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Old Nov 12, 2025 | 8:51 am
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yannix
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Originally Posted by eng3
I will be arriving to MNL on UA in the morning (6am). T3 I think. I'd like to self-connect to Cebu. Which airline(s) would allow me to stay in the same terminal?
I see a 8:25am Cebu5J or 8:35am AirAsiaN2 flight, might be a little tight.
Otherwise 9:10am PhilippineAir or 9:50am Cebu5J
I thought (not 100% sure though) AirAsia PH moved all their domestic operations to T2?

Do you have check-in bags? If not, the 8:25am on 5J would be doable as you don't have to wait to claim bags and you get to skip the 5J check-in counter (do OLCI), otherwise it will be very tight. The departure level of terminal is quite busy during early mornings.

Originally Posted by MikeCL
Happy to see with the new stuff going on at T3 people started to speak up about the poor showing for T1.. and TBH I'm switching back to T3 for more than one reason but I felt it was crazy for me to pick an airline based on which terminal it flies in/out of.
It's not that crazy, this is FT . I factor in which terminal an airline flies in/out of when booking. If I had a choice, I would depart from T1 and arrive at T3 for intl.

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