The rules and penalties for changing return dates on Philippine Airlines and other airlines (such as China Southern) frequently change. I know this because I actually book my return flights from Taiwan to USA west coast the old school way (through a Taiwanese travel agency I've been dealing with many years). They are totally honest and will tell me what if any date change penalties apply to each option before I book. Often, I use Philippine Airlines or China Southern cus they seem to have the best deals.Taco wrote:newlifeinphilippines wrote:Your getting scammed, their lying to you. The cost to get the flight changed is only 10 pesos. Air Canada only charges $50 to change a flight. You can get a return flight from Cebu to HK for less than $200. $200 is a months salary for the sales people at Philippine airlines.Taco wrote:Ghost wrote:You won't be able to trust your girlfriends family, that's true. You should have stayed in a hotel to avoid them. If you live in the Philippines with your Filipina its recommended you move to another city far from your wives family because they will cause lots of problems for you.MarcosZeitola wrote:
I didn't lose that $1000 to a scam. It was a robbery by my gf's brother. Her f***ing brother. I expect taxi drivers to be assholes, expecting 1000 php to take me 5 kilometers. But if you can't trust your gf's family? That is extreme degeneracy. Just like Ladislav said. I've told you how psychopathic and stupid my ex-gf's brother's actions were and you are still making excuses because he is a little brown asshole. f**k off.
I had problems with my wife's brother too. When he's not drunk, high on shaboo(meth) or gambling he enjoys lying, cheating and stealing in his spare time. I noticed we didn't make much money the days he worked in my wife's Sari Sari store so we stopped asking him for help. Then one day he decided it would be a good idea to charge me for 6 months back rent because he was a part owner of the house we were living in at the time, there was no rental contract. That's when I lost it.
Important safety tip, its not a good idea to start yelling or accuse Filipinos of cheating you because they will kill you if they get offended. I've seen it happen. Just walk away smiling if you can. Your in the Philippines which means you have to deal with your problems the Filipino way.
Just remember, everyone gets ripped off in the Philippines at some point. You try to keep it to a minimum but you know its going to happen. The bitch at Philippine airlines tried to charge me $200 to change my flight when it only cost $.25. A few months later that Philippines airline office closed down for some strange reason.
They always charge me 200 dollars to change my philippine airlines flight date. Thats the standard fee PLUS whatever the ticket price difference is. One time i got charge almost 600 dollars to change the return date abd add a 3 month extension. Only 300 bucks less than if i had bought a brand new one way ticket home LOL
The bitch at Philippine airlines told me Air Canada charges $200 to change my flight. I knew she was lying because Air Canada only charges $50 because I had it done before in China. I went to get the money to change my flight and when I came back a different cashier helped me and only charged me 10 pesos! I was really mad but they had armed security guards at the office so I just walked away without saying anything.
Both of these airlines have not been consistent. It seems to depend a lot on a lot of things (time of year, type of promotion they are offering, current policies, etc.) I'm always going for the bargain tickets (around NT$26,000 - 30,000 or US$86001,000) for Taipei-USA (west coast)-Taipei. Sometimes these are offered with absolutely no change of date penalties while at other times, change penalties amount to US$100-200. I always check with my agent before I book the ticket cus this is a big factor in my decision since flexibility is important to me and I sometimes will go for the somewhat more expensive airline if it offers flexibility.
I've had the same experience in the past with other airlines, even just for flights between Taipei and Bangkok. KLM used to offer total date change flexibility. Then they stopped that. Now the flight doesn't even exist anymore. There seems to be no consistency with airlines, policies, and travel destinations. Spirit of Manila then Air Asia had very cheap flights between Taipei and Clark. Without notice, both got cancelled. The whole situation with airlines seems to be in a constant state of flux.
Yes, don't yell serious accusations at locals in provinces of Philippines or anywhere there! Same goes for Thailand.