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Old Aug 30, 2018, 3:43 am
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Last edit by: Palal
Top tips for the "Dim Sum / Chicken adobo" fare:
  • At more than 5 weeks after most of us booked this fare it looks increasingly likely that the fare will stick. However prudence is still advisable and we should all avoid contacting the booking agent and if essential to contact try to deal with the airline direct.
  • Check that your original itenary is intact and ticketed as PAL revised their LHR flight schedule in early September and there appear to now only be 5 flights a week now rather than daily. Use TripCase to do this - see post #114 on how to do this (thanks to @MyFlights App). If you have incurred an involuntary change you can contact PAL and they will permit one change to amend your itenary. They appear to be flexible to shift flights to adjacent days, but if you try to push to be rerouted on another carrier to maintain the original itenary times you might find your flights are cancelled and you end up with a refund.
  • Online seat assignments are not possible on PAL when booked through a 3rd party, you have to call up, it is best to call PAL on 0808 164 9888 rather than the booking agent.
  • Whilst it looks like the fare is going to stick be aware that making other travel arrangements around this booking are at your own risk so consider making bookings that are refundable or covered by insurance if needed.
In hopes that this will go ahead, here's a wiki to see who's going and when.
Updated to post #253

November '18
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 09/11/18 : Carnaby
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 22/11/18 : Carnaby

December '18
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 29/12/18 : Wildwater
Inbound
None

January '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 10/01/19 : dsf
LHR-HKG : 12/01/19 : SFO1967
LHR-HKG : 12/01/19 : TravelQuinten
LHR-HKG : 17/01/19 : Kauppias
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 01/01/19 : Wildwater
HKG-LHR : 13/01/19 : dsf
HKG-LHR : 19/01/19 : SFO1967
HKG-LHR : 20/01/19 : Kauppias

February '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 05/02/19 : HKGEDI
LHR-HKG : 09/02/19 : MoonMan85
LHR-HKG : 14/02/19 : Fleric
LHR-HKG : 22/02/19 : skycruiserNL
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 02/02/19 : TravelQuinten
HKG-LHR : 12/02/19 : HKGEDI
HKG-LHR : 22/02/19 : MoonMan85
HKG-LHR : 26/02/19 : Fleric
HKG-LHR : 28/02/19 : skycruiserNL

March '19
Outbound
LHR-MNL : 01/03/19 : danfl44
LHR-HKG : 10/03/19 : flight345 +1
LHR-HKG : 14/03/19 : plunet +1
LHR-HKG : 14/03/19 : kevinflyaway
LHR-HKG : 18/03/19 : cowcow75
LHR-HKG : 21/03/19 : ams2174
LHR-HKG : 22/03/19 : jonase
LHR-MNL : 22/03/19 : Funky Spike
MNL-HKG :24/03/19 : Funky Spike
LHR-HKG : 24/03/19 : Poolek
LHR-HKG : 30/03/19 : Wilem
Inbound
MNL-LHR : 07/03/19 : danfl44
HKG-LHR : 18/03/19 : kevinflyaway
HKG-LHR : 24/03/19 : plunet +1
HKG-LHR : 24/03/19 : flight345 +1
HKG-LHR : 27/03/19 : ams2174
HKG-MNL : 27/03/19 : Funky Spike
MNL-LHR : 28/03/19 : Funky Spike
HKG-LHR : 28/03/19 : Poolek
HKG-LHR : 31/03/19 : jonase

April '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 10/04/19 : honzeek_cz
LHR-HKG : 10/04/19 : kjbrant +1
LHR-HKG : 11/04/19 : a_man_usia
LHR-HKG : 12/04/19 : usmark24
LHR-HKG : 12/04/19 : bittihuduga+1
LHR-HKG : 16/04/19 : stringymacca
LHR-HKG : 17/04/19 : estrangeiro8
LHR-HKG : 18/04/19 : Vgravity
LHR-HKG : 19/04/19 : strayersong
LHR-HKG : 20/04/19 : justatourist
LHR-HKG : 21/04/19 : gpetro1
LHR-HKG : 28/04/19 : coolblue21
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 02/04/19 : cowcow75
HKG-LHR : 14/04/19 : honzeek_cz
HKG-LHR : 14/04/19 : a_man_usia
HKG-LHR : 17/04/19 : kjbrant +1
HKG-LHR : 21/04/19 : usmark24
HKG-LHR : 22/04/19 : bittihuduga
HKG-LHR : 23/04/19 : stringymacca
HKG-LHR : 23/04/19 : Vgravity
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : justatourist
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : strayersong
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : estrangeiro8

May '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 02/05/19 : ackbrady +2
LHR-HKG : 04/05/19 : shamrock104
LHR-HKG : 14/05/19 : usmark24
LHR-HKG : 15/05/19 : afirm
LHR-HKG : 15/05/19 : p78
Return
HKG-LHR : 01/05/19 : gpetro1
HKG-LHR : 03/05/19 : coolblue21
HKG-LHR : 08/05/19 : shamrock104
HKG-LHR : 09/05/19 : ackbrady +2
HKG-LHR : 18/05/19 : afirm
HKG-LHR : 19/05/19 : p78
HKG-LHR : 23/05/19 : usmark24

June '18
Return
HKG-LHR : 29/06/19 : Wilem
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[PREM FARE GONE] Philippine Airlines, LHR-HKG, £500 J return

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Old Jan 16, 2019, 5:29 am
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Earns the same for EY, NH and PR - 19k?

