Saw some cheap flights via Philippine Airlines and wondering what the experience is like? Look no further, here you go.....
I’m taking Phillipine Airlines to Hong Kong from YVR and currently in the airport in Manila. This is on my experience in the airline. Honestly, I had no expectations because I got this flight for $768 last minute including taxes off of Expedia.ca and it was the cheapest flight. I have a 7 hour layover which explains why I have time to blog and 2 hour layover for on the way back.
Our flight was at 1:25AM so I checked in the night before (painfully staying up until 1:25AM the night before so that I could attempt to get seats next to my awesome travel buddy my brother. I was unable to check in online on mobile so had to get out of bed and turn my laptop on to check in. By the time I got this done, I only had one choice left for the last two seats that were together - the very last row. I didn’t think much of it and went ot work the next day.
When we arrived at the airport it was AWESOME that we did online check in because there is an expedited line and we did not have to wait long to check our bag - first checked bag FREE. We had no problem easy peasy and went through security. On the flight, shortly after we took off we had our first dinner meal. Honestly I was so glad that I had a meal at 6pm and another snack at 9pm because the food tasted like cardboard. I was pretty excited when I opened it because it was seafood pasta with brocoli and carrots, but I took one bite and knew that it would not be edible. I opted not to eat it.
I slept for a bit and watched The Huntsman on the My Pal entertainment system which was better than I expected. There was a remote control that was removable and it was easy to use and had no lag in navigating the menu to select movies. The movies were a bit outdated but still had classic blockbuster movies that you probably have not had time to watch yet. Later though I found out my brother had a faulty system that kept restarting so I let him watch off my screen to let him finish his movie that he spent almost 4 hours watching since he had to keep selecting and fast forwarding to his movie painfully every time it reset.
Next came the grilled cheese sandwhich when I was alseep. I’m not sure if it was because I was so hungry, but even though it wasn’t hot and melty - cold since I woke up much later to eat it - I managed to stomach it down.
I also forgot to mention, even though our seats were near the washroom, there more space in the back to lean back and relax. The only big cavaet was how COLD it was! I have a hoodie on and it was so cold that I also requested two blankets for my legs (my generous bro gave me his so I could double up) and I also had my tri-climate Northface to cover up my top body because it was so bloody cold!!!
Lastly, came the breakfast about 2 hours before landing. It was the only edible meal that I could handle. There was boiled turkey sausage with a bit of beans and scrambled eggs (not sure if it was real eggs). With tater tots (they were cold). There is also no Coca Cola on this flight, only Pepsi.
Overall, other than it being super cold and the food being pretty terrible, for a budget airline, we landed 1 hour ahead of schedule and now I’m in the transit area which has a shower, TV, free Wifi, sleeping area and lots of plugs for you to do whatever you please so I am ok!
