Women are an expensive hobby.
Red Kilt started this conversation and there's been mostly good info. My two yen.
Last month I negotiated an EDSA gal down to 1k and she stayed all night. In the end I fed her a midnight snack and breakfast, and added some small bills for taxi, so I was at about the 1. 5k that RK suggests. I should warn newbies that this is below what EDSA girls expect.
She had small breasts and, according to her, she'd worked there a week, needed money, and no one was bfing her because of her itty bitty titties. I might add that there were stretch marks, but she had a pretty face. She was also charming and had enough English to keep me interested.
About five years ago the fine body of one of my EDSA girls graced the ISG photo thread. 1k and she stayed three days. Later, she found a fiance, but I fkd her again in her province. Again 1k, and she gave me good advice about an online gal,"the girl giving you the virgin story is bola bola." So I invited the "virg" to Bohol and and sure enough she fkd me silly. The last I heard from the EDSA treasure, she was working in a fast food restaurant somewhere in the US of A.
One of my favorite little girls from an Erik bar in Cebu is not working now. She demands 3k if we meet again. Orig. I paid barfine and 1k and got some nice pics. I tried to reason with her, but she just got abusive. But two or three times a week I get the ymess ding from her. I did her sis too, but she was worthless. WR, you remember those two at the opening party of Red Lips?
I'm starting to ramble, better quit now. X
Exchange Rates Cebu Pacific
[QUOTE=Gangles; 1266367]It looks at first glance that Cebu Pacific really ripped off GE for his 1, 000 peso fare to be inflated to 8, 000. I find it hard to believe.
When I am in the Phils, I fly Cebu Pacific much more than the other airlines, because of its better scheduling. The model that Cebu Pacific is using is pretty standard for all low cost discount airlines. That is, you initially pay for the seat, and that is all that you get. If you want more, then you pay for it. So if you are prepared to fly with only carry-on baggage, and sit where the computer puts you, and neither eat nor drink, then you do travel cheaply. If you want the extras, then the price rises.
However, at no time does the airline deliberately hide the costs that you are incurring. And at one point, it asks you to verify the data so far.
Also, the airline provides seats at a sliding scale of prices. If you book far enough ahead, you get seats at the lowest prices. As these are all sold, then the next seats are sold at the next highest price. Etc. If you book a day or two in advance, it is likely that you will be paying the full fare. There are lots of bargains out there for the flyer who can plan and book well in advance, and is prepared to fly "bare bones".
It seems to me that maybe GE has made his reservation in the same way that he has done in the past with full fare carriers, like PAL. These carriers assume that you want everything, and charge you accordingly. So if you are not carrying any baggage, you are still charged for it. If you do not want to eat or drink, too bad, you already pay for it. Etc etc.
So maybe GE was not paying careful attention to what was happening with his fare, and was not carefully reading the questions that he was being asked about which add-ons he did or did not want. Every step, every add-on is displayed, with the cost, and the option to buy or decline. So maybe he will be more careful next time.
However, I am pissed off at the exchange rate that the airline used. Maybe someone with some time to spare could choose one day, and go to each airline in turn and ask them what rate they are using for that day. It would be an interesting comparison. And would give some hard facts rather than our suppositions.
So maybe a good lesson for all travelers to be a bit more careful when buying tickets over the internet for a discount airline.
As an aside, Air Asia have extended that model to apply it to their chain of discount hotels. Tune Hotels. When you initially book a room, you pay a low price, but the room is all that you get, with towels and soap. If you want air conditioning, you pay. If you want TV, you pay. If you want internet, you pay. The rooms are small, immaculately clean, everything works, and the WIFI is pretty fast. And it is spreading pretty quickly across Asia. Some time ago, the CEO of Air Asia was riding with me, and he explained the business model. Pretty impressive. Starts with micro analysis of every source of costs, and devising the lowest cost way to deliver. Step by step. As he stepped me through it, I was thinking about the opposition, the full cost airlines. They are actually astonishingly wasteful, and the customer is paying for the waste.
Enough from me,
G.[/QUOTE]I bought a Cebu Pacific ticket with a foreign credit card at the ticket office at Manila terminal 3. I was pleased that the staff asked if I would like to be charged in Peso or US Dollars (I have a US Dollar credit card). I of course said pay in Peso as that means that the exchange rate is not determined by Cebu Pacific, but my the card issuing bank. It is now common, especially in Thailand, to try and charge in the foreign currency. In that case the seller side establishes a usually rubbish rate. Conclusion: when you had over your credit card for any major purchase, emphasize that you want to be card charged in LOCAL CURRENCY.
