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Manila, Kota Kinabalu

ManilaKota Kinabalu
€183per person in flightsabout €248 with a cabin bag (€65 a bag on the long flight: check)

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 €171–€187.

Where the €183 goes, flight by flight
  1. Hong Kong → Manila, 6 Nov: €104 (57%), higher than usual for these dates
  2. Manila → Kota Kinabalu, 8 Nov: €79 (43%), typical for October to December

€104 long flights (57%)€79 inside Southeast Asia (43%)

2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 6–8 Nov

Hong KongManila1nKota Kinabalu

Stay 1 night in Manila, ending in Kota Kinabalu with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town. Typical November highs are 31–32°C everywhere. Kota Kinabalu is usually very wet in November, about 290 mm of rain over the month.

Stop by stop

  1. Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Start, Fri 6 Nov

  2. HKG→MNL Fri 6 NovNon-stop, HK Express, about 2½ hours, cabin bag: check€104seen yesterday Check price

    Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €94–€102, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.

    • overnight: it lands on Sat 7 Nov, so your nights in Manila count from then

  3. Manila

    Philippines, 1 night, 7–8 Nov

    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 November: highs of 31°C, wet
    • Capital
    • Old town
  4. MNL→BKI Sun 8 NovPhilippines AirAsia, about 2 hours, cabin bag usually included€79seen 4 days ago Check price

    Typical for October to December. Usually €76–€85 from October to December; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.

    • an older price: it may be higher now

  5. Kota Kinabalu

    Malaysia, Last stop, Sun 8 Nov

    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 November: 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. Tightest on this trip: one night in Manila, 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 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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