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.

SINGAPORE: Fraser Place Robertson Walk Breakfast Buffet Review

SINGAPORE: Fraser Place Robertson Walk

Breakfast Buffet Review

I love the accommodations at Fraser Place Robertson Walk!!! Among the things I love is their breakfast buffet. It's not overwhelmingly plenty but each item was of very good quality and well prepared. You can choose an American or Asian breakfast, have eggs cooked at the egg station in the way you prefer, either scrambled, boiled or sunny side up, and have limitless croissant, bread, cereal, pastry, salad, fruits, tea, juice, yogurt and of course, coffee. I love their cappuccino! Plus you can bring back to your room more food because they provide shiok shiok lunchbox in your room for that purpose. You can bring back more coffee to your room coz they provide disposable.

Choice of American of Asian Breakfast 
Choose just one 

Egg Station

Salad station

Bread station

Drinks station

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PAYING PHILIPPINE TRAVEL TAX ONLINE

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PAYING PHILIPPINE TRAVEL TAX ONLINE

I paid thru www.tieza.gov.ph. You can also go direct to www.myeg.ph.

1. You need to supply the following:

a. An email address and mobile number 

b. Your passport number

c. Your plane ticket or booking refence number

d. Your destination and date of departure.

2. At present, there are only 2 payment methods, over-the-counter or via credit card/debit card.

3. I recommend you to pay via credit card or debit card to get an acknowledgement receipt immediately sent to the email address you supplied, within 5 minutes of paying online.

4. You need a printer to print 2 copies of the acknowledgement receipt from Tieza. The airline counter keeps a copy of the acknowledgement receipt. 

Note: The acknowledgement receipt with the Tieza logo is the one you need to print not the payment confirmation sent to you by email by myeg.

5. There are additional charges by paying online. 50 php is charged by the portal. 1.4% is charged by the credit card company. 

Why pay travel tax online? If you don't have enough time at the airport or you're travelling during high season, paying travel tax online may save you time lining up at the airport. 

If you're a Cebu Pacific passenger, you can pay travel tax at their portal. They charge 100 php fee. It's cheaper at myeg coz total additional charge is only 73.38 php.

OVERNIGHT PARKING AT NAIA 3

OVERNIGHT PARKING AT NAIA 3

Level E (open air parking) of the NAIA 3 multilevel parking lot is now dedicated to overnight parking at NAIA 3. You can still park at other levels but they have reserved this level for overnight parking. 

My tip: Arrive at least 20 minutes earlier than the time you need to be at the check-in counter. It was difficult finding a parking slot in all the levels of the multi-level parking when we arrived at 10am on a Thursday. It took at least 20 minutes before we found a slot.

Parking fees: 300 pesos per 24 hours, and 15 pesos per hour thereafter.

WHERE TO FIND THE BEST HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE IN SINGAPORE

WHERE TO FIND THE BEST HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE IN SINGAPORE

We tried out Hainanese Delicacy as seen from Food Affair by Mark Wiens (Migrationology). Superb Hainanese chicken rice! The taste of chicken is very clean and refreshing, tender and moist. Even the cucumbers that go with it are delicately flavored. One whole chicken is good for 8 servings but our group of 5 was able to finish it quickly. Our standards for Hainanese chicken rice just went up. It's the best Hainanese chicken rice we've eaten in Singapore, much better than the Tian Tian Hainanese chicken rice popular among the tourists. Worth the long walk from our place to Far East Plaza!

MY TIP: Best time to arrive is after lunch. We are a group of 5. We arrived 130pm  and was seated in 10 minutes. Groups of 2 are seated immediately. There are only 2 big tables that can accommodate a group of 5.

MY EXPERIENCE CHECKING IN WITH CEBU PACIFIC AT FUKUOKA AIRPORT

MY EXPERIENCE CHECKING IN WITH CEBU PACIFIC AT FUKUOKA AIRPORT

1. The check-in counter opens only 3 hours before the flight.

Here is the flight display showing the different opening times of the airline check-in counters.

2. Cebu Pacific staff weighs the hand-carry baggage during check-in to make sure it's within the 7kg weight limit. 

When we checked in last May 2023, they didn't weigh the small bag that you're allowed to carry in addition to the hand-carry baggage. They just weighed the handcarry baggage we brought. 

How to go from Fukuoka International Airport To Hakata Station Area Hotels

How to go from Fukuoka International Airport 

To Hakata Station Area Hotels

The best option I would recommend is to take a taxi. The airport is less than 3 km from Hakata Station area so taking a taxi is not expensive. At different times of the day, the taxi charge ranged from 1,490 yen to 2,190 yen. A normal taxi (that's how they call a regular taxi on Fukuoka as opposed to a large taxi) can fit 4 people but the trunk can only fit 2 medium sized luggage or 1 medium sized luggage plus 3 carryon size luggage.

It's easy to get a taxi at the airport even if there's a line at the taxi bay. There are several taxis plying the airport route so waiting time is not long.

MY TIP: Print your hotel address in Japanese so it's easy to communicate with the driver. Not a lot of people speak English in Fukuoka.

Other options for airport transfers, but you need to check the timetable if the bus is operating when you arrive at the airport. 

1. Fukuoka Airport limousine bus taken at Bus stop 2 at the arrival exit. It goes directly to Hakata bus terminal and further to Tenjin: 260 yen.

2. Free shuttle bus from the international terminal to the domestic terminal, and then subway from the domestic terminal to any point in the city.