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[QUOTE=South by SW 2]I'm not getting any joy on the CP website as I try to book a flight from MNL to DVO. I keep getting a "Sorry your transaction cannot be processed at this time."

This is over two days of occasional attempts. They offer a co-branded MasterCard, which is what I am using, so I wouldn't think that would be the issue.

Has anyone else had this problem or better yet know of a solution? I guess I can call them directly.

SbySW[/QUOTE]Hi South by,

Cebu Pacific Airlines declines all bookings with international issued credit cards. You will probably have to go with another airline.

Regards,

Wazza

I think GG posted the same thing in the chat section and there are some answers there.

Most cities have college girls. Ormoc has three colleges, but they are smallish. Dumaguete, CDO, and Davao all have potential in this area. As for the first two, I was there when schools were on holiday so cannot comment. In Davao, the Galleria Hotel is near the Doctor's College and several blocks away, in the downtown area, you'll find a branch of Mindanao Uni. There is also a uni across the street from Marco Polo. In Cebu, the Diplomat Hotel is near the med school on Ramos.

I think the schools have a break in March or April as that is their "summer".

But don't limit yourself to college girls. Make yourself some cards with your number and pass them out freely. I passed out three cards at the tiny Gaisano Mall in Ormoc two weeks ago and got two responses. One resulted in a date (and she's now begging me to come back) and the second (what a body...) turned out to be a married woman, but she gave my card to a "nurse" who texted me several times after I had already left Ormoc.

I've never been to Tacloban, but you might find some reviews in the "other areas" thread. Look for posts by Mahku.

X Man


[QUOTE=Gaijin Gigolo]
Past comments from ISG that stick in my mind are 'the farther away from Angeles, the sweeter the girls are' and another comment about a university town not far from Cebu in Leyte (I think) just loaded with college girls hoping to get picked up. Ormoc City or Tacloban I think it was. Sounds like exactly what I'm after.

Again, thanks very much in advance!

Gaijin Gigolo[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Wazza88]Hi South by,

Cebu Pacific Airlines declines all bookings with international issued credit cards. You will probably have to go with another airline.

Regards,

Wazza[/QUOTE]

Waz I'd like to add that one of my credit cards is an Australian issued Citibank Visa.
It is accepted by Cebu Pacific without problem.

Cheers
Amavida

[QUOTE=Amavida]Waz I'd like to add that one of my credit cards is an Australian issued Citibank Visa.

It is accepted by Cebu Pacific without problem.

Cheers

Amavida[/QUOTE]Hi Amavida,

Hey man, how ya goin.? Cebu Pacific may possibly accept credit cards if you are enrolled in the "verified by VISA/MASTERCARD" program. I know from some of my American friends that the Cebu Pacific online booking system does not accept U.S credit cards. When you ring Cebu Pacific Manila office you will have a problem getting through and when you do get thru you just cannot make any sense from Cebu Pacific staff. This airline does offer flights at very attractive prices and are generally a lot cheaper than PAL. I will give you an example of what happened to me in January 2008. I wanted 3 tickets to Butuan in Mindanao. There was a promotion P3,500 return so I said O.K I'll have three tickets. " Sorry sir all the tickets have been sold." "Well, I'll have 3 tickets at the 'non promo' price, how much will that be?" "Sir, that will be P31,500, P10,500 each ticket." Fortunately, I was not that desperate and I did'nt go.

Cebu Pacific must be losing several hundred thousand pesos by not having an efficient online booking system. It is a pity because they have a modern fleet and offer reasonably good inflight service.

There have been instances where mongers have made succesful online bookings but this has been the exception rather than the rule.

You take care, you off soon. Where are you going this time? Hey, if you go to AC say hello to all the girls maybe you can buy them all ladies' drinks. When I get there I'll return the favour. LOL.

Have a great time, Waz.

[QUOTE=Wazza88]Cebu Pacific Airlines declines all bookings with international issued credit cards. You will probably have to go with another airline.[/QUOTE]

Amavida: I guess you have better karma than I do.

Got tired of trying, so I went with Philippine Airlines on the CheapOAir site. Ironically, they only accept US / CAN cards and addresses.

So May 5 - 17 in Davao it is.

SbySW

[QUOTE=South by SW 2]Amavida: I guess you have better karma than I do.

Got tired of trying, so I went with Philippine Airlines on the CheapOAir site. Ironically, they only accept US / CAN cards and addresses.

So May 5 - 17 in Davao it is.

SbySW[/QUOTE]

Thats very odd because up to a month ago I have been quoting an Ozzie address & using an ozzie issued Ciribank Visa card. I have done this both over the phone & on their website. maybe they suddenly changed their policy? I better check this because i use them heavily.

Amavida

[QUOTE=Wazza88]Hi Amavida,

Hey man, how ya goin.? Cebu Pacific may possibly accept credit cards if you are enrolled in the "verified by VISA/MASTERCARD" program. I know from some of my American friends that the Cebu Pacific online booking system does not accept U.S credit cards. When you ring Cebu Pacific Manila office you will have a problem getting through and when you do get thru you just cannot make any sense from Cebu Pacific staff. This airline does offer flights at very attractive prices and are generally a lot cheaper than PAL. I will give you an example of what happened to me in January 2008. I wanted 3 tickets to Butuan in Mindanao. There was a promotion P3,500 return so I said O.K I'll have three tickets. " Sorry sir all the tickets have been sold." "Well, I'll have 3 tickets at the 'non promo' price, how much will that be?" "Sir, that will be P31,500, P10,500 each ticket." Fortunately, I was not that desperate and I did'nt go.

