Thread: Easiest way to Manila?

Originally Posted by Superkona

Hmm, I would love a nonstop. But the only thing I can find with pal is through Guam. Maybe I'm not seeing it. Any ideas?

Really? i don't know. The last time I tried this angle was when I got stuck in MNL trying to come back. I tried PAL but they were booked to the max too. They had (2) 747's going to LAX every day. Believe it or not, I ended up taking the island hopper MNL-GUM-HNL-IAH. This was over three years ago, so maybe things have changed, I don't know. I find it hard to believe that PAL doesn't go directly to LAX or SFO or vice versa non stop. You must be viewing it wrong. Go to the Pal web site. If you can't figure out the schedule just give them a call. They have offices in California. If you going via IAH, connecting IAH-NRT-MNL is not that bad when the loads are good. NRT is a bit wierd, nobody speaks English there, but you can negotiate through it. If you are nonreving it, the IAH-HNL-GUM-MNL can be long and tough. With our previous airline, if we originated from IAH, you could not get bumped by another NR getting on say in HNL or GUM going to MNL. Through nonrevers had priority. I guess this prevented norevers from being stuck in GUM or HNL when they needed to get across the Pacific. Now under the new merger, no such thing. You just get bumped regardless. None of that sort of security anymore. (Not to mention competing with everyone elses travel significant others and their famiies for a seat.) Haven't experienced UAL travel yet but its just around the corner when I travel the next time.

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