Dear PAL: You Suck... unless you fix this.

This weekend was supposed to be an exciting weekend for me. Roomie aka Chants, my college roommate back in Santa Monica and schoolmate at Pepperdine U., was supposed to arrive today so spend 4 long happy days with me and the Choobear in Manila. I had everything planned, fashion shows, dinners with friends, spa-dates, movie-marathons (Indonesia has a ban on Hollywood movies), and a lot of girly bonding time with my long lost roommate.

But all that planning and excitement and anticipation is now wasted energy because some airline decided to be a Debbie Downer.

Her flight in Jakarta was supposed to leave at 12:55am today, and arrive at 6am. She arrived 1.5 hours early, just enough time and within the limits of an international flight schedule. She had a CONFIRMED ticket. 

When she arrived at the counter, Philippine Airlines (her airline to Manila ) told her that they had OVERBOOKED her flight and that they would BUMP her off. She had a confirmed flight, she was there 1.5 hours before the flight, and they fucking decide to bump her off. 

They didn't offer her anything, and when she took it to twitter PAL responded with : Hi! Everyone Does It. On Twitter.

Intercontinental QT with Qatar

Ok fine, I've been very bad. My 3 week break has turned into an almost 2 month hiatus. I can't help it! Getting back into the daily groove and grind leaves me a bit discombobulated, and the more posts I have pending, the more agitation comes my way. The upside of having a truckload of traveling done is I have also filled up my roster of posts for the next year or so. Don't worry, I'll try to be swift with my posts. So just you wait for the barrage of blogs that's to follow this one!

So where did I go? Well... from my previous teaser it was clear I had left Asia. But before I delve into the specifics of my destinations, let me tell you about my journey to ToT's Summer Trip of 2010.

As part of the workforce, gone are my dependent days of traveling to and fro in lavish style care of the parentals. Nowadays, I'd be lucky if I can grab the emergency exit seat at Cebu Pacific flights. Ever since the  fuel crisis back in early 2000, western airlines have been doing everything they can to cut costs, more often than not at the expense of passenger comfort. 

Let me be clear, if business class is out of your budget, that's all well and good. But if you can justify spending a little bit extra for a whole lot of comfort, make sure you fly Qatar Airways.