Cebu Pacific must be losing several hundred thousand pesos by not having an efficient online booking system. It is a pity because they have a modern fleet and offer reasonably good inflight service.

There have been instances where mongers have made succesful online bookings but this has been the exception rather than the rule.

You take care, you off soon. Where are you going this time? Hey, if you go to AC say hello to all the girls maybe you can buy them all ladies' drinks. When I get there I'll return the favour. LOL.

Have a great time, Waz.[/QUOTE]

Yes Waz I have platinum cards that are in the verified by VISA/MASTERCARD program. I have been using CP routinely for several years. I just go online find the flight, make the booking & pay. They email me the ticket & boarding info. No problem. If im buying tickets for a friend or relative i just email them the ticket/boarding info, they print it out & present it to the counter at the airport. One time I went to a local office to buy a ticket, they were unable to print the ticket but it was emailed to me. I went to the airport & showed them the ticket in the email on my 3G cell phone & they let me board no problem because it they knew already that the ticketing system was borked.
If you dont have a recognised credit card, just go online find the flight booking info & them ring the call center in Cebu (not Manila) and ask for the flight using the exact details in hand. I agree that making a booking 'blind' through the call centers is very dodgy.
Try buying a ticket for a relative with PAL.. they dick you around insisting you print out & mail some stupid form.. no thanks!

Cheers mate,
Amavida

[QUOTE=South by SW 2]I'm not getting any joy on the CP website as I try to book a flight from MNL to DVO. I keep getting a "Sorry your transaction cannot be processed at this time."

This is over two days of occasional attempts. They offer a co-branded MasterCard, which is what I am using, so I wouldn't think that would be the issue.

Has anyone else had this problem or better yet know of a solution? I guess I can call them directly.

SbySW[/QUOTE]

Haven't tried booking with CP yet, but last year I tried booking a flight with Air Asia from BKK to PNP. Had problems at first, then called my CC company and asked them to ok the booking. Went through pretty easy after that. Worth a try for the cheap prices CP offers. Later, SB

[QUOTE=Saibb]Haven't tried booking with CP yet, but last year I tried booking a flight with Air Asia from BKK to PNP. Had problems at first, then called my CC company and asked them to ok the booking. Went through pretty easy after that. Worth a try for the cheap prices CP offers. Later, SB[/QUOTE]That's a good idea Saibb. I've used my card pretty widely internationally, but never in the PI. I just assumed the problem was more general than just my transaction.

Unfortunately, I've already booked my current trip so I won't be able to test your solution -- unless I do a side trip from Davao.

SbySW

There is alot of airlines like Cebu Pacific and Tiger Airways and Air Asia where for some reason can't book from the USA and use credit card.

I'm not sure why, but you can call them and do it really easy over the phone.

I just booked with Tiger Airways and very easy on the phone to get booked.

Hey mates, I'll be in Angeles May 1. 11.

My cousin is showing up on May 5, but until then I'll be running around solo.

If anyone is in town and is up to party it up. Let me know.

What's the phone number?

[QUOTE=Amavida]If you dont have a recognised credit card, just go online find the flight booking info & them ring the call center in Cebu (not Manila) and ask for the flight using the exact details in hand. I agree that making a booking 'blind' through the call centers is very dodgy.
Try buying a ticket for a relative with PAL.. they dick you around insisting you print out & mail some stupid form.. no thanks!

Cheers mate,
Amavida[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=X Man]What's the phone number?[/QUOTE]

Manila Office: +63-2-70-20-888

Cebu Office: +63-32-230-8888

The problem is with the credit card company NOT Cebu Pacific.
For instance many aussie credit card issuers absolutely will not honor any transaction in Malaysia - period. They say too much fraud.
As one of the other posters said call your credit card company & get them to allow transactions with CP.
One of the reasons I bank with Citibank is hasslle free world wide & the other is no fees. Something Aussies have to suffer from their local banks.

Amavida

[QUOTE=Amavida]Manila Office: +63-2-70-20-888

Cebu Office: +63-32-230-8888

The problem is with the credit card company NOT Cebu Pacific.

For instance many aussie credit card issuers absolutely will not honor any transaction in Malaysia - period. They say too much fraud.

As one of the other posters said call your credit card company & get them to allow transactions with CP.

One of the reasons I bank with Citibank is hasslle free world wide & the other is no fees. Something Aussies have to suffer from their local banks.

Amavida[/QUOTE]Hello Amavida,

I'm sorry mate but I have to disagree with you when you say that the credit card companies are to blame when Cebu Pacific does not accept online booking transactions. A friend of mine in the U.S after waiting on hold for 40 minutes, yes 40 minutes and paying with a debit card. He receives an email telling him they don't accept debit cards for telephone transactions. Please call back with credit card details which they don't accept anyway. Cebu Pacific has its head office in Manila and the call centre is in Cebu. It does not matter which number you ring you will not get any satisfaction. It would appear that Cebu Pacific is managed by morons.

In any inefficient and poorly managed system-you will always find errors creeping in, as in the few cases where international credit cards are actually accepted by the Cebu Pacific online booking system. THIS IS NOT THE NORM. Where some bookings do slip thru the net of incompetence this is merely due to good luck than good management. If one booking does make it -there would be several thousand that did not.

Regards and thank your mother for the rabbits.

[QUOTE=Wazza88]Hello Amavida,

I'm sorry mate but I have to disagree with you when you say that the credit card companies are to blame [/QUOTE]

Fair enough, sorry to hear you are having so much trouble when I have not.
You better do something else then I guess.

Take care
Amavida