Guide to MNL / Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport [Merged thread]
Mar 13, 2024, 9:19 am
#991
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You're supposed to show proof of being a passenger otherwise you'll have to use the non-passenger entrances and go through a security check. As you noted, enforcement is hit or miss.
Mar 13, 2024, 3:46 pm
#992
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Thanks. Is there one at every terminal? I went to an airline ticket office upstairs at T1 a long time ago, so used that excuse before for not having a ticket.
Mar 13, 2024, 4:21 pm
#993
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LOL, that excuse won't work at all terminals
Mar 21, 2024, 1:28 pm
#994
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Unfortunately this is pure politics. they know it too as there is simply no space apart from reclaiming land and everyone knows that it is not going to happen. Plus with the Bulacan airport already given out and the refusal of Bong Bong to make a duty free zone the idea is dead before it started. I am more worried about the politics of what is going to happen now with the attempt to change the constitution.
https://www.rappler.com/business/ram...G1RJL#cxrecs_s
Mar 21, 2024, 8:02 pm
#995
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The Rappler eh? I would not believe half the stuff they come up with anyway. As Ramon Ang says the airport is mostly limited by its runway capacity. They simply do not have space currently available to do anything else. There is no way that the two lane highway to Pasay can be built in such a short time. Plus Magallanes is one of the most busiest roads there. Looks like a pitch to get the DF zone in Bulacan Airport zone.
Mar 27, 2024, 1:57 pm
#997
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PAL or CebuPac? Either way you will have to go through customs and get bags, this is from PAL website
When connecting from an international to a domestic flight, it is important to note that even if your bags are checked through, you may still need to collect your luggage at the country's point of entry, have them cleared by customs, and then return them to the baggage assistance desk. The bags will then be transported and loaded onto your connecting domestic flight, depending on the airport.
note that with pal you will have to go from T1 to T2. Cebu PAC will require a T3 to T4 transfer
When connecting from an international to a domestic flight, it is important to note that even if your bags are checked through, you may still need to collect your luggage at the country's point of entry, have them cleared by customs, and then return them to the baggage assistance desk. The bags will then be transported and loaded onto your connecting domestic flight, depending on the airport.
note that with pal you will have to go from T1 to T2. Cebu PAC will require a T3 to T4 transfer
Mar 27, 2024, 6:46 pm
#998
Join Date: Mar 2019
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PAL or CebuPac? Either way you will have to go through customs and get bags, this is from PAL website
When connecting from an international to a domestic flight, it is important to note that even if your bags are checked through, you may still need to collect your luggage at the country's point of entry, have them cleared by customs, and then return them to the baggage assistance desk. The bags will then be transported and loaded onto your connecting domestic flight, depending on the airport.
note that with pal you will have to go from T1 to T2. Cebu PAC will require a T3 to T4 transfer
When connecting from an international to a domestic flight, it is important to note that even if your bags are checked through, you may still need to collect your luggage at the country's point of entry, have them cleared by customs, and then return them to the baggage assistance desk. The bags will then be transported and loaded onto your connecting domestic flight, depending on the airport.
note that with pal you will have to go from T1 to T2. Cebu PAC will require a T3 to T4 transfer
Mar 27, 2024, 7:02 pm
#999
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Then it is better you only check in to MNL. Otherwise your bags will be checked and tagged to your destination and the system will show that you have bags and you cannot recheck yourself again.
Mar 27, 2024, 7:58 pm
#1000
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Mar 27, 2024, 8:07 pm
#1001
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maybe I am not getting this correctly. Do you want to leave your bags in MNL and not take it on your onward flight? If so if you check your bags to your final destination then if you leave it behind it may create a problem for you because you have thru checked bags and then you are trying to recheck and you cannot recheck into a flight that you have checked in and traveled.
However if your bags are thru checked then it is the duty of the airline to make sure that your bags are delivered to you at your destination. Tickets cannot be sold if the minimum connecting time is shorter that the connecting time of the ticket. So what goes wrong in missing bags is the airlines responsibility. If my memory serves me right if it is.a thru checked bags then you do not even take it out of the arrival but they have a side belt where you belt your transfer bags and then PAL takes care of it and delvers in the your final destination.
