Flight from Doha to Manila 9 hour duration. The seats were so narrow they bruised my hips the leg length was so small I couldn’t actually drop my tray table. I’m a reasonably tall guy 184cm who f... See more
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The Flag carrier of the Philippines. The Heart of the Filipino. Asia’s First and Longest-Serving Airline.
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Worst airline on planet earth by far. Biggest liars, worst service.
Thieves! Worst airline you can ever deal with! If you see there page skip and run.
We flew out of Sydney on the 21st of December via Manilla to Vancouver. They overbooked our flight and bumped our connecting flight that night to the following day. They lied to us and told us that we didn't have enough time to connect, but the other 10 passengers on our flight did? The flight the following day was cancelled due to bad weather, we were rebooked the following day. Received an email when we were waiting to get picked up to go to the airport that our flight was again bumped, even though Vancouver airport was open and accepting flights. We called to ask what was happening and they kept hanging up on us. The worst customer service and communication ever. They put us up in some cheap hotel with terrible food that was inedible sent to us like we were in quarantine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We didn't fly out until December 24th in the evening and missed our connecting flights in Vancouver and Christmas with our family. Our flights were $1,700 each one way, so they were not cheap. I will never ever fly Philippine airlines again. Don't recommend it.

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My recent experience with the airline has been highly disappointing. They repeatedly rescheduled my flight and eventually cancelled it altogether without providing any forewarning. What exacerbated the situation was their refusal to refund the money.
Throughout this entire ordeal, their communication was severely lacking, and there was a notable lack of transparency regarding their policies and procedures. It felt as if my concerns were being sidelined and not addressed with the gravity they warranted.
In conclusion, my encounter with the airline was less than satisfactory. As a patron, my expectations of being treated with fairness and respect were unmet. This incident has led me to believe that recommending this airline for future travel would be ill-advised.

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As usual. Delays delays delays. Like everything else in the Philippines, the national airline is broken, never on time and can’t ever give you a straight answer.
If I could give negative marks, I sincerely would

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I've been flying for over 30 years and Philippine Airlines is by far the WORST airline I have ever had the misfortune of flying with. You've been warned! Do NOT fly with PAL

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Terrible experience. The flight was rescheduled 4 times before it's cancelled last minute. Not only once, the return flight was also rescheduled 3 times and delayed for 7 hours. Think twice when you book with this airline. Zero professionalism in handling flight disruptions, they don't care at all. They don't even bother to send disruptions certificate after being asked for 5 times!

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Random last minute cancellation, not ONCE BUT MULTIPLE TIMES! STATED on their policy they will help re-schedule a different flight in case this happened, contacted their "support" but mentioned all they could do is refund. Tried asking for compensation like room or food accomodation instead, but they said they couldn't offer as well in a 12+ hrs delay of flight.
Trip ruined, business ruined, If you wanted to save your trip, do yourself a favor and make sure you avoid this airline!!!
Never again I will book in this horrible airline.

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Delayed flight, missed connecting flight with them. Compensation is due as per law, however they just keep beating around the bush. Customer care just BS with empty emails. Also broken equipment in plane, disaster waiting to happen. Avoid this trash airline.
Update:
Managed to get refunded for all costs by filing a complaint with cab.gov.ph however it took a lot of patience and emails going to and fro with supporting evidence. PS I cannot upgrade starts becaus they lied and lied and were cuaght lieing (which is why CAB ordered them to pay).

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Lost a set of expensive headphones on a flight, I realised I had left the headphones as soon as I entered the baggage claim area, but could not return to the plane because we departed by bus. It was impossible to find anyone at the airport for the airline or on the phone to locate the headphones.
After leaving the airport, I spoke to multiple Philippine Airline staff, was given different numbers and went around in circles to no avail. It is like no one ever loses anything on their planes, or they just don't care when you do!

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Worst airline in the market. Every flight I book with them is either canceled, delayed or rescheduled. Even airasia feels like premium compared to them.

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I took Business class from Doha to Manila on an A330-300. The business class had a bad smell of mold. The business seats were broken with no working power points. The myPal app only works with older android so no entertainment. All the crew could do is say sorry and apologize. The crew complained about bad working conditions and poor state of equipment. Never Aain

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5 different flight changes in one day including, a next day departure change . I had to extend another day in hotel + pay for meals and had an important meeting on the original arrival date.Horrible. This wasn't the first time. It happens alot. They don't even offer you any inconvenience benefits or recommendedations , just an automated "sorry for the delay, blah blah" email. The ticket prices are expensive and the additional fees on bags and plane seats,, and accessories are overpriced. They sent a last second email to travelers stating 1 check in bag will be on the plane and 2nd luggage will be on a later flight. Even though both luggages were on the same flight. Very unorganized staff in the NY Airport, with little knowledge of customer service. The only plus side was the pilot flew a smooth flight to Manila from NY. Plane staff are OK. And food was better than usual.

