FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €214–€252.
About €15 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €239.
- Hong Kong → Phuket, 19 Dec: €158 (62%), typical for these dates
- Phuket → Penang, 21 Dec: €96 (38%), higher than usual for these dates
€158 long flights (62%)€96 inside Southeast Asia (38%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 19–21 Dec
Hong KongPhuket1nPenang
Stay 1 night in Phuket, ending in Penang with no flight back. Both places are islands. Typical December highs are 32°C everywhere.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Sat 19 Dec
- HKG→HKT Sat 19 Dec1 stop, HK Express first, check the travel time and bag rules€158seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €130–€164, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Sun 20 Dec, so your nights in Phuket count from then
Phuket
Thailand, 1 night, 20–21 Dec
Thailand's biggest island, on the Andaman Sea, with beaches from busy Patong to quieter Kata and Kamala, a Sino-Portuguese old town and boats to Phang Nga Bay.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, some rainHigher than usual for these dates. Usually €84–€88.
Penang
Malaysia, Last stop, Mon 21 Dec
Island state off Malaysia's west coast, famous for George Town's shophouses, temples and street art, some of the country's best hawker food, and Penang Hill above it all.
Typical December: highs of 32°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.
- Phuket No other city has fares in and out on these days.
- Penang At random Siem Reap, Cambodia −€1 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +€17 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +€28 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€77
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. Tightest on this trip: one night in Phuket, so a flight in a day late misses the flight out. Where a connection is that tight, you can book the next flight once the one before has landed, though its price may have gone up. 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 Thailand, Malaysia before you book.
- Travel advisories. Neither Canada nor the US advises against travel to any country on this trip.
Each country's advisory level
- Thailand Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- Malaysia Canada: take normal security precautions (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
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.