EY have no redemptions of any distance under 100k.
For ANA, can get return from EU-JPN for 85k.
Don't know anything about PR.
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Old Jan 16, 2019, 5:33 am
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EY has PRG-ICN in OK J for 25k miles oneway IIRC.
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Old Jan 16, 2019, 5:39 am
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EY also lets you cash miles out, which is what I'm going to do. Should be about £96 I think. Not typically the best use of miles but EY is my dumping ground for miles I can't otherwise make good use of. Last time I earned some was almost 2 years ago, so they're close to expiry and I don't expect to be able to add them together to get any useful flights.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by dsf
EY also lets you cash miles out, which is what I'm going to do. Should be about £96 I think. Not typically the best use of miles but EY is my dumping ground for miles I can't otherwise make good use of. Last time I earned some was almost 2 years ago, so they're close to expiry and I don't expect to be able to add them together to get any useful flights.
Thanks, Etihad PointsPay looks like the best route for me. Another £100 ish discount on an already cheap fare. Can't complain at that.
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Old Jan 17, 2019, 3:13 pm
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Also both ANA and Etihad miles can be topped up from US Amex Membership Rewards. European MR can be used to top up Etihad accounts.
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Old Jan 20, 2019, 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by plunet
It looks like PR do have an STPC program (there are some references to it online but I can't quickly find the full policy) but as usual it seems to require your planned travel to have no shorter connection available to you. So if you have forced an overnight connection when a shorter one was available I don't think you can expect the airline to pick up the bill. Anyway, hotels in Manilla are hardly going to break the bank are they?
I have 200GBP insurance on my credit card so it's not problem
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Old Jan 20, 2019, 1:59 pm
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Hi folks I just returned from flying LHR-MNL-HKG route and posted a trip report here:

Philippine Airlines J class review LHR-HKG via MNL.
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Old Jan 24, 2019, 5:46 pm
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I'm about to take this flight tomorrow.
PR sent me an email inviting me to check-in online. However, after I click the link, their website says "We have found your reservation, but there is a problem with your ticket. Please see a check-in agent at the airport." Also got the same message if I go directly to the website and try to check-in using both PNRs and the ticket#.
Anyone seen anything similar before?
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Old Jan 24, 2019, 11:27 pm
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I have seen that with other airlines before, wouldn’t be too worried.
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Old Jan 25, 2019, 2:08 pm
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As it turned out, the "problem" is that I called the airline directly to move my return flight to a different date after their initial schedule change, and today they thought I wasn't aware of this change. After confirming that I'm aware of and ok with the return flight time, they checked me in with no other issue. They did say I should call the OTA and tell them to "change the ticket", and I'm not entirely sure why.

Now I'm waiting in the lounge (Aspire Club) waiting for boarding. You can order a special Filipino dish at the bar, which is a chicken porridge. Tasted good to me so I recommend.



Originally Posted by scbearer
I'm about to take this flight tomorrow.
PR sent me an email inviting me to check-in online. However, after I click the link, their website says "We have found your reservation, but there is a problem with your ticket. Please see a check-in agent at the airport." Also got the same message if I go directly to the website and try to check-in using both PNRs and the ticket#.
Anyone seen anything similar before?
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Old Jan 25, 2019, 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by scbearer
Now I'm waiting in the lounge (Aspire Club) waiting for boarding. You can order a special Filipino dish at the bar, which is a chicken porridge. Tasted good to me so I recommend.
Have a great flight, let us know how it goes.
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Old Jan 25, 2019, 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by scbearer
Now I'm waiting in the lounge (Aspire Club) waiting for boarding. You can order a special Filipino dish at the bar, which is a chicken porridge. Tasted good to me so I recommend.
That's the arroz caldo, I thought it was excellent.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 12:51 am
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Has anyone credited their flights to EY and, if so, have an idea of how long they took to post?

I have a couple of flights I'd like to book using the EY miles quite soon. It seems from the Etihad Guest site that there's some 'technical difficulties' causing delays in PR flights posting to EY but not timeframes mentioned. So I'd appreciate any first hand experience!
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Old Jan 28, 2019, 10:30 am
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I took domestic flight MNL-KLO on 26/10/2016
and notice now what it was not credited to etihad even on boarding pass is FF number
I will make claim and report it how long it took....
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Old Jan 28, 2019, 4:07 pm
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Does anyone have advice for someone who got rebooked into a connection of 20 minutes in MNL?

I got this a while back for a March-April r/t. My outbound flights are:
PR721 arr. MNL 1840
PR310 dep MNL 1900 (originally 1945 and still showing 1945 on lastminute.com)

PR agents have told me to contact my travel agent and lastminute.com has been unable to change it (yes, I know calling the OTA is bad). The ticket was already reissued once because of the Sept. reduction in LHR-MNL frequency.
Last edited by ralfp; Jan 28, 2019 at 4:12 pm Reason: flight number
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