Aug 30, 2018, 3:43 am

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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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Feb 10, 2019, 6:51 am

#361

strayersong

Join Date: Sep 2014

Location: London

Posts: 342

Like many other people I've had the minor schedule changes too. Called PAL's UK office asking if I could rebook to another date. According to the agent PAL has a two hour policy which means free rebooking is unfortunately not applicable here

Nevertheless he was very polite and helpful, and selected my seats too.

Feb 10, 2019, 6:57 am

#362

ChocolateFactory

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: DXB

Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, A3 Gold, Sixt Diamond

Posts: 2,809

Quote:

Originally Posted by strayersong

Nevertheless he was very polite and helpful, and selected my seats too.

Same here.

Feb 11, 2019, 7:58 am

#363

maclover

Join Date: Aug 2004

Posts: 1,006

Quote:

Originally Posted by strayersong

Nevertheless he was very polite and helpful, and selected my seats too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChocolateFactory

Same here.

I've never seen an airline allowing free changes due to minor time adjustment, unless MCT is compromised of course

Feb 11, 2019, 7:59 am

#364

ChocolateFactory

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: DXB

Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, A3 Gold, Sixt Diamond

Posts: 2,809

I have. IIRC believe TK has a very low schedule change requirement, 30 minutes or so. But I'm not 100% sure.

Feb 12, 2019, 12:57 pm

#365

Croupier

Join Date: Sep 2015

Posts: 786

Quote:

Originally Posted by maclover

I've never seen an airline allowing free changes due to minor time adjustment, unless MCT is compromised of course

I got real lucky on the GA £1084 non refundable LHR-MEL J deal from December 2016, I was in for 2 tickets, they changed departure by only 1hr.
AU immi refused my girlfriends visa application twice, soon after I got the schedule change notification and immediately emailed Garuda saying it was unacceptable and that we would miss connecting flights blah blah.
A couple of weeks later over 4K AUD was back in my account.
I considered my self extremely lucky and learnt my lesson not to go all in on deals unless I/we can absolutely fly.

Feb 16, 2019, 7:02 am

#366

Vorsprung

Join Date: Nov 2014

Location: DUB

Programs: IHG Spire Amb, Honors Diamond, BAEC Silver

Posts: 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vorsprung

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!

I'm about four weeks after the first PR flight and nothing credited to EY yet. I've chased EY and am told it's pending PR review...

Anyone have any EY crediting success?

Quote:

Originally Posted by headforflights

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....

@headforflights any luck by chance with your claim?

Feb 18, 2019, 7:20 am

#367

RollAnotherFatOne

Join Date: Dec 2017

Location: Stockholm, Sweden.

Programs: BA, JAL

Posts: 689

Quote:

Originally Posted by maclover

I've never seen an airline allowing free changes due to minor time adjustment, unless MCT is compromised of course

AMS-TYO QR R (business) for £550, allowed change of departure to within x many miles.
This allowed some of us to gain a LHR departure and return, so times were obviously fairly flexible.Think departure time changed, by just over 2 hours.

Feb 18, 2019, 9:18 am

#368

maclover

Join Date: Aug 2004

Posts: 1,006

Quote:

Originally Posted by RollAnotherFatOne

We are talking about minor changes here, i.e. 30' later departure from LHR
As this won't require to be at the airport earlier, nor affecting MCT in MNL and neither changing ETA at final destination in HKG, it's a bit tricky to convince PR that such a change will impact your travel plan so dramatically to justify a free change of day.

Feb 18, 2019, 2:33 pm

#369

Croupier

Join Date: Sep 2015

Posts: 786

MNL-LHR 30 min change has resulted in a 1hr later arrival than originally scheduled? Are they also changing the flight path, expecting head winds or flying with less thrust?
I was going to try to catch the BA 20:30 flight to BUD same night of arrival from LHR T3 but it’s out of the question now (

Feb 18, 2019, 9:59 pm

#370

Funky Spike

Join Date: Jul 2003

Location: The Garden of England

Programs: BA Silver AA Lifetime Gold

Posts: 659

Quote:

Originally Posted by Croupier

I've been notified of a schedule change MNL-LHR but departing 25 minutes earlier and arriving at the same time.

