Originally Posted by sfonorth

We flew to Cebu over New Years on UA from SFO-ICN (easy to upgrade) , overnighted at ICN and then took the 7:30am flight to Cebu on Cebu Pacific.

I definitely would avoid transiting in MNL--UA arrives in Terminal 1 and Cebu Pacific flies from Terminal 3, Philippines Airlines from Terminal 2. The "shuttle bus" is a major hassle between terminals--they show up random intervals and charge $1. A cab between terminals can cost $10-20.

I'd avoid the GUM-MNL routing -- its a zoo clearing immigration and customs at Terminal 1 in MNL with a bunch of 747s arriving at the same time as the UA flights creating a chaotic mess lining up for immigration.