Philippine Airlines Mabuhay Miles 50 per cent off sale

[Melburnian1]

Not many AFF members will have a PR Mabuhay Miles account but if any do, there is presently the usual annual offer (blackout period 14 - 20 February 2018 inclusive) for travel at 50 per cent off the usual number of points required from mid January with all travel completed by 10 March 2018.

J, W and Y redemption seats are available with MEL or SYD - MNL only requiring 20000 points for a one way J class redemption (booked as R subclass.)

Availability is better northbound than southbound, and in February only appears to be available to SYD (ex MNL) from about 25 February. Taxes and charges are not specified but from past history they are lower than QF FF.

Lots of Asian destinations are available (requiring more points as everything is done on a sector basis like VA), but LHR, JFK, YVR, YYZ, SFO and LAX are among those excluded.

Ticketing must be completed by Friday 13 October. Ring the PR office in Sydney for bookings, and then annoyingly send a special downloadable form by email. Archaic, but the newly refurbished J suites on the A333s used out of SYD and MEL are excellent so it's worth that hassle.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

You can buy miles for USD25 per 1000, max 150000 miles per year. My calculations put that at USD500 each way under this deal? Which is pretty good! Pity the dates of the offer are outside what I need.

 

[pasmi]

That is a good deal and will save a good amount on a work trip to Manila.

 

[Melburnian1]

I have only ever seen this airline featuring this '50 per cent off points for redemptions' deal once per annum. However occasionally it has terrific value seat sales, so it may be worth subscribing to emails even though most may not be of any use or interest.