Spike

Feb 19, 2019, 2:17 am

#371

headforflights

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@headforflights any luck by chance with your claim?[/QUOTE]

nothing...

Feb 21, 2019, 8:40 am

#372

scbearer

Join Date: Jul 2012

Posts: 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by flightlevels

Quick question for anybody who’s already travelled outbound with a 12 hour (overnight) stopover in MNL.
Do you have the option to check your bags straight through or do you have to collect in MNL? I haven’t got a definitive response from PR customer service.

Actually I'm in a very good position to answer this.
I had a ~20 hour overnight stopover in MNL on my way to HKG,and I thought I had to pick up my bag in MNL. However to my surprise, the check-in agent asked me if I wanted to check thru to HKG. I asked if it's possible given my stopover was 20 hours and she said yes, so I said check thru please and she gave the bag tag all the way to HKG.
For some other reasons, I had to see a supervisor at LHR, and I double checked with him showing the tag I already got. He confirmed checking through is possible as long as the layover is under 24 hours.

The next day, I arrived at MNL. Because the airport seemed to messy, I was still skeptical about the answers I got in LHR, so I decided to wait at the carousel anyway. It took me about 45 mins to pass immigration check, but by the time I got to the carousel, it still hadn't finish unloading our bags. I waited there for another ten minutes, and my bag DID come out! ....... I checked the tag on the bag, it did get tagged all the way to HKG, and there is an extra green sticker that says like "transfer in Manila". Anyway, I took it and left the airport.

Then one day later, I was back at the airport to check in for my HKG flight. The agent said: looks like you already have a bag in transfer, and I said you mean this one? She was confused why I had it, I explained what happened, and she said I shouldn't taken it. I asked why it came out in the first place, she was like: ah, it would be fine, if in the end if it's left on the carousel, some staff will collect it and send it to the transfer queue...

That's when I recalled something: by the carousel, there is a screen, on which you can see a guy working by the back part of the carousel, he took some of the bags off it before the bags come out to the baggage hall. Now I think he was supposed to take all the bags with a transfer tag off, and I can't believe this is not an automated process.

So, conclusion.
Yes, you can check the bag thru for an overnight stopover. But there's a chance that your bag will come to the baggage came. If nobody else takes it, accidentally or intentionally, it will eventually be taken back to the "backstage" and sent to HKG.

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Last edited by scbearer; Feb 23, 2019 at 6:57 am

Feb 23, 2019, 12:24 am

#373

masta

Join Date: Aug 2018

Posts: 37

13h overnight layover.
Agent at LHR checked our luggage automatically through to HKG without any intervention (which was good for us)
but we were also a little bit leery about the whole process and waited for 5 minutes at the baggage reclaim in MNL but left the airport after that time has passed.
apparently we didn't wait long enough which in hindsight I feel very relieved so we didn't have to deal with the baggage when checking in again. strange procedure tbh

nevertheless we received our unharmed luggage in HKG as one of the first.

Feb 24, 2019, 5:41 am

#374

Funky Spike

Join Date: Jul 2003

Location: The Garden of England

Programs: BA Silver AA Lifetime Gold

Posts: 659

I see a few are overnighting in MNL, anyone care to share where they are staying? Tips for first timers to MNL?

I'm staying at the Savoy Hotel Manila overnight both ways.

Spike

Feb 24, 2019, 7:22 am

#375

masta

Join Date: Aug 2018

Posts: 37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Funky Spike

I see a few are overnighting in MNL, anyone care to share where they are staying? Tips for first timers to MNL?

I'm staying at the Savoy Hotel Manila overnight both ways.

Spike

stayed at Red Planet Aseana City. quite low budget but overall very decent experience just 15 minutes away from terminal 2.

recommended transportation: grab or taxi
speaking of taxis: I strongly recommend taking the yellow airport-authorised metered taxis. with the others (white) you are subjected to the arbitrariness of the driver whether or not he will use the meter and if not how much you'll have to pay.

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