FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €234–€288.
About €22 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €271.
- Hong Kong → Manila, 21 Dec: €168 (57%), higher than usual for these dates
- Manila → Kuala Lumpur, 23 Dec: €125 (43%), typical for these dates
€168 long flights (57%)€125 inside Southeast Asia (43%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 21–23 Dec
Hong KongManila1nKuala Lumpur
Stay 1 night in Manila, ending in Kuala Lumpur 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→MNL Mon 21 DecNon-stop, HK Express, about 2½ hours, check the airline's cabin bag rules€168seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €110–€152, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Tue 22 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then
Manila
Philippines, 1 night, 22–23 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, wetTypical for these dates. Usually €124–€135.
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia, Last stop, Wed 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
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.
- Manila At random Bangkok, Thailand −€91 · Da Nang, Vietnam −€54 · Phuket, Thailand −€47 · Phu Quoc, Vietnam −€35 · Cebu City, Philippines −€6
- Kuala Lumpur At random Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia −€33 · Bangkok, Thailand +€23 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +€25 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€43
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
- Manila (22–23 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
- Philippines Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise increased caution (level 2 of 4; stricter for some areas)
- 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.
Fly on to Europe
The cheapest fare we've seen from Kuala Lumpur into Europe, leaving 24 Dec to 26 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- KUL → CDG Kuala Lumpur to Paris, 1 stop, Air India first, check the travel time with the airline Thu 24 Dec, lands Fri 25 Dec€311seen 5 days agoBook