Philippine Airlines is offering an affordable way to fly through the Econolight Class. This is open to all  PAL Domestic flights and selected Asian Destinations. Purchase is only available through the PAL website.

Here is the list of the applicable routes and fares:

INTERNATIONAL ROUND TRIP FARES (excluding taxes, surcharges and airport terminal fee)

Valid for selling, ticketing and travelling until 29 March 2010 only

* For as low as USD 48 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum 8 days of stay
Between MANILA and HO CHI MINH*/HONG KONG/ SINGAPORE

*Not available for HO CHI MINH to MANILA

* For as low as USD 58 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum 8 days of stay
Between MANILA and BANGKOK/MACAU

* For as low as USD 68 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum 8 days of stay
Between MANILA and TAIPEI

* For as low as USD 78 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum 8 days of stay
Between MANILA and JAKARTA

* For as low as USD 98 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum of 8 days stay
Between MANILA and SHANGHAI

* For as low as USD 188 (with PBWEB Fare Basis)/Minimum 2 days and maximum of 8 days stay
Between MANILA and BEIJING

Note: International fares will be quoted in the currency of the country of departure except for Philippines and Indonesia where fares are quoted in USD.

Introduction of Saigon to Manila fare effective for sale and ticketing 09 March 2009 and for travel effective 16 March 2009

* For as low as USD 98 (PWEBSGN)/Minimum 2 days and maximum of 8 days stay
From SAIGON to MANILA

DOMESTIC ONE WAY ALL-IN FARES valid for sale, ticketing and travel until further notice (excluding Aviation Security Fee (ASF)  and airport terminal fee )

* For as low as PHP 488
Between MANILA and LAOAG

* For as low as PHP988
Between MANILA and LEGASPI/CEBU/ILOILO

* For as low as PHP1,088
Between MANILA and BACOLOD/DUMAGUETE/KALIBO/
PUERTO PRINCESA/ROXAS/TACLOBAN/TAGBILARAN

* For as low as PHP2,088
Between MANILA and BUTUAN/CAGAYAN DE ORO/COTABATO/
DAVAO/DIPOLOG/GENERAL SANTOS/ZAMBOANGA

Travel conditions:

*      Fare for child and infant occupying a seat is 100% of the EconoLight adult fare
*      Fare for infant not occupying a seat is 50% of the EconoLight adult fare
*      Tickets are  non-refundable/Non-rebookable/Non-reroutable/Non-upgradeable/Not combinable
*      Reissuance not permitted
*      Forfeited if ticket is unused
*      No mileage accrual
*      Free Baggage Allowance is 15 kgs per passenger
*      No additional free baggage allowance will be extended to Mabuhay Miles Million Miler/Premier Elite/Elite and SportsPlus members
*      Limited seats only
*      Book and ticket immediately

Other Travel Conditions:

*      Facilities for passengers requiring special handling are not available on this class
*      Infants and children travelling with adults holding ECONOLIGHT tickets are not entitled to Bassinets/Milk requests
*      No Advance Seat Reservation (ASR)
*      No lounge access
*      No meals
o            Domestic - water upon request
o            International - peanuts and unlimited non-alcoholic beverages such as soda, juice, water, coffee and tea
*      No headsets will be provided
*      No baggage check-through
*      No Mabuhay Lounge access regardless of membership level
*      Seating at the rear of the plane
*      Passengers holding EconoLight tickets will depart/arrive at Manila - Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Centennial Terminal 2

Traveling is always considered as one of the best experiences one can have. Either you travel for a vacation or for business purposes, there is only one concern - the price of the ticket. Currently, high airfare is one of the major problem among the travelers. Travelers constantly search for cheap airfare tickets.

Here are a few tips for the obsessed travelers:

* Visiting the web for travel websites would be the first on the list. The web is full of travel websites that can help travelers decide which is best for them. They can compare all the airlines who offer cheap airfare. However, one should also be cautious in giving their information to avoid airfare scammers.
* It is a good time to shop online for low cost seats at midnight because this is usually the time airlines restock their computers. You can have those seats that may have been reserved but was not paid for.
* Make your reservation early. Make a reservation as soon as you know the date of your travel. Many airlines offer discount rates for early reservations.
Travel at an off-peak time, like early in the morning, late at night or overnight. Tickets for these times are often much cheaper than flying during prime times. It pays to be flexible with the travel time, and you can save even more if you are flexible with your dates as well.
* Use a consolidator: a consolidator buys airfare tickets at extremely low rates and pass on the ticket price difference onto the consumer.
* Smart travelers know how to take advantage of overbooking. By volunteering your seat when a flight is overbooked you can earn free flights and often even cash from the airline. If you don’t absolutely have to be there on time, volunteer to give up your seat, if it becomes needed, when you check in for your flight. Monday morning and Friday afternoon flights are the most likely to be overbooked.
* It’s often cheaper to fly to a nearby city if you can’t find an inexpensive flight to the city you want to go.
* Seniors and students should ask about dosmetic airfare coupon books for discounted fares.

Some passengers in airline are paying in fuel surcharges as they pay for their base, but hanks to a commerce commission ruling, according to Australian research. The New Zealand passengers do not need an abacus to the cost of fares. Fuel surcharges on flight should be abandoned and it is costing them commission and I think it is not easy for the travel agents.

Australian Research by the Flight Centre, some airlines were charging a $1000 Australian or $1262 New Zealand (NZ) fuel surcharge for a flight from Sydney to London (part in Europe).

Dunedin based Vincent George House of Travel, co-owner Vincent George said “fuel surcharges on routes were increasing all the time and in some instances were as much, if not more than the base fare”.

The airfare to Europe would have a $900 surcharge in fuel on some airlines. He said a round the world fare, paid more in fuel surcharges and extra costs than in the actual fare which went through 13 or 14 different sectors,

Extra Charges Costs such as:

• airport fees

• customs fees, and

• security fees were included in.

All airfares in New Zealand (NZ) had to be show the full cost of the fare, a ruling by the Commerce Commission a couple of years ago. So people knew what are the flight cost, chief executive Paul Yeo, of Wellington, Travel Agents Association of New Zealand, said. But Mr Yeo said that it is not easy for the travel agents, to take into consideration the fuel surcharge and other charges fare calculation.