When is the cheapest time to fly to Manila from SFO while the kids are on vacation from school? How much? ?

Question

We plan to fly a family of 4 (2 adults + 2 school kids, 9 and 4) from San Francisco (USA) to Manila. Intended duration of vacation: 3 weeks.

When is the cheapest time to fly to Manila while the kids are on vacation from school?

If you have flown before with similar scenario, how much did you spend per person?

Answer 1

mostly spring break.. March or april. But you can also go around aug the prices then drops. Forget june-july or around christmas too expensive. If you are willing for your kids to be absent couple of days you can fly towards the end of May prices still low around that time.

I went to Phil last year aug 21 and came back sept 6 my son was absent for a wk but it was ok i got some notes from doc in the Phil which was very easy to get hehe. Fare cost me $809 and $606 for my minor son w tax included round trip Philippine airlines. I went home this year June 25 and came back aug 7 cost me $1,296 and my son $972 w tax included PAL. Big difference!  Goodluck and happy trip!

Answer 2

Summer vacation is usually high season to fly back to the Philippines. Have you tried consolidators? Google airline consolidators and check. Try Happy Sun Travel (based on So. Calif.) their prices on PAL was cheaper than on PAL's website. But then, I'm flying on low season - January, 2009. Good luck!

Also check on Filipino newspapers - they have tickets posted in their ads by diff't travel agents.

Answer 3

if you browse PHILIPPINE AIRLINES website you will find discounts fare and they have cheaper fare from sfo to mnl flight.

if you decided to fly back on nov. 1 adult or round trip cost about $1200 they also has shorter flights.

also try travel agents [not the one on line] you will find them cheaper esp. if you booked them in advance.

Answer 4

That's peak season here and back in the states and the airlines know it. Expect to spend $1,400 to $1,800 per person for a r/t ticket. Best you can do is book in advance before June 1st when the rates typically increase.