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Canceled our ticket after we paid and asked to pay double to rebook
we paid for cebu to baguio with paypal link give by a customer rep within 30 minutes after receiving it. next day they refunded the money and canceled our flight, one day before flight, no explanation, no communication. We had to go to the airport to rebook because office in Cebu never picks up the phone.
They asked us to pay almost double for the flight to rebook.
Noone at PAL will be accountable, they'll just come up with excuses.
Absolutely terrible. Avoid at all cost if you can
cebu pacific is 10x better

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Very bad experience, they still have not refunded the tickets they agreed to refund approx. 3 years ago. And I had to go all the way to Philippine ombudsman to force them to refund, because they ignored all my requests.
Both their website and App, only show currency in $USD, kinda stupid since its a Philippine Airline and most people who browse it for tickets, are from the Philippines.
There is no way to change this.
Trustpilot admin: I can't set correct date of experience. because your site won't allow me to choose a date older than 1 year.

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I recently had a frustrating experience with Philippines Airline, which has left me feeling disappointed and dissatisfied with their services. The lack of honesty and transparency regarding their fees, coupled with inconsistent information provided by their agents, has made this whole process incredibly frustrating.
When I initially contacted an agent named Sel regarding changing the name on my plane ticket, I was informed that there would be a fee of Php. 1,000.00 for this service. However, my frustration grew when I reached out to support again and spoke with an agent named Odilia, who stated that the fee for changing the name on my ticket would be Php. 2,000.00. This inconsistency in information from their own staff is simply unacceptable and only added to my frustration.
To further aggravate the situation, when I attempted to check my booking via the "Manage Your Booking" feature, I discovered that the Terms and Conditions section had been removed. This is a clear violation of transparency and customer trust. How can I be expected to proceed with my booking without knowing the terms and conditions? It is a fundamental aspect of any transaction, and its absence raises serious concerns.
I reported this issue to the agent, hoping for a prompt resolution and clarification of the fees and terms. Unfortunately, the agent simply suggested that I click the box and proceed with finding my booking without even bothering to read the Terms and Conditions. This careless attitude displayed by the agent only further highlighted the lack of concern for customer satisfaction.
Instead of addressing my concerns and providing a satisfactory solution, the agent insisted that I pay the higher fee of Php. 2,000.00, disregarding the information initially provided by the first support agent. This inconsistency in fees is completely unfair and adds insult to injury.
As a customer, I expect transparency, consistency, and honesty from any airline I choose to fly with. Unfortunately, Philippines Airline failed to deliver on these basic expectations. Their lack of clarity regarding fees, removal of the Terms and Conditions, and the unhelpful and dismissive attitude of their support agents have left me extremely disappointed.
I sincerely hope that Philippines Airline takes customer feedback seriously and takes immediate steps to rectify these issues. As a loyal customer, I believe in giving feedback to help improve the services, and I hope that my concerns are acknowledged and addressed promptly.
Overall, I cannot recommend Philippines Airline based on my experience, and I would caution other potential customers to be wary of the lack of transparency and inconsistency in fees that I encountered.

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There should be 0 stars This airline is not fit to be a bus company.
I have been missing my bags for 15 days and racked up expensive phone bills calling all of these bogus numbers they give.
I got one email saying my bags might be on a plane on the 15th of May. I called and emailed all contacts that I've been given and each person I speak to gives you a number you've called 10 times.
I cannot stress how poorly this airline is operated,unbelievable.
You only have 30 dats to file a baggage loss claim sim and they have wasted 15 stalling so I will not get compensation.
I told them I am due to go on deployment after 22nd May and
There are uniforms and other items m s I need that Noone cares about.
This will be my last complaint here just letting everyone know pay double. Cheap is not always good.
AVOID PAL!!!!!
Book a flight from them for travelling in mid May from HKG to LAO via Manila in Feb. Suddenly received an email on early May for cancelling flight from HKG to MNL and moved to a later flight but can't connect the original flight from MNL to LAO. Asked for changing to an earlier flight inorder to catch the MNL to LAO but been waiting for 5 days and still mot confirming. Calling them and they blame to travel agent. Travel agent just keep asking me to wait but need the flight confirmation for passport application. No reply from airline no compensation from airline at all.

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Flight got moved from May 6 to MAY 26 WITHOUT COMPENSATION!!!!! COULDN'T EVEN UPGRADE MY 23KG BAGGAGE EVEN IF I'M WILLING TO PAY! They said I would need to have a 3rd luggage to get more baggage. 23kg couldn't even fill up a huge ass luggage for a long haul flight. Don't fly here. They're not even a 4-star airline!!!!

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Traveled to Manila and our flight had a delay, our destination was to Boracay from Manila. We run to transfer bus that was taking us to terminal 2. But the last bus had left one minute ago, not easy to fix everything with to old ladies on 82 years old. We tried to fix a taxi but only got a uber, real bad traffic in Manila. We arrived at terminal 2 and was in line at 6.21PM. We thought we would fix it since the plane should leave at 7.10PM. But we were denied travelling, asked if we could use the tickets we payed for in the morning but no. Go back and ask Emirates if they take any responsible for this we were asked. Back to terminal 3 and talk to Emirates, they didn’t take any responsible for this since I hadn’t told them we had a connecting flight. Its not easy to know everything. But one thing for shore, realy bad support and having to old ladies with me. Never this flight again i must say. costed us 3 new tickets in the morning for over 23 127 PHP. Overnight stay in Terminal 3 and wait for a new flight, not the best welcome to PH

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