However if your bags are thru checked then it is the duty of the airline to make sure that your bags are delivered to you at your destination. Tickets cannot be sold if the minimum connecting time is shorter that the connecting time of the ticket. So what goes wrong in missing bags is the airlines responsibility. If my memory serves me right if it is.a thru checked bags then you do not even take it out of the arrival but they have a side belt where you belt your transfer bags and then PAL takes care of it and delvers in the your final destination.
Mar 27, 2024, 8:16 pm
#1002
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maybe I am not getting this correctly. Do you want to leave your bags in MNL and not take it on your onward flight? If so if you check your bags to your final destination then if you leave it behind it may create a problem for you because you have thru checked bags and then you are trying to recheck and you cannot recheck into a flight that you have checked in and traveled.
However if your bags are thru checked then it is the duty of the airline to make sure that your bags are delivered to you at your destination. Tickets cannot be sold if the minimum connecting time is shorter that the connecting time of the ticket. So what goes wrong in missing bags is the airlines responsibility. If my memory serves me right if it is.a thru checked bags then you do not even take it out of the arrival but they have a side belt where you belt your transfer bags and then PAL takes care of it and delvers in the your final destination.
However if your bags are thru checked then it is the duty of the airline to make sure that your bags are delivered to you at your destination. Tickets cannot be sold if the minimum connecting time is shorter that the connecting time of the ticket. So what goes wrong in missing bags is the airlines responsibility. If my memory serves me right if it is.a thru checked bags then you do not even take it out of the arrival but they have a side belt where you belt your transfer bags and then PAL takes care of it and delvers in the your final destination.
Mar 28, 2024, 11:41 am
#1003
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Yes you can drop it off in MNL provided that you do not check in to USU. If you check in to USU then the airline will be looking for your bag from MNL to USU and you would already have a boarding card and a baggage tag issued for USU. You cannot be able to check in for the second time since you have already checked in.
Apr 2, 2024, 10:30 pm
#1004
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We’ve had an interesting experience: a long layover (11 hours) so planned to go into town for the day, and take a UA flight onwards (bags checked all the way through to destination).
We took TG620 from BKK to MNL and when we got off the plane, there was a Filipino individual with a tire weigh sign with our name on it, she proceeded to explain that we had to pick up our bags and take them with us if we went into town, they would only transfer them if we stayed in the airport. We went outside and we had to pick them up and take them with us or pay to have them stored.
I’ve never had that experience before, if it was less than 12 hours, I’ve always left my luggage and they automatically put it on the next flight. Is this normal?
We took TG620 from BKK to MNL and when we got off the plane, there was a Filipino individual with a tire weigh sign with our name on it, she proceeded to explain that we had to pick up our bags and take them with us if we went into town, they would only transfer them if we stayed in the airport. We went outside and we had to pick them up and take them with us or pay to have them stored.
I’ve never had that experience before, if it was less than 12 hours, I’ve always left my luggage and they automatically put it on the next flight. Is this normal?
Apr 3, 2024, 3:19 pm
#1005
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: EVA Air , * G, QR Privilege Club S
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We’ve had an interesting experience: a long layover (11 hours) so planned to go into town for the day, and take a UA flight onwards (bags checked all the way through to destination).
We took TG620 from BKK to MNL and when we got off the plane, there was a Filipino individual with a tire weigh sign with our name on it, she proceeded to explain that we had to pick up our bags and take them with us if we went into town, they would only transfer them if we stayed in the airport. We went outside and we had to pick them up and take them with us or pay to have them stored.
I’ve never had that experience before, if it was less than 12 hours, I’ve always left my luggage and they automatically put it on the next flight. Is this normal?
We took TG620 from BKK to MNL and when we got off the plane, there was a Filipino individual with a tire weigh sign with our name on it, she proceeded to explain that we had to pick up our bags and take them with us if we went into town, they would only transfer them if we stayed in the airport. We went outside and we had to pick them up and take them with us or pay to have them stored.
I’ve never had that experience before, if it was less than 12 hours, I’ve always left my luggage and they automatically put it on the next flight. Is this normal?