Cheap Flight From Uk To Manilla

[Scottish Gary]

While browsing Skyscanner i noticed a cheaper way for some of my fellow Brits to fly to the Philippines.
You can fly from most airports in the UK to Kuala Lumpur for £330 and then catch an Air Asia flight to Manilla for £60. Thats £390 as opposed to flying straight from the UK To Manilla which would cost about £500
It also lets you explore KL if you so wish for a few days

[pseudolus]

Not bad - would you still need to change terminals from the main airport to the cheapo one round the corner? Make sure you factor that in if you do as last time I was in the KLIA2 there as even less to do there than in KLIA. It's only 3 minutes to get there, so don't rush out of KLIA until you need to

[callippo]

I have looked at this before not as a means to get to Manila, but Cebu.

for a few years up to about 2006 when they axed it, Malaysian had a direct Manchester-KL flight, they are a pretty classy airline and prices were keen too.

I did go via KL also when Air Asia still flew there from Stansted, I got a return in about 2010 for £270. Awful flight though.

the dates I travel out to the Philippines each year last week in October and returning last week in February I have not found anyone flying to KL even as cheap as about £450, never mind £330. But then I need to fly out of Manchester not London which is usually at least £50 more expensive than Heathrow which usually seems the cheapest.

good deals are out there. Last year I got a codeshare from Manchester to Manila with Air France and China Southern changing at Paris and Guangzhou for £384.

now Emirates have introduced a direct Dubai-Cebu flight, a Manchester-Cebu flight is coming in at around £550, the chances are I will end up going that way. Basically anything under £500 is a good price and anyhing under £400 is a total steal.

[callippo]

budget airlines like Air Asia are OK for short hops but definitely not OK for long-haul.

budget airlines don't come up on Skyscanner but you could probably save some money by flying Emirates to Dubai and then Cebu Pacific on to Manila. However I just wouldn't want to take a budget airline flight as long as that.