Bangkok to Cebu on Cebu Pacific

[bigdelta 46]

Just received an e-mail from Cebu Pacific that says Cebu -Bangkok-NEW! P888

So an alternative to Clark and Manila.

[kikc69 45]

One Way or Round Trip?

[The_Fat_Controller 25]

They tried that 4 years ago!

 

Bastards cancelled my flight from Cebu to Bangkok without telling me or anybody, not enough passengers on the day, had to go via Manila.

 

That was June 2008, flights pulled shortly afterwards.

 

Good luck, Cebu frequently cancel flights that do not have enough paying customers apparently.

[bigdelta 46]

One way.P888 is peanuts.

 

 

One Way or Round Trip?

[bigdelta 46]

4 years is 2 lifetimes in the airline industry.Hopefully they have done their due diligence and added a flight that will have a load factor sufficient to generate a profit.

 

They tried that 4 years ago!

 

Bastards cancelled my flight from Cebu to Bangkok without telling me or anybody, not enough passengers on the day, had to go via Manila.

 

That was June 2008, flights pulled shortly afterwards.

 

Good luck, Cebu frequently cancel flights that do not have enough paying customers apparently.

[kikc69 45]

One way.P888 is peanuts.

 

That is right. About $25 US. I would do that for a few days in Cebu. Will have to watch closely to see if they are more reliable now.

Edited September 19, 2012 by kikc69

[Butch 3,456]

Cebu Pacific have garnered a poor reputation in the PI over the past year. They often come out with enticing deals but there are sometimes hidden charges, some very tight regs on the flight details and I've heard a rumour (unsubstantiated) that the price advertised on some deals was only for the first 50 Customers. either that or it's 888p one way, 10,888 return. I'd check it out first mate.

 

we use them all the time to fly to Naga city and Legaspi from MNL and in all truth they're good, but again they have a well known habit of cancelling flights when it's not viable for them to operate. We have been left sitting at Naga City airport on more than one occasion waiting for our scheduled flight back to MNL to turn up because for whatever reason it's been re routed.

 

On the plus side some of the Air hostesses are nice, and if ever you fly on the turbo props which they operate inland (Ex Lufthansa fokkers I think), get the first or second row of seats from the front on the right hand side facing the cockpit, because from there you get a great view up the hostesses' skirts when they're sat in the crew seats.

 

Mango square is still going great guns, heading that way in a few weeks actually.

 

Cheers

Butch

[steamer 158]

CP flights MNL CEB have always been full whenever I took them (mostly Filipino's), their flights BKK MNL have had plenty of empty seats. Dunno if they can make money on this new route.

[saigon_butterfly 1]

Heading off to the Philippines for 6 months so will be tracking this promo for awhile. Bought time I got back to Thailand for Chinese New Years. Later,SB.

[Butch 3,456]

As an update:

 

Cebu are offering cheap fares (1400) peso to BKK one way from MNL, however, here's the catch:

 

Booking / Admin Fee php 100 per person.

Departure Tax php 550 per person (aka Terminal Fee)

Fuel surcharge php from 400 to 2600 per person.

Travel Tax php 1620

Country specific Taxes from php 415 to php 1500

 

I saw this in the Manila Herald just three days ago, but it's also on their website.

Edited October 27, 2012 by Butch

[jacko 8,815]

As an update:

 

Cebu are offering cheap fares (1400) peso to BKK one way from MNL, however, here's the catch:

 

Booking / Admin Fee php 100 per person.

Departure Tax php 550 per person (aka Terminal Fee)

Fuel surcharge php from 400 to 2600 per person.

Travel Tax php 1620

Country specific Taxes from php 415 to php 1500

 

I saw this in the Manila Herald just three days ago, but it's also on their website.

Catch.... that's a whole minefield.

[biggles 509]

Note that the 1620 travel tax is only payable by filipinos leaving the country not foreigners. The Terminal fee is paid to the airport, not the airline. You left off the baggage charges which will also apply.

[saigon_butterfly 1]

Decided to go with Tiger Air out of Clark. Would up being half the price as CP from Cebu. Later, SB