Originally Posted by
tarheelnj
First time traveling EWR-MNL next month. Any suggestions for best routing/airline? (Want to stay on CO or Star Alliance.) Looks like Singapore Air is the only one stop (unless I go CO & connect to Cathay Pacific or Philippine Air). An all-CO routing would be down to IAH, then a one-stop through HNL to GUM, then another switch to MNL. Saturday departure, Wednesday return. Thanks.
I have always flown CO to HKG and then connect to MNL on CX. The problem is CO99 is late 80+% of the time and it is a tight connection that I often wind up missing. I see many unhappy customers all the time because this flight is always late. Not a problem is you're staying in HKG, but makes it almost impossible to connect. Not sure why CO doesn't make this flight a little earlier.