Just went back from a business trip in Manila.
And after several considerations, and due to its affordability, I opted to try cebupacific last thursday. Their fare is not only cheap, but its also the cheapest alternative in case you become budget concious specially these hard times.
I went to NAIA3 airport 3 hours early, and I can surely tell, that Its not a waste of money to spend on this airport, it got the touch of HKIA,CHUBU,NARITA and I guess they copied from these airports based from the primary structural design, but the only thing i didnt like are the bathroom and the food court, Imagine eating at Jollibee on an airport chair!!! The bathroom reminds me of the old theaters and bathrooms along the old buildings of escolta and makati (you have to see it to get my point).
My flight is around 2PM and the plane departed exactly on that hour. Just 30 minutes after the take-off, I already started my movie marathon , which I selected weeks before this trip, but suddenly, the unthinkable happened, we got in to a pretty nasty AIR PACKET! , and sure thing, some of us almost flew (not literally) but good thing we have all our seatbelts on, and after 2 minutes the pilot informed us that we will be coming back to NAIA 3 since the indicator of the plane door is blinking. We went back, and techicians were all around the plane checking the door and testing it, some of the passengers are already inquiring how serious the problem is, but the good thing is that the PILOT and the CREWS are pretty calm which is very important to avoid miscommunication which could lead to panic, although I'm just waiting for a violent reaction fro a passenger which will request a new plane, hehehheh.
The delay in my trip cost around 2 hours , and almost not getting the last train trip upto my place, good thing I had PLAN B , which is to take the fastest trips available on that specific time.
I hope that with this experience, you will not have second thoughts on riding cebupacific, although I should remind you that they dont have a free meal on board and you have to buy a drink for Php 50.00 and food/snack for Php 100.00 which is a pretty good deal also!
