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Manila, Kota Kinabalu

ManilaKota Kinabalu
€418per person in flightsabout €483 with a cabin bag. We count €65 for the bag on the long flight; check the airline's price.

Typical for this time of year. Each flight's usual fare (on nearby days, or for its month or season where those had too few) adds up to €373–€475.

Where the €418 goes, flight by flight

About what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €416.

  1. Dubai → Manila, 25 Dec: €315 (75%), typical for these dates
  2. Manila → Kota Kinabalu, 28 Dec: €103 (25%), higher than usual for November and December

€315 long flights (75%)€103 inside Southeast Asia (25%)

2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 2 nights, 25–28 Dec

DubaiManila2nKota Kinabalu

Stay 2 nights in Manila, ending in Kota Kinabalu with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town. Typical December highs are 30–32°C everywhere. Kota Kinabalu is usually very wet in December, about 260 mm of rain over the month.

Same trip, other dates1 day earlier+€22

Stop by stop

  1. Dubai

    United Arab Emirates, Start, Fri 25 Dec

  2. DXB→MNL Fri 25 DecNon-stop, Cebu Pacific, about 8½ hours, cabin bag usually included€315seen yesterday Check price

    Typical for these dates. Usually €298–€385, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.

    • overnight: it lands on Sat 26 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then

  3. Manila

    Philippines, 2 nights, 26–28 Dec

    The Philippine capital on Manila Bay, a huge city of contrasts with the Spanish walled town of Intramuros and San Agustin Church, malls, food markets and bay sunsets.

    Typical December: highs of 30°C, wet
    • Capital
    • Old town
  4. MNL→BKI Mon 28 DecPhilippines AirAsia, about 2 hours, cabin bag usually included€103seen 2 days ago Check price

    Higher than usual for November and December. Usually €76–€91 in November and December; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.

  5. Kota Kinabalu

    Malaysia, Last stop, Mon 28 Dec

    Sabah's capital on the South China Sea coast of Borneo, with island hopping in Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, seafood night markets and Mount Kinabalu a couple of hours inland.

    Typical December: highs of 32°C, very 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.

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 Philippines, Malaysia 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

    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

    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.

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