MY TIPS WHEN FLYING CEBU PACIFIC AIR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT FROM NAIA3

MY TIPS WHEN FLYING  CEBU PACIFIC AIR  INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT FROM NAIA3

1. Arrive at the airport at least 4 hours before departure.

Since most of the airlines have completed transfer to terminal 3 already, expect long lines at immigration. It can range from 30min to 1 hour. If your flight falls on a holiday or a 3-day weekend, the line at immigration can be more than an hour. Others have experienced 2 hours at immigration 

The Cebu Pacific check-in counter opens 5 hours before departure so you can choose to arrive earlier than 4 hours before departure. 

2. Make sure to check in online even if they don't issue a boarding pass.

The line is usually shorter for those who checked in online.

3. Pay travel tax online to reduce the time lining up at the airport.

You can go to tieza.gov.ph or myeg.ph. If you pay using credit card or debit card, the acknowledgement receipt is emailed to you in 5 min. 

3. Get the etravel.gov.ph qr code. It replaces the paper immigration card. 

Even if they don't scan it, sometimes they ask you to show it before you can enter the immigration area.

4. Make sure you're at the gate 1 hour before departure.

Cebu Pacific usually changes gates at the last minute and they herd the people to the new gate. The monitors don't get updated. It's OK if the new gate is near the old gate. But if it's far, you can be easily be left by the plane if they make the last boarding call and don't see people near the gate. People without check in luggage are easily bumped off. There's no luggage to unload from the plane.