Originally Posted by
Tiki
I don't think MNL has a true airport hotel, do they? All hotels are around 10 miles away? It's not really a biggie, we have plenty of time to rest up in Palawan.
I was in MNL a couple of months ago. A Marriott was being built (exterior looked complete) right across the street from Terminal 3. It might be open by the time to travel. There are also several nice hotels along Roxas Blvd, which is only a few miles away.
The Marriott at Newport City, located in front of Terminal 3, just opened last month. There's also the Manila Airport Hotel in front of Terminal 1. Another hotel, Maxim's Hotel and Casino, will open also at Newport City (the exterior's complete).
Originally Posted by
merrickdb
There are actually three airlines currently flying that route: Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and Zest Air. Southeast Asian Air claims to fly it, but has diverted all aircraft for flights into Caticlan as they're the only airline still able to fly into Caticlan.
The route being discussed is PPS, not KLO (Kalibo), where all airlines save for SEAIR have been forced to after two unfortunate incidents involving Zest MA-60s in MPH (Caticlan). SEAIR is the only airline to fly to MPH, whereas Zest, PAL and Cebu Pacific fly to KLO. SEAIR however does fly MNL-MPH-PPS, with MPH-PPS only being operated on certain days of the week.
If you're willing to pay a premium for food, legroom and in-flight entertainment (newspapers and video without headphones), choose PAL (they use widebodies for MNL-PPS in the morning).
If you want to fly from the best terminal MNL can offer, fly Cebu Pacific.
If you want to fly a very promising upstart with service that apparently tops Cebu Pacific in certain areas, fly Zest Airways.
Originally Posted by
Tiki
They don't take Amex?
The only airline that currently accepts American Express for online bookings is Zest (they also accept JCB cards).