Popular Post BrettGC Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) So other than the perfect storm of shit that the PI embassy in Canberra combined with Australia Post created, a bureaucratic nightmare , I finally have my passport with 9a visa in my hand despite receiving notification of approval of said visa over a month ago... Anyway, a story for another time. Booking my flights the other day, and I naturally went for Singapore Airlines as I have Kris Flyer points out the ying yang. Keeping a close eye on the prices, Singapore Air stayed pretty constant at about $AUD1700 one way Sydney -> Singapore -> Manila and they'd cancelled all flights out of Brisbane; whatever, $AUD44 one way from the Gold Coast to Sydney at the moment. PAL were anywhere between $AUD1750-1900 from Sydney direct to Manila. Anyway, Singapore Air have cancelled all flights from Singapore to Manila until the 14th of Feb as of Saturday, unless you'd already booked. So conceding defeat I booked PAL but tried a little experiment: I put in Syd -> Manila -> Hong Kong as I need a throwaway even on a 9a as things stand at the moment. For those that don't know, the 9a works exactly the same as the visa on arrival used to, but rather than 3 years, it's 2 with extensions to be filed at least 7 days prior to expiry. Guess what? $AUD1576 in total, a saving of about $AUD200-300 with the added leg rather than just to Manila. Anyway, posted for those that may come after and worth investigating when it's your time to book. Edited January 4, 2022 by BrettGC 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted January 4, 2022 Posted January 4, 2022 6 hours ago, BrettGC said: So conceding defeat I booked PAL but tried a little experiment Probably too late now and from another topic regarding quarantine hotels. Did you look at PALs package deals for flight and quarantine hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettGC Posted January 4, 2022 Author Posted January 4, 2022 5 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said: Probably too late now and from another topic regarding quarantine hotels. Did you look at PALs package deals for flight and quarantine hotel? No, forgot. Now you mention it I might try to link it via booking number. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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