Who would you choose to book the flight from the philippines to USA?

What do you mean?

What Agency or What Airline?

If I were you I would shop around Philippines to get a good deal..

Best place to buy a ticket for the USA (thanks)

Just try the philippineairlines.com website. Or just try to inquire to any travel agency in the mall particularly in SM mall.

Goodluck
Claire

I only fly Philippine Airlines... at least for now...

I am having my girl check various websites from the PI like www.mobissimo.com, www.kayak.com, www.sidestep.com and also the websites of various airlines.

she is also checking with the local travel agent looking for the best fares, it maybe worth asking some times they offer immigration fares.

flying and buying from the US, the best fares I have found my last few trips to the PI is on mobissimo.

good luck and congrads!

Thanks....this all is very helpful Just want to stay on top of this and start checking now.

try this one also http://www.justfares.com/

Ask your girl to check with various travel agencies here in PI. There are tons and she can always ask for the first time immigrant discount. I'm flying with Cathay pacific, one way around $800+ for this month.

you can also try this one http://www.cheapoair.com/

are you or your girl in Manila? you might want to call my travel agent Andrea of Adkins Travel at 5367249 for airline promo rates. Goodluck!

I already tried inquiring at the Travel Agencies inside the SM Mall and found them to be more expensive than the agencies outside. just an idea...

Be careful when you'll book online.Danny had a bad experince when he booked me ( prepaid) last month on cheapo. After the ticket was printed out, he was overcharged with $150 and was so mad at them. He called their office and demanded a cancellation and a refund. He had me purchased my ticket here instead directly at Northwest office and i guess we got a fair price.

Purchase your tickets directly on the airline's website. My husband has been using www.evaair.com for the past 3 years. I have looked at hot e-fare section and so far the lowest price I could find for my daughter and me totals to $978.60 one way trip to Los Angeles with one-hour stop at Taipei. I have looked at PAL and it will cost us $1,278.80 to fly direct to LA, no stops.

I don't think that's cheap..

Agencies tend to be more cheaper..

The price I posted are for 2 persons(me and my daughter)so its cheaper. I have asked my former co-workers about it and they are more expensive. I used to work in a travel agency.

for girls traveling from manila to lax, eva air and china airlines have promo rates for jan 15 to march 15 departure. tickets can be purchased until jan 31 for eva air while for china air, it will be until feb 7. actually, i already booked for these airlines. i'm just waiting for the release of my visa in few weeks coz they told me that they need to do some document verification before they finally release ng visa.

also, there's a travel expo where you can huge discounts on local and international travel packages and promo fares starting Feb 14 to 16 at mall of asia. pls check on this at the newspapers.

God bless us all...

Thanks girl!
very helpful hints regarding airline tickets...
I'll be needing those soon (i hope and pray), hehehe!!!

Aren't we all purchasing one-way tickets???

the ones i think is the cheapest one is mobissimo.com. Try zuji.com too.

I would prefer Philippine Airlines.

wow, over 1,900.00US is not cheap for a one way (mobisso)

I have found the best prices with kayak.com.

Well for some reason they were of no help either (kayak) MNL to TUL is not available on any day. We will just keep looking...

What prices do you guys consider cheap tickets? I purchased from a local travel agent here in Cebu. It costs around $800+ (with k-1 discount already). I'm flying thru Cathay Pacific one-way to SFO for this month. But I paid for the ticket already since last december since the agency told us they will have fee increase this year.

Well first congratulations on your approval. I have flown numeorus routes to and from the Phils. Cheapest and not too bad fro comfort is Philippines Airlines (PAL). They have a website. Get to Manila and then you can go via LAX, SF or Las Vegas.

I don't know if you are going to go get your fiance and fly with her,,,, but if you don't and have any issues about her entering the USA alone you can fly American Airlines to Vancouver. PAL flies Manila Las Vegas via a stop over in Vancouver to drop some passengers and pick up others.. Then 2.5 hours and you are in Vegas. Did that route and it is pretty good.

I just visited my fiancee in Novemeber and flew PAL. I flew business class round trip from LAX via Manila for 2400. I check for one way and you can get an Economy Manila to any of the three USA ports for less than $1000.

Other more expensive options: Northwest, Cathay Pacific but both are more expensive. Just please be aware, PAL wants proof of the credit card that purchased the ticket when your fiancee picks the ticket up so you may have to research. I was just given a few names and numbers in the Altanta area of travel brokers for the Phils. Let me know if you want these contacts.

