Comments on: Tips for getting super cheap airline tickets

By: mai

mai — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:51:15 +0000

great tip!impressive!=)

By: The Nomadic Pinoy

The Nomadic Pinoy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:01:10 +0000

It amazes me how these airlines can throw in a lot of super cheap airfares while still paying a lot for aviation fuel. There are drawbacks as you’ve mentioned along with the non-existent inflight service but I wouldn’t complain if I myself can snatch one of those tickets.

By: nina

nina — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:12:06 +0000

Jesy: nah, don’t be! I was able to survive traveling alone for a month. You can do it

By: Jesy

Jesy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:29:43 +0000

hehehe, I’m skipping countries which require visas at the moment. I’m trying to explore backpacking through visa-free asia I’m quite nervous though

By: nina

nina — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:12:33 +0000

Brian: I’m the opposite, I try to avoid red-eye flights when I can. For some reason, I have a harder time falling asleep when traveling at night than when traveling during the day.

Jesy: Uuy, where are you going ah? Down under ba?

By: jesy

jesy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:41 +0000

great tips nina (as always ) I got on an ongoing sale too, and it was a breeze when i booked on the first day of the sale. But since the travel period is six months away from now, I just got two roundtrips. Baka kasi masayang lang hehe. Just to let you know as well, your blog is my tour guide to those next two travels Thanks!

By: brian

brian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:28:56 +0000

Hi Nina. Nice site!

I had a problem when leaving Bangkok on my way to Hong Kong. Thai Air would not let me get on the plane without showing a departure ticket FROM Hong Kong. So I had run thru BKK, use an overpriced Internet cafe and print out my ticket. Learned my lesson.

I also try to book early morning or late night flights. Sometimes those are cheaper and the airports are less crowded and hectic at those times too.

By: nina

nina — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:17:07 +0000

AudMraz: Oh yes!

Cat: Goodluck to you! I hope to see you and the boys here

Freeze: buti ka pa may self-control lol

Flipnomad: inis no? Oh wells.

Rica: Ako rin napapa-wow everytime naalala ko

By: rica

rica — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000

“Php 2,335.80 for 6 one-way tickets to different destinations:

all i can say is wow!

By: flipnomad

flipnomad — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23:51 +0000

Great Article!!!

“round trip isnt the only way”

i agree, i don’t like retracing my routes even with overland trips. about round trip tickets, i think sometimes it’s just a waste of money and time unless you’re just sticking in one destination and you only have three days to spend.

“A note on buying one-way tickets though: if you’re holding a Philippine passport flying out of Manila as a tourist, you need to present your ticket for the flight back to Manila, else they wouldn’t let you check in for your flight out.”

This is something that I find ridiculous with our immigration. I know they’re just doing their job but they also have to understand that not all Filipinos are flying out to be illegal workers somewhere. I hope they could increase their trust level to Filipino travelers, even just a little bit.

A lot of nationalities traveling outside their respective countries don’t need to present any return ticket. I experienced this in Clark last summer. I was checking in and they refused to board me unless i have a flight back to manila. I presented them my 3 or 4 onward tickets to different destinations and explained to them that im backpacking and i dont know when my trip will end. but they didnt accept my explanation so i ended up buying a ticket that i wasnt able to use.

sigh… i’d like to dream of a borderlesss world…
-flipnomad

By: freeze

freeze — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:07:27 +0000

surprisingly i wasn’t tempted with the (recent) series of seat sale. haha

thanks for the tips, nina.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:07:24 +0000

G’ah—we SO want to head back to the Philippines with Rome. I’m gonna try your tip about following some discount sites / blogs to see if I can snag a good deal.

By: AudMraz

AudMraz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:53 +0000

Great tips Nina I just love that feeling (almost like an adrenaline rush eh?) after getting the tickets confirmed.

Now, I guess we just have to hold on to our horses till the travel dates. Happy travels!

By: nina

nina — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:42:18 +0000

Estan: Eep, sayang!

Magnetic_rose: AHAHAA, I knew I was going to miss something. Thanks!

Cat: Yesss! you have to come visit!

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:54:28 +0000

Awesome tips, Nina. Now let me see if I can find some über cheap tickets for vacation 2010.