Not sure if this would help or if it's what you're looking for but here's some first time immigrant fare deals for PAL.

http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+classifieds/id/16751514/PAL+Promo+for+First+Time+Immigrant+Fare?referralKeywords=promo+fare+for+first+time+immigrants&event=Search+Ranking,Position,1-1,1#advertisementDetails

 

[Dan_from_Surrey]

Ouch i have a round trip flight on PhilAir from Vancouver to Manila for 1150 in August. They sure love jacking those prices up when it gets close to the date.

Ain't that the truth, the one benefit of the strike may well be that some of us, will be waiting while the prices climb before labour day. The prices start to look much better again a week into September.

P.s. no dear, I did not say that out loud, it was someone hijacking my account and trying to make me look bad