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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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Old Oct 9, 2018, 3:32 am
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And keep us updated! Oh, and PAL is receiving its 4th A350 today or in the next couple of days!
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 6:23 am
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I received an Email from PA regarding flight time has been changed.
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 6:24 am
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Originally Posted by HKGEDI

I received an Email from PA regarding flight time has been changed.
I got the same. The flight got shorter.
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 6:54 am
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Also the inbound flight time has changed by 30minutes, departure 1pm > 1.30pm
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by mpnakh
I booked 3 tickets from airfarenetwork and 2 from travelup - the outbound for the 3 tickets was initially a day after the 2. But I can see in tripcase both have changes to their itineraries, but didn't receive any communication from either TA. The outbound of the 3 have been changed (LHR-MNL by 2 days, to after the MNL-HKG leg as some have posted above), and inbound of both sets moved by a day..

As a newbie, I don't want to jump the gun and make the wrong move. Should I contact PAL directly to sort out the outbound leg? (I was hoping to try and get it moved to the prior day of the initial outbound and line it up with the 2 tickets from travelup)
Update: I was able to change the dates to the ones I requested as well as the MNL-HKG leg quite easily with AirfareNetwork and TravelUp.
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 8:05 am
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Just had an email saying "we would like to inform you that there are changes to your upcoming flight from London UK, United Kingdom (LHR) to Manila, Philippines (MNL) due to adjustments in our flight operations. Please advise us if you accept the new schedule"
The outbound is an hour earlier arrival and inbound half hour earlier taking off.
Sneaky that one, I'll call them later to confirm the times and let you all know the result....
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Old Oct 11, 2018, 10:23 am
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So I just called Philippines airlines on 0808 164 9888. Explained to a friendly lady called Friia about the email and confirmed I would like to accept the new flight times and could she assign seats for me too, which she was very pleased to do, she confirmed the flight times and the fact they were all in business class and also sent me an email with the updated seats and times!!!
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Old Oct 12, 2018, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by robbo17
So I just called Philippines airlines on 0808 164 9888. Explained to a friendly lady called Friia about the email and confirmed I would like to accept the new flight times and could she assign seats for me too, which she was very pleased to do, she confirmed the flight times and the fact they were all in business class and also sent me an email with the updated seats and times!!!
Seems like fairly "normal" minor adjustment to flight times, and less than two hours and for this route doesn't appear to cause a misconnect in either direction, and typically would not be a cause for asking for a flight change. The changes coming through now are PR loading their Winter timetable which will run from end October to end March. I wouldn't bother to call *unless* you want to use the confirmation of the flight times as an opportunity to choose your seats.
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Old Oct 12, 2018, 3:41 pm
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Flew this outbound no problems. The aspire lounge in LHR was pants. The A350 was decent - the biggest IFE screen I've seen. The food was good. The drinks were slightly lacking. No queue at immigration in MNL. Flight to HKG was also lie flat.
Enjoy all
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Old Oct 13, 2018, 7:50 am
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Originally Posted by tazxxx
Flew this outbound no problems. The aspire lounge in LHR was pants. The A350 was decent - the biggest IFE screen I've seen. The food was good. The drinks were slightly lacking. No queue at immigration in MNL. Flight to HKG was also lie flat.
Enjoy all
Were you expecting lie flat on MNL-HKG or was this a last minute equipment change?

Excellent news that you’ve travelled! Let’s hope the rest of us are as lucky. Enjoy your trip.
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Old Oct 17, 2018, 3:15 am
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Originally Posted by Vgravity


Were you expecting lie flat on MNL-HKG or was this a last minute equipment change?

Excellent news that you’ve travelled! Let’s hope the rest of us are as lucky. Enjoy your trip.
Looks like I misread the seatmap, it was as expected (A333 3 class)
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Old Oct 17, 2018, 12:04 pm
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There doesn't seem to be much information about the lounge at MNL - anyone recently been there? Also, is it open 24hrs?
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Old Oct 17, 2018, 3:34 pm
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This needs a proper trip report. Who's flying next and volunteers?
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Old Oct 18, 2018, 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by a9504477
There doesn't seem to be much information about the lounge at MNL - anyone recently been there? Also, is it open 24hrs?
Not been there, but this YouTube seemed to be a realistic view of what the lounge is like

Opening hours might be 0300 to 2100 according to Lounge Buddy
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Old Oct 27, 2018, 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by justatourist
This needs a proper trip report. Who's flying next and volunteers?
Flew this the other day, thanks OP for posting.
I'll try and get a review done, overall everything was good!
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