Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Art of Flight: 7 Tips for a Hassle-Free Check-In

For Domestic Travel in the Philippines


1. During the passenger season, to avoid the long queues, take advantage of the web check-in offered by major airlines and be there 3 hours before the flight for there are still long queues on the airport entrances. If it's not passenger season check-in allowed until 45 minutes before the flight.

2. Don't have check-in baggage? Look for the express lane!

3. Smile and greet the clerk at the check-in counter which are often female hotties. Be courteous and friendly but unfortunately, company policies prohibit them in giving out of personal contact information.

4. You need not to show the printed plane ticket at the counter. However, identification cards with name and photo are required for check-in. Membership IDs are often accepted and in some cases, credit or ATM cards or other documents that only have a name without a photo may be accepted. But save yourself the hassle and bring an ID!

5. If a credit card was used to purchase the plane ticket, show the credit card upon check-in. If the owner of the credit card is not a passenger, have a photocopy of the credit card used and also a copy of an ID of the credit card owner.

6. For maximum seating comfort: Ask to be seated on the window seat of the spacious emergency exit row or the row in-front of it.

7. To avoid glare from the sun: If you are flying northbound, between 6am to 11am ask be seated on the left side of the plane, 1pm to 4pm ask for the right side. Flying southbound, between 6am to 11am ask be seated on the right side of the plane, 1pm to 4pm ask for the left side. (See map for the geographically challenged)

Bonus Tip: Check-in baggage has a maximum weight allowance. To avoid penalty fees when your baggage is more than the maximum, look for fellow passengers that has a few or no check-in baggage at all, be friendly and ask nicely to check-in altogether so you would have additional baggage allowance.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011 Year in Review

Greek Final Season

Ghee-Ching Wedding
Post-nuptial Party at Batangas
Best man at Choel-Giel Wedding
UST 400
Condo Burned
Pi Tambayan
Deftones Live in Manila




With the boys from the South, day after Deftones
Got arrested for eating at "McDonald's"
Pi Induction
Inuman
Panaad Festival, Bacolod
Bacolod Airport
Republiq
With cousins in Davao
Camigiun
Isma-Jaja Wedding
Wedding Crashers
APO Convention, Cagayan de Oro
Pi Frat 3-time Best Chapter
RIP Twinkle

Friendster became stupid

Coron, Palawan
Miami are not the NBA champs
Brods got into a bar fight and got arrested :))
Joaqy
Caleb
Pi Golden Anniv, EDSA Shangri-la
apu2x
RIP Bro Ed Paredes
Two and a half Men Season without Charlie

Ashton replaces Charlie who looked like Steve Jobs who died too

UST sucks at basketball and cheerdance but won UAAP overall
Founded 2011
Caleb Christening
December 16
Lopez Yuletide Treat
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Ups and downs, but mostly ups. Thank you 2011, you were wonderful...

Christmas Interiors + Decors 2011

Nothing beats spending Christmas at the house that you grew up in. I've arrived in Cebu a few days before Christmas. I have to say my mom outdid herself this year.



Main Entrance


Living Room

Christmas Wreath
Belen
Christmas Tree