Comments on: Cebu Pacific Piso fares to Xiamen

By: Carson

Carson — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 13:07:41 +0000

Wohh exactly what I was looking for, thanks for putting up.

By: marigold

marigold — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:32:29 +0000

Forget about flying with Cebu Pacific! They announced to the whole world that they will open a new route from Cebu to Macau on April ’08. Got tickets to fly on August and was pretty excited about the trip. Naturally, Cebu Pacific sends an email on June 10 saying “sorry for the inconvenience caused but your flights are cancelled”. Imagine that! With all those people buying tickets in advance for Cebu-Macau-Cebu, they now would not be flying this route after all. Customer service is also rude. They do not answer your calls or emails. When they do fly at all, it is always delayed with no apologies from their end. In some flights, your luggages arrives half a day later than your arrival. To avoid getting hypertension, stay away from Cebu Pacific!

By: nina

nina — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:08:48 +0000

Well you have to understand that the fare they stated is just for a one-way ticket sans tax. So you’d have to multiply the fare by 2, then add the appropriate taxes and fees. Low cost carriers usually don’t include the Philippine travel tax (only for local residents), so you’d still have to pay Php1,620 at the airport, along with the Php750 airport tax. The fare would probably come out around Php6,500 for an international flight around the region.

You also have to understand that the airlines only have limited seats for fares in this class. You might end up with a Php1 fare for one leg, and a Php688 fare for the return trip.

They are also very strict with luggage restrictions. One kilo in excess of the allowed 20kg can mean a Php300 additional payment. Also, with promos like this, you have to read and understand the terms and conditions. Usually they are non-refundable and non-transferable. If you book your flight months ahead (when the fare is cheapest) and suddenly find yourself having to be somewhere else at the same time, you’d have to re-schedule your flight. Of course, this means paying a re-booking fee AND the cost difference of your new flight.

They also don’t serve refreshments, so better bring your own food. I hear that some airlines are becoming strict and stopping people from eating the food they brought. So if you’re really starving, you’d have to buy their overpriced meals and snacks.

By: davidd (aka puuikibeach)

davidd (aka puuikibeach) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:54:51 +0000

Less than forty bucks (US) to fly from Manila to Macau? I don’t get it… how do you guys get all these super-cheap air fares? I mean, with oil at ninety dollars a barrel, aviation fuel has to cost about the same everywhere in the world. Buying and operating the planes is expensive. So, what, do the flight attendants and pilots work for free? Or is every other airline… particularly airlines servicing the US… ripping us off?

The least expensive flight from Honolulu to Macau right now is on JAL, at $2100 round trip. Honolulu to Manila is $1500 on Korean Air and almost $1800 on everything else. London is just shy of $1300, and Sydney is about $2400. A quick flight to one of the neighbor islands in Hawaii, a 45-minute hop, is… oh, look, it’s on sale, for about a hundred dollars.

Honestly… I want to move to The Philippines. It sounds like a traveler’s paradise when it comes to air fares.