Makati

[Socker]

Despite my post #5823, we are still getting airline fees and routes discussed on the Makati thread.

FWIW, I dropped into Rogues last Friday night which, for those who are unsure about Makati, is near the Makati Avenue end of Burgos Street.

Nice line-up. Friendly girls. San Migs at 70 php per bottle. Very cold too (as I like it). It was fun. I left after an enjoyable 2 hours.

No mongering data to report because I did not avail of the options.

Since I'll be roaming Burgos St in a couple of weeks I appreciate the very few who have solid ground intel.

RK you are in the minority here (guys w logic) and my upcoming trip will be better because you know what the Makati Forum is about.

Cheers. Your mini report sounds good although they (BGs) tend to swarm you in Rogues. Those BGs each take a section of your body and start working on it. The one who's handling your junk usually wins the prize.

[Red Kilt]

Despite my post #5823, we are still getting airline fees and routes discussed on the Makati thread.

FWIW, I dropped into Rogues last Friday night which, for those who are unsure about Makati, is near the Makati Avenue end of Burgos Street.

Nice line-up. Friendly girls. San Migs at 70 php per bottle. Very cold too (as I like it). It was fun. I left after an enjoyable 2 hours.

No mongering data to report because I did not avail of the options.

[Lefeu]

Only airline which has non stop flights to Manila is Philippines airlines. They do not fly every day last I checked. Besides fare is lot more than other one stop airlines. Best are Eva air and Cathay pacific. Short hop from Taipei and Hkg. Service is still good on Eva but gone down a tad on Cathay.

They are also usually the least expensive, and they offer attractive upgrade to business class at the gate. I took advantage of that a couple of times.

[Sammon]

LA, San Fran and New York have non stop flights to Manila. Don't think there's any other US city that has non stop flights to Manila.

Only airline which has non stop flights to Manila is Philippines airlines. They do not fly every day last I checked. Besides fare is lot more than other one stop airlines. Best are Eva air and Cathay pacific. Short hop from Taipei and Hkg. Service is still good on Eva but gone down a tad on Cathay.

[Breadman]

Give me some cities that have non stop flights to Manila. From here (Texas) flights include two or three stop overs making trip much longer than it needs to be. Thanks. FT.

LA, San Fran and New York have non stop flights to Manila. Don't think there's any other US city that has non stop flights to Manila.

[Bushes]

Darn. So close but not cigar. My assistant backed out when she saw the "MNL" I wrote on one side of her globes. I even picked up a sewing kit from a hotel this week in order to make a visual illustration, backed with photos, to put in the photo gallery. She first said it was ticklish and then started freaking out. Ugh. Took a while to calm her down and convince her I am not weird and was just playing around with those twin beauties for the sake of science.

Have you measured it?

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[Dg8787]

The material in these posts bears no relationship to Makati at all.

Some of the posters are those who often criticize others for being "off-topic".

Can't wait for post #5828 to finish around the world by straight line string discussions.

[Bushes]

For some reason, my 2 multiparagraph responses to your post both did not appear; the second one when the first one did not appear. It has to do with old school sting theory. As is thread!

KG, your mailbox is full. LOL!

How do you know that your globe is not an oblate spheroid?

Have you measured it?

Have another beer.

[Red Kilt]

The material in these posts bears no relationship to Makati at all.

Some of the posters are those who often criticize others for being "off-topic".

[Kabul Guy]

Well, we all know that the world is not a perfect sphere like a globe so a string might not work is the distances and close. Off for beer to calm my OCD.

.

How do you know that your globe is not an oblate spheroid?

Have you measured it?

Have another beer.

[Wicked Roger]

Roger,

Do these also include the budget carriers, Air Asia, Cebu Pacific and the like? The consolidators that I use don't and for me the budget carriers offer the best routes as well as the best price. That's why I double check on Wiki. Yes it's another step but it ensure all airline options are checked.

Saw the FR Gofering but I search all those as some of the web site exclude certain airlines. So some won have Air Asia or CPac for example.

I also see the carriers and check on that carrier web site to see if any promos IE cheaper fare (sometimes I get lucky). As you know I fly a lot and I do this all the time so am used to this and I find that 10 ins of searching I can find all I need.

Very much like RTFF here if you make time to do it and don't just keep asking LOL.

[Goferring]

Roger,

Do these also include the budget carriers, Air Asia, Cebu Pacific and the like? The consolidators that I use don't and for me the budget carriers offer the best routes as well as the best price. That's why I double check on Wiki. Yes it's another step but it ensure all airline options are checked.

I stand corrected. Skyscsnner includes the Budget carriers. At least the ones I use. 👍.

[Eszpresszo]

Roger,

Do these also include the budget carriers, Air Asia, Cebu Pacific and the like? The consolidators that I use don't and for me the budget carriers offer the best routes as well as the best price. That's why I double check on Wiki. Yes it's another step but it ensure all airline options are checked.

I found my from KUL to DPS on Skyscanner, because they did specifically have Air Asia flights dominating the flight options. Though the actual operators of the flights were Batik and Malindo. That's where things get complicated. But, also note that Skyscanner is not a consolidator, rather it is a "travel fare aggregator website and travel metasearch engine". Same goes for Momondo. The best use of these sites is to direct you to the consolidators for the best flights or better yet, the actual airlines when they have competitive fares on their own sites. But, you are correct to do all your homework to see what options the metasearch engines might not have looked at.

[PinaLove]

Roger,

Do these also include the budget carriers, Air Asia, Cebu Pacific and the like? The consolidators that I use don't and for me the budget carriers offer the best routes as well as the best price. That's why I double check on Wiki. Yes it's another step but it ensure all airline options are checked.

I'm a fan of skyscanner. That site I'll often include the LCC (low cost carriers) but not always. Into / out of clark I will often see options for Scoot and Cebu Pacific.

The options are growing for CRK.

Also another thing in your mix the road trip from MNL to AC can be used as just an extension of your flight. Sometimes it is harder to co-ordinate a trip to land into CRk where as once on the ground and in the car from MNL to AC you can be on the sites and texting. If you are also travelling on business then this time in the car can be the time to catch upon work emails form when you were out of contact.

[Goferring]

Or try sites such as Skyscanner, Amadeus, Fareboom, GotoGate. Easy, simple, fast and you can sort by airline, by time of journey, by number of stops / direct. Can't see the difficulty in this. Some people like to make complication Goferring LOL.

Roger,

Do these also include the budget carriers, Air Asia, Cebu Pacific and the like? The consolidators that I use don't and for me the budget carriers offer the best routes as well as the best price. That's why I double check on Wiki. Yes it's another step but it ensure all airline options are checked.