AirPhil Express Valentine's Day Promo

AirPhil Express makes Valentine's Day more special for travelers because they just announced their newest promos for this month.

This Valentine's Day treat are the 488 pesos promo fare for Cebu, Iloilo and Zamboanga routes; and the 788 pesos promo fare for selected routes from Manila.

The 488 pesos promo fare includes the following routes:

1. Cebu to Butuan, Davao, General Santos, Puerto Princesa, and Tacloban. 

2. Zamboanga to Davao, Jolo, and Tawi-Tawi. 

3. Iloilo to Cagayan de Oro

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The 788 promo fare of AirPhil Express for flights from Manila to Cagayan de Oro and Cotabato. 

Selling period for this promo is from Frebuary 15 - February 17 2013 and only applicable for travel period from April 1 to May 31, 2013.

Take note that the fares on this promo does not include the fuel surcharge (ranging from 280 pesos to 448 pesos), aviation security fee (17 pesos), 12% value added tax (VAT) calculated from the base fare, ticketing service charge (140 pesos), and domestic passenger service charge (200 pesos) for travelers departing from Manila.

So, what are you waiting for? Go now to AirPhil Express website and avail of their Valentine's Day treat.

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AirPhil Express Promo for the Summer

It is just the start of the year but AirPhil Express already had promo fares for the upcoming summer.

AirPhil Express just announced 298 Pesos promo fares for flights from Manila to the different destinations in Luzon. The travel period for this AirPhil Express promo is from May 01 to July 31, 2013. You can only book this promo fare from 04 to 06 of January 2013.

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Here are the flights that are included in the promo with the numbewr of available seats that are up for grab:

Manila to Busuanga – 197 seats

Busuanga to Manila – 123 seats

Manila to Legazpi – 807 seats

Legazpi to Manila -  797 seats

Manila to Masbate – 856 seats

Masbate to Manila – 821 seats

Manila to Naga – 847 seats

Naga to Manila - 824 seats

Manila to Puerto Princesa – 696 seats

Puerto Princesa to Manila – 612 seats

Manila to Tuguegarao – 953 seats

Tuguegarao to Manila – 934 seats

So, what are you waiting for? Go to the AirPhil Express website now and get that promo flight!

Enjoy the summer.

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The Problem with AirPhilippines

“You need a credit card to avail of our promo fare.” - this is the explanation of the AirPhilippines call center representative when I asked them why I can't book for their 888-peso promo flight. This answer made me feel frustrated and caused me to book online at Cebu Pacific airline.

My beloved ask me to help her book a flight from Iloilo to Davao last month. She specifically told me that I book the cheapest flight that I could find because her budget is limited. The flight is for her parents (and my future in laws), who are now going home for their short vacation from Iloilo. Following her instructions strictly, I searched for cheap flights from all the budget airlines in the Philippines. I am fortunate to find an 888-peso promo fare from AirPhilippines, which prompted me to book through the AirPhilippines website. Everything is OK until I reached the “Payment Options” page where I discovered that the only available payment option is through credit card. The bad thing is that I don't have a credit card because I avoid having one.

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I called the AirPhilippines hotline to book the 888-peso promo flight. The call center representative told me that I am not allowed to reserve for 888-peso promo fare. Only the regular (and more expensive) fares are the only available ones available for those who doesn't have credit cards.

AirPhilippines promo fares are not open for the general public. I believe that this is the reason why AirPhilippines lags behind Cebu Pacific. AirPhilippines promo fares are only available to credit card users while Cebu Pacific promo fares can be availed by anyone. Cebu Pacific allows anyone to book their cheapest fares and still give them the chance to pay through credit card or payment centers like LBC and Banco de Oro.

It is understandable that AirPhilippines is reducing the risk of unpaid booking reservations for its promo fares. This is the possible reason why they only allow credit card users to avail the AirPhilippines promo fares. This is good protection for the airline but it causes frustrated clients like me to book flights in Cebu Pacific.

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