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

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.

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 😀

all i can say is wow!

“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

thanks for the tips, nina.

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

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

Cat: Yesss! you have to come visit!