Filipino hospitality.
Written: Mar 23 '02 (Updated Sep 26 '04)
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Pros: Uniquely Filipino, cheap, direct flights.
Cons: Schedules, frequency of flights.
The Bottom Line: Right price for service.
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| bongnpinoy's Full Review: Philippine Airlines |
One of the many things I have realized about traveling to the Philippines is the feeling I receive when entering a plane. This may not make sense to non-Filipinos, but I actually have this emotional excitement upon enter PAL. I feel as if I've enter the Philippines already once on the plane, can't explain it, it just doesn't feel the same with other airlines. Perhaps, it's the sight of Filipino passengers on board, or hearing the flight attendant speaking Tagalog... whatever it is... it's worth it.
I can honestly say that I have never experience any bad service from any airline, thank goodness! This is why I often base my decisions of which airline to choose on comfort, and value. Philippine Airline in the end tops my list. Although flights to Manila from Honolulu can be $50 to $70 more compared to Japan, China, Continental, and Korean airlines, the difference in price is worth the direct flights Philippine Airline exclusively offers.
Another plus is the plane are actually new. There's no broken buttons, rip blankets, graffities, latrines are clean and such. The flight attendants are well-mannered with a sense of that wonderful Filipino-Hospitality. Food is great, but It would be nice if they offered Filipino foods instead - maybe a bibinka or a lumpia on the side would be nice.
Economically, choosing Philippine Airline, a Philippine company, would be helping our own people back home. Why spend your money on a foreign airline, whose country of origin is wealthy, when our/former country is so poor it needs every single support it can get. Choosing Philippine Airline, or any other Philippine company, means more jobs for poor Filipinos in the impoverish Philippines.
Recommended:
Yes
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Epinions.com ID:
bongnpinoy
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Member: Moreland Nagal
Location: Honolulu, Hi, U.S.A.
Reviews written: 23
Trusted by: 2 members
About Me:
Twenty-years-old college student originally from the Philippines -- U.S. Army Reservist.
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