The screen shots were from Singapore Airlines site. And as u click through it does mention that Scoot are a sister partner so do u think that clarifies that it will be straight through or do u think it's not worth the risk to book ?
Well I've finally booked up. Through Singapore Airlines. I'm surprised and scratching my head still at how cheap the flight was compared to Emirates and qatar who were triple the cost. I paid about £1050 and that with an flex option. So hopefully all will go smooth but obviously nothing is 100% guaranteed with flying at the mo. Big thank u for your help in taking the time to talk me through alot of stuff and everyone else who has commented. This forum is great and I will be contributing more often to hopefully help other people as well. Thanks
One leg of the Emirates would have been business class and Qatar had economy but very expensive economy, how much did you pay in total?
£1050 was the total mate ...... thats why I was wondering myself it sounds too cheap. This is the cost breakdown
I'm back to stressing again , I just read this information the first part is about layovers , but om assuming that when it states "admitted into another country it means u haven't gone through imagination and that u have stayed airside? I'm gutted about the second part as it states u need to show return ticket for 30 days stay. I have booked my ticket from 2nd of march until 29th of April. Its my sons birthday on the 15th i really wanted to be there for that but does this mean u can't extend when ur in phils at the local migration offices.? Cheers for any opinions and help
Buy a cheap throwaway from Cebu to somewhere like Vietnam, that is standard practice. edit: sorry Davao to Vietnam or Cambodia or Malaysia just whatever is the cheapest. Admitted to another country means that you have exited airside i.e. you need to check in again and you won't have. "u haven't gone through imagination" I love autocorrect when it gets it wrong sometimes it is hilarious Yeah this one is interesting, the requirement in the past was to have an onward booking to anywhere didn't matter where, I was always unsure if that had to be within the 30 days (21 days way back when) but that is saying you need an exit, just look for cheap throwaway tickets i.e. you will never take the flight ticket and book that it's more money sorry but you will need it. Normally for a long stay you would have applied for your full 59 day visa in advance, the throwaway ticket is you best way to avoid having to go to London and apply for a visa given that your time is running short. But I guess that throwaways are not as cheap as they used to be. edit: you can still extend once you are there they are just being pedantic about the rules, the issue here is that you could be denied boarding in the UK as the airline is responsible if you don't have the correct visa, this problem exists at exit from the UK not so much at arrival in the Philippines. The airlines get huge fines from the Phils Government if they let people fly without the correct visa (thousands of pounds) so the airlines are quite strict at departure.
I think my ticket was part flex, so maybe I could change my return date to within the 30 days? Would u suggest that if its possible? But just means I have resigned myself to just staying for the 30 days. Unless I could change it back a third time lol
OK I see , so your saying if I don't have a visa the airline will say your not premmited entry to phillipines as yr flight back is over the 30 day Mark?
Nah that is really expensive, but do price it. In the past I would buy my ticket with dates inside the visa waiver period and then change it after landing, that was not cheap but I was running my own business and had a stupid amount of available credit on my credit cards at the time something like £50,000 in available credit so I didn't care or at least postponed judgement day till later, it wasn't fun when when business went under You could do that but it is not cheap to do that Reid.
Possibly. So most people get round that by buying a ticket to anywhere that they will never use. It has to be from your destination to anywhere and usually you want it to be cheap less than $100 USD but that gets round the problem that ticket has to be before your 30 days are up and booked before you leave the UK, once you arrive in the Phils you can do the extension at the local Bureau of Immigration there is no problem with that. Oh and the throwaway only has to be a one way ticket.
I've done it a couple of times. Usually buy a throw away ticket manila - Thailand for something like 60-70 quid. They ask to see it while boarding in London but they never ask for it in immigration at philippines. Are extensions 100% still allowed?
The announcement was a return to old rules from 10th of Feb, there was nothing saying the visa waiver could not be turned into a real visa on arrival so I would say yes.
Wish I would of carried on reading on here before making my decison now lol but I will update u on what I have done. Singapore Airways are offering complimentary rebooking of flights at the moment if u booked direct with them. So I changed my original return flight from the 29th of April to 30 March, so that's under the 30 day period. I'm not 100% they will let me change it again once I have taken my outward flight, but Iam hoping I still can change it again free of charge when I'm in phillipines after I got an extension. If not I've il have to fork out for a one way flight back but I'm willing to do that if it means I can stay longer. ... hope this makes sense lol
That's a pretty good policy, normally changing a flight costs about £100 or £200 pounds plus any price change for the flight date itself but you have chosen the potentially more expensive way of doing this even if it is free just now, I expect you will be able to change it again but I doubt the change will be free. Actually let me revise that, pretty much any flight will be changeable any number of times but each change will be charged and sometimes it can be a lot.
Yeah mate probably the case. I know it sounds daft and it's because I've never used the "loop hole" method before I would be nervous just incase the throw away flight did get queried. I know from what everyone has suggested on here it most likely wouldn't. But I just needed the peace of mind cos as u can tell already , I worry quite alot. Lol I wont relax until I'm through immigration in Davao lol
It wouldn't it's been standard practice for decades, all they want to know is proof that you have the means to leave their soil they don't care where you are going they know full well that these are throwaways, they don't care, it's just ticking of boxes on a set of rules nothing more, when people don't leave and break the rules they just impose large fines for the overstay but that will leave a mark on your immigration record which is why we all jump through the required hoops to stay legal if we want to return regularly
