greetings to all-although registered in 2007 with only 3 posts so far im a relative 'newbie'...Hi to all-regulars or non . Ive been back in London over 2 years now & am glad to say will soon be returning to L.O.S . Im planning to take a short (1 month) side trip to Philippines for scuba diving in Jan/Feb-i wonder if anyone knows of 'budget flight tickets' to ,say,Manila from BKK or indeed other Thai airports...Air Asia only fly there from Malaysia @ 1500-1600 baht which is the kind of price that fits my budget...flights i have found direct BKK-Manila are around 250 euros-simply not an option for me.Thanks for any advice you can give

CEBU PACIFIC probably the cheapest, PAL and Kuwait Air have cheapos too, but usually only for stays of no longer than 8 or 14 days.

AIR ASIA is planning to fly from BKK to CLARK somewhere early next year, but no fixed date has been announced for that yet.

to get a one-way from KUL to Clark for 1.500/1.600 THB on AirAsia you have to be VERY LUCKY or book VERY EARLY, usually the flights from KUL to Clark are quite expensive !

and forget such fares for BKK - MNL or Clark (at least as long as AirAsia doesn't start flying from BKK to there)

Edited November 15, 200916 yr by siam2007

try momondo.com

I did a KUL to CRK and back via AirAsia recently. The low fares for advance booking are definitely available (I know 'cuz I snagged them, myself).

You might also consider AirAsia's direct flights to Tawau (from KUL) where you're only a short boat ride away from what is prolly some of the best diving in the world: Sipadan. A better choice than the P.I., IMHO.

nice one folks i'll check out the links you suggest-i just realised i made a mistake when checking fares on airasia-the fare i found was (one way) from Kota Kinabalu not Kuala Lumpur & was before the tax-the correct price would be a few baht shy of 2000 THB-double that for return...Ballzafire i hear what you're saying-it's because i got a cheap deal from a dive operator in La Union (San Fernando) @US$800 for the instuctor course-although i haven't looked into it yet, i'll warrant Philippines will be a fair bit cheaper all round than Malaysia...? & being a tight mofo on a budget,i likes cheapies -tho the more i look at it the more i realise i will spend that saving on the course just getting there anyway-might end up going back to Koh Tao

Sign up for Cebu Pacific "specials alert" I booked 3 weeks ago RT B2500 and last week they had 1/2 price deals for about B4000 but these specials only last 3 days so be prepared to move fast.

Sign up for Cebu Pacific "specials alert" I booked 3 weeks ago RT B2500 and last week they had 1/2 price deals for about B4000 but these specials only last 3 days so be prepared to move fast.

good on yer Bob