Higher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €259–€394.
About €162 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €297.
- Hong Kong → Kuala Lumpur, 21 Dec: €162 (35%), higher than usual for these dates
- Kuala Lumpur → Manila, 23 Dec: €297 (65%), higher than usual for these dates
€162 long flights (35%)€297 inside Southeast Asia (65%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 21–23 Dec
Hong KongKuala Lumpur1nManila
Stay 1 night in Kuala Lumpur, ending in Manila with no flight back. Both places are capitals. 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
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Mon 21 Dec
- HKG→KUL Mon 21 Dec1 stop, HK Express first, check the travel time and bag rules€162seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €120–€159, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Tue 22 Dec, so your nights in Kuala Lumpur count from then
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia, 1 night, 22–23 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 wet- KUL→MNL Wed 23 DecPhilippine Airlines, about 4 hours, cabin bag usually included€297seen 2 days ago Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €139–€235.
Manila
Philippines, Last stop, Wed 23 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
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 −€203 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€34
- Manila At random Singapore, Singapore −€260 · Phuket, Thailand −€225 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€209 · Jakarta, Indonesia −€207 · Sihanoukville, Cambodia −€204
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 Kuala Lumpur, 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 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
- Manila (23 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.