Breakfast at Cafe France / Philippine Airlines A320-200

I bought my promo fare ticket going to cebu at the website of PAL last February and it costs me  around P2,400 or around $58 which is very very cheap considering a budget airline would normally costs same round trip fare ticket. I'm very pleased in what San Miguel Corp. is doing to win back the loyalty of passengers to PAL. 

NAIA T2 can be very congested especially during morning flights between 6am-10am. It was a big "Ugghh" upon enter NAIA T2. There are so many people standing in line to check in, to pay terminal fee, security check, Lines everywhere! it gets frustrating when you woke up early and haven't eaten your breakfast just to get to your gate but problem is: you have to go stand in line to different points just to get to your gate. When you get to your gate waiting seats are full. A big  UGGH!

Good thing our flight has no line, Check in was a breeze! after 5 min, and viola! check in!

What I like about PAL domestic is that you can ask the check in counter for seats near the front. 

Stand in line again for security

A PAL A330-300

Inflight Meal. So So sad. 

Good thing i bought a chicken salad from Cafe France at the airport. The salad was very ordinary considering the price was not that cheap. I wish Cafe France would do something about this.

Chunky Chicken Sandwich: I chose croissant bread since it's my fave and i love eating croissant bread when hot. The sandwich was pretty good and yummy. The filling was enough not to thick and not to thin, it was a little thick and very chunky indeed.

PAL's new A320-200 with new Recaro Seats. I can still smell it's factory smell.

I was so surprised that they provide inflight entertainment! I think this was Glee Season 2 or the Glee: Rocky Horror Picture Show. I was so impressed with PAL. That's why i never fly budget. 

landing at Mactan Cebu Airport

I'm always loyal to PAL, That's why i convert all my points to miles. Considering it's competitive price against budget carriers, and after horrid experience with cebu pacific, I vow never to fly budget again. But unfortunately, I'm booked for Hong Kong on October via AirAsia, and Bacolod via SeaAir. let's see if I'll be able to go back to Manila alive. :)

PAL Inflight Meal BKK - MNL

11:35pm trip back to manila (i was excited to go back because i miss my bed, i miss free wifi - in bangkok, there are no free wifi especially in malls)

Menu:

1) Beef Stew

2) Chicken Afritada

I was hungry that night because i wasn't able to take a heavy dinner due to the heat of the city (BKK is a whopping 39 degrees, Manila is only 33) 

My Meal was so sad compared to my MNL-BKK trip, I only had a chicken meat that is as big as a regular spoon. But my parents gave me their food because they ate prior to going to the airport (they ordered beef stew) The taste was ok nothing special, but it was more than enough rather than you but in some other restaurants. I was happy that the bread bun was there again! the  chicken was soft and the rice was a little bit hard but it was snow white (by the way, rice was more than the meat). the vegetables was too soft, i find it hard to eat. 

The Beef stew was great! soft, very very savory and easy to eat.

The appetizer was good! Tuna with winged beam wrapped in fresh lettuce.

then a coconut jelly yum!!

I thought the dessert was the coco jelly but again another surprise thai magnolia chocolate bits ice cream!! YUM!

again, solid as a rock. hahaha

Inflight move: Big Miracle 

PAL Inflight Meal MNL-BKK

After almost 3 weeks, I Finally able to open my blog.

After months of disappointment from the flooding of bangkok, our trip finally cam to push trough.

PAL Economy Food Manila-Bangkok (3 hours and 30 min)

Aircraft: Boeing A340-300 (twin aisle)

I was worried that the flight would be delayed. fortunately it was on time! looking forward to my next trip via  PAL to Cebu on july. :)

Menu:

1) Chicken Inasal

2) Steam Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce.

Again due to some advises that never choose fish food from airline, I ordered the local fave dish of man filipinos: Chicken Inasal.

The Meal was HOT. I'm so curios on how they make the food very hot despite the many passengers that will be served. anyways, the chicken was tender, the rice was soft, the inasal was very flavorful and no need for sauce. the vegetables was fantastic as ever. it doesn't have those charcoal flavor that you can taste in some normal inasal, maybe they cooked this in oven or something. i love it!

The Bread was phenomenal. this was the highlight of my meal. the bun was fresh, it has walnuts, raisins, it was thick and soft. it was oh soooooo gooood! i wonder who made this bun. i have to know! unfortunately, i wasn't able to ask the stewardess.

Apetizer: mixed vegetables (olive, cucumber, ham, bell pepper, and some sauce) it was very very good! at first, i was skeptical to eat the dish because of it's presentation but i tried it eventually and did not regret the thing! :)

I was worried that i can't drink alcohol for the next 5 days, but luckily PAL gives free alcoholic beverages (beer or wine) i was so happy to see a bottle of red wine, and so i did ordered one. :)

i thought after the wine, the meal is done but i was shocked when the flight attendant gave us these free Arce Dairy ice cream. I dislike avocado flavor. i hate it. but it was part of what i paid for and out of curiosity, i want to know what's the taste. the taste was weird, truly weird. It didn't taste avocado, but it tasted like pistachios. so so weird, then again due to the absence of avocado flavor, i finish that darn thing.

it was solid hard like a rock.

Spacious! More leg room! :)

Inlfight Movie: Hugo

I wast munching while watching a good movie with a very comfortable spacious seat going to Bangkok. I'm very loyal to PAL due to it's quality service and competitive price and since all my milage is with PAL. i never disappointed with their service (oh wait some of the Flight Attended never smiled.)

PAL Inflight Meal MNL-SNG

It's so sad that PAL has labor problems.

it also affects their catering service. we were served with "lunchbox" type. disappointing.

"lunch box" from PAL (dried fruit candies / mamon roll / crackers)

Menu: Sweet and Sour Fish / Chicken Terriyaki

I chose chicken because I'm not sure about the fish quality. Some people advised me not to choose fish because of it's quality and cooking preparations.

The chicken terriyaki was painfully sad. although the meat is cooked properly and it's not too soft and the taste quality is very sad. however, i have to commend the vegetables (carrots, chayote, green beans) were cooked properly. the vegetables were firm and not very soft (i hate soft vegetables, to me it's hard to swallow and chew). the rice is snow white but hard again, sad sad meal.

I think all these brouhaha of labor problems with PAL affected all flight services. but despite all these, I'm still loyal with PAL.

But the inflight movie made my trip very relaxing.

Harry Potter 7ish (this was the last part)

Why Fly PAL:

Pros:

1) It has wide space (more leg room rather than competing local airlines) it has 32 inch space.
2) Only local airline who has their own terminal (Terminal 2 is exclusive for PAL).
3) Only local airline who gives full meal (international) / snacks (domestic) flights.
4) Inlfight Movie (international) from the recent movies that was shown.
5) Service is a real quality

Cons:

1) I don't think delayed flights are so much of a con (well, because of the congestion in NAIA) but of course, it's very painful and annoying to be stuck at the airport.
2) Attitude from their Flight Attendants - Not to generalize them, but over the past years PAL FAs was tagged to be dismissive and sometimes discriminating people according to their looks.

All these Pros and Cons was dully experienced since i was flying with them at the age of 7.

Prices: Pal prices are very competitive nowadays. not many people know but PAL is cheaper than budget carriers. ex. Cebu Pacific costs 3,500 (w/o luggage, w/o meals, smaller legroom space, no inflight movie) although i have to commend their FAs, they were all friendly and you can feel the true service w/o just being professional.

I think PAL should give me free flights! haha