FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €438–€647.
About €54 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €673. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Dubai → Kuala Lumpur, 19 Dec: €377 (52%), higher than usual for these dates
- Kuala Lumpur → Cebu City, 22 Dec: €350 (48%), higher than usual for these dates
€377 long flights (52%)€350 inside Southeast Asia (48%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 19–22 Dec
DubaiKuala Lumpur3nCebu City
Stay 3 nights in Kuala Lumpur, ending in Cebu City with no flight back. Cebu City is an island and Kuala Lumpur is a capital. Typical December highs are 30–32°C everywhere. Kuala Lumpur is usually very wet in December, about 280 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Dubai
United Arab Emirates, Start, Sat 19 Dec
- DXB→KUL Sat 19 Dec1 stop, Emirates first, check the travel time and bag rules€377seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €303–€339, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia, 3 nights, 19–22 Dec
Malaysia's capital, a high-rise city of Malay, Chinese and Indian neighbourhoods known for the Petronas Towers, the Batu Caves temple, hawker food and late-night markets.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, very wetHigher than usual for these dates. Usually €135–€308.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Cebu City
Philippines, Last stop, Tue 22 Dec
The oldest Spanish city in the Philippines, with Magellan's Cross and Fort San Pedro, and the hub for Mactan's resorts and the reefs and sardine runs of Moalboal.
Typical December: highs of 30°C, wet
Change a stop
Another city on the same days, the rest of the trip kept, cities close in price first. A swapped-in country may need a visa: check before you go.
- Kuala Lumpur At random Bangkok, Thailand −€241 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam −€209
- Cebu City At random Singapore, Singapore −€304 · Phuket, Thailand −€277 · Krabi, Thailand −€266 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€259 · Bangkok, Thailand −€252
Book and check
- Book in order, first flight first. If a price has gone up, you can rethink the trip before buying the rest. Prices are the cheapest seen lately, for one traveller, not quotes: "Check price" opens the live one. Separate tickets: if one flight is late or cancelled, the next airline won't wait.
- If a flight is late or cancelled. Each flight is its own ticket, so the next airline won't wait or rebook you for free if you miss it. Every stop on this trip has two nights or more, so a delay of a few hours costs you time there, not the next flight. If a flight is cancelled, its airline normally offers another flight or your money back: take the one that still makes your next flight. A flight missed because the one before was late is usually lost, so look for travel insurance that covers missed connections.
- Entry rules. Check passport and visa rules for Malaysia, Philippines before you book.
- Seasons. Part of this trip falls at the edge of a storm or flood season: the worst months are past or still to come, but watch the forecast before you go.
Each stop's season
- Cebu City (22 Dec): edge of the typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
Long-run seasons, not forecasts: a storm can come out of season, and most weeks in season pass without one. Heat is from weather-station averages.
- Travel advisories. Neither Canada nor the US advises against travel to any country on this trip.
Each country's advisory level
- Malaysia Canada: take normal security precautions (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- Philippines Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise increased caution (level 2 of 4; stricter for some areas)
From the Government of Canada and the US State Department, as of 6 Oct. Advisories change, and once you're there your phone's emergency alerts cover the moment. Read the official page for each place before you go.