One Night Stay in Manila or Angeles City?

[natalie8]

Loombucket, I was thinking that I had seen flights between Clark and Manila and I was going to look that up again. I'm starting to feel that this is a far better option.

[Loombucket]

Cebu Pacific is one of the airlines that covers Manila and Clark. I remember flying from Clark to Barocay and we stopped at Manila, going out and back, but that was in 2010 and things may have changed. TigerAir have taken someone over and I think that was the name that I could not remember. I hope you find a flight that suits. Good luck!

[natalie8]

It's Tigerair that I'm flying with and, as you've mentioned, they now seem to have the monopoly. When I was looking for flights in the past weeks and month there were no flights to the other islands due to the typhoon. Then they slowly started coming back, and selling out very quickly. I'll take a look this morning and later on when I get back home to see if I can get a flight to Manila.

[natalie8]

I just checked both Tigerair and Cebu Pacific, and Tigerair doesn't have a flight between the two. Cebu Pacific sort of does, but it's Clark -> Cebu -> Manila, taking 4 hours there and 8 hours back.

I think even with the stop in Cebu, just the fact that I can get to Manila airport and stay at a hotel or resort nearby that has a pickup from the airport, I'm starting to feel better already. You never know, more return flights migh come back, as they have been in the past couple of weeks.

[natalie8]

I got an email from Tigerair this afternoon saying that my flight from Clark to BKK has been canceled.

[harrybarracuda]

So where are you now?

[natalie8]

Still in Dubai. My flight to Clark is on Wed morning at 3:50, so tomorrow night I have to be at the airport after midnight. Blah.

My flight was for Jan 28-Feb 7. I was just talking to my mother and she found a flight with Thai Air for a good price, slightly more than my Tigerair flight, so I'm going to look into that now.

[Dillinger]

I'd hazard a stab in the dark on Dubai

Harry, I will, for sure. Here's my flight schedule:

Jan 22nd Arrive at Clark from Dubai at 15:55
Jan 23rd at 10:10 am fly Manila to Puerto Princesa
*This will definitely mean going directly to Manila from Clark right when I arrive

Jan 27 Back to Manila at 2:10 PM

Jan 28 Clark to Bangkok at 3:40 PM
*Spend the night before near Clark

Then my return is to Clark late at night on Feb 7th and I come back to Dubai on the afternoon of the 8th.

Obviously due to the protests, some flights have been chopped

^ bugger

[harrybarracuda]

Still in Dubai. My flight to Clark is on Wed morning at 3:50, so tomorrow night I have to be at the airport after midnight. Blah.

My flight was for Jan 28-Feb 7. I was just talking to my mother and she found a flight with Thai Air for a good price, slightly more than my Tigerair flight, so I'm going to look into that now.

Well that's beer o'clock innit, just get yourself to the Irish Village (or whatever name it is now) and you'll be fine.

[natalie8]

555, good advice!

[harrybarracuda]

Have a lovely time, and take lots of pictures!

[natalie8]

Thanks, harry. I will for both and I'll do a thread on Palawan when I get back.

[natalie8]

Obviously due to the protests, some flights have been chopped

I did get a flight with Thai Air so I'm all set.

[katie23]

Happy safe travels! Temps are in the 20s now, too cold (for me) for pool or beach weather. But if you're used to winter, you will enjoy it. Try to check out the underground river in Palawan.

[Loombucket]

I'll do a thread on Palawan when I get back

Looking forward to it. Sorry the flight from Clarke didn't work out.

[natalie8]

Temps are in the 20s now, too cold (for me)

It was cold most of the time that I was there. Last night it was absolutely freezing, around 13° and really windy. I had taken a day trip to El Nido in a tricycle and coming back the wind froze us.

I had to get a van back to Puerto Princesa from Taytay and be at the terminal at 4:30. We were all shivering until the sun came up. Most people (including me) were in jackets and scarves!

I'm in Manila now and it's cool here too with a high of only 26°. I'm going to stay in tonight because I want to get caught up on my sleep before I go to BKK tomorrow.

[natalie8]

Looking forward to it. Sorry the flight from Clarke didn't work out.

Thanks, Loombucket. I'm still organizing my pictures, but once I'm back in Dubai I'll start my thread. It ended up working out OK that I didn't get the flight from Clark. For on, I saved over 2,000 pesos for the transport to Pacific Breeze. I still need to stay there the night of the 7th, so I'll still have that night before my flight on the 8th.