Long day for a short flight

21 May 2008

We had been booked to fly from Cebu to Hong Kong non-stop today on Cebu Pacific Air, a three hour flight. Unfortunately the flight was cancelled … but fortunately I had by chance stumbled on the cancellation just before we left Auckland and managed to rebook on connecting flights through Manila at no charge, but stretching the journey time to 7 hours.  I suppose such schedule changes should be expected when one books nine months ahead to get cheap fares!

But today, our first flight (Cebu – Manila) was delayed. Our four hour transit in Manila became 1:40 and it was pretty tight as the domestic and international terminals are separate and requiring a bus ride between them.  All went smoothly from there on from Manila to Hong Kong.

Actually, I’ve never had so much go wrong with travel arrangements. We’ve had:-

  • Four delays totalling 10 hours
  • One cancellation, and
  • Bags held-up overnight.

 

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