Take care,
SHawn

This just in. By friend from Michigan is going to Cebu for a 4 month Visa to spend time with his GF. He just booked round trip from Detroit for $1134 roud trip from cheapo.com.
He flied Det to Taiwan NWA. Then Cebu Pacific to Cebu. Only down to this is he has a 10 hours lay over in Taiwan on his return.


Good luck

I favor Cathay Pacific. Claudeth flew out of Cebu to Hong Kong and then LAX. She bought the ticket there and saved us about $150 from what I could get it for.

I will gladly reccomend NORTHWEST AIRLINE.. i got my fiancee ticket for only $750 goin to CHICAGO.... try to browse their site.. www.nwa.com

Hope it helps u!

I think it needs to be understood that Im not looking for a boat to bring her here its just the end result is to get her here. Planes are planes, maybe I feel this way because I have traveled a great deal all my life globally. There are many ways to get here, many to choose from, and all will pretty much take a long time...I just want to take the shortest route/and get a good deal if I can. So far Vayama is looking good.

i always fly philippine airlines.

How I wish we have Philippine Airline here in the East Coast..

check out this website. they offer cheap local and international travel packages and plane fares. i've tried their services many times and their service is really ok.

http://www.winlinktravel.com/

you may also call them at (632) 4041231, (632) 5255363, (632) 5225447 and look for Kuya Angelo, he's the manager.

I've called up some travel agencies here in Cebu today. They have as low as $573 via cathay pacific to SFO for January 17, then the next date with immigrant discount is Febuary 6. For the other dates you can't get discount coz i think its quite full already, about $900.

Oh I apologize for my earlier post. I just got my ticket for the 17th and the agency told me that Cathay pacific don't offer discounts for k-1 visa holders. The discount only applies to contract workers & dependents of immigrants. I had to pay $885 which i paid for last year.

You might want to look at http://www.travelph.com/ . I found them cheaper for me for my situation.

Oh, I had inquired with a travel agency also here in Cebu. The price quotation that they gave me is $915 (Cebu to JFK). :-( And that's for Feb. 23 or March 1 trip.

Hi Deezee, may I know the name of the agency that you have contacted, please. I inquired at Golden JC in Ayala.
Thanks.

Sha

I inquired with my travel agent here... It sucks to know that I have no more choices.. Since I got my ticket already and my return flight is Korean Airline.. So I am stuck to whatever price they give me..

Got my wife and daughter a quote.. From MNL - JFK

$770 for the adult
$615 for the child

Guys tell me if this is a good price?

WoW! YOu got a good price for your ticket. My wife asked abt a ticket in Angeles with Korean Airlines yesterday and they quoted her $870.. Are you also going to have your wife fly Korean "Roserick"???

No choice.. They have to.. In order for them to be with me on the return flight.. They have to fly Korean Air, cause that's my return flight..

So I should grab it?

Also what's good about Korean Airlines is there is no fee to change your dates..

Also their main office is so easy to find.. Its along Ayala Ave..

Yeah I been to their main office in Makati. Where did you find a fight from MNL to JFK so cheap? I tried calling here but no one will sell me Korean from MNL to Dallas. Wonder why?? Maybe I'll just have you purchase it there in NYC for us if that is where you purchase your wife's ticket..

I got the quote from my agency.. And yes the KAL website doesn't let you purchase tickets from MNL..

Well does prices are for my wife and daughter..

As for my ticket... I am flying NWA from JFK stop @ Minneapolis MN, then direct from MN to MNL.. Then coming back I am flying KAL..

I got my ticket from cousin's millage bonus.. She told me I can pay her when I come back when I'm ready.. Heheheheh!!

You can call them.. Here..

United Travel World Agency
718-651-7138

Ask for Goldwyn.. Tell em I recommended you..

Also there is no problem purchasing it here.. Because their going to pick it up @ the KAL office in Ayala anyways..

Cool.. Good To hear that djturbo!!

Thanks for all the travel info.

So, is it cheaper to purchase in PI or USA for 1 way ticket? Or is it the same?

I'm finding it cheaper to buy a round trip.

It depends.. In some cases it is cheaper in the Philippines due to travel agencies competition..

Or in some cases its cheaper in the US due to low seasonal fare..

Just read up on what me and djturbo discussed..

The bottom line is you gotta bargain around to find out which one is cheaper..

For Midwest and next summer-

the best I am finding online is 894$ into Chicago one way on NWA via Mobissimo and Vayama.

For David and Jenny-

Mobissimo and Vayama seem to have one-way into Tulsa for 770-850$ late Jan and early Feb.
I think it will be hard for you to do much better than that.

Yep.....just bought one, got it and she is on her way sooooooon. Vayama seemed to do the job for us