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Manila, Kota Kinabalu

ManilaKota Kinabalu
€298per person in flightsabout €363 with a cabin bag (€65 a bag on the long flight: check)
Where the €298 goes, flight by flight
  1. Sydney → Manila, 15 Oct: €226 (76%), typical for October and November
  2. Manila → Kota Kinabalu, 18 Oct: €72 (24%), too few fares seen to say what's usual

€226 long flights (76%)€72 inside Southeast Asia (24%)

2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 15–18 Oct

SydneyManila3nKota Kinabalu

Stay 3 nights in Manila, ending in Kota Kinabalu with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town. Typical October highs are 31–32°C everywhere. Kota Kinabalu is usually very wet in October, about 380 mm of rain over the month.

Stop by stop

  1. Sydney

    Australia, Start, Thu 15 Oct

  2. SYD→MNL Thu 15 OctNon-stop, Cebu Pacific, about 8½ hours, cabin bag usually included€226seen 2 days ago Check price

    Typical for October and November. Usually €224–€251 in October and November, counting prices seen over the past two weeks; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.

  3. Manila

    Philippines, 3 nights, 15–18 Oct

    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 October: highs of 31°C, very wetTyphoon season: peak months Jul–Oct
    • Capital
    • Old town
  4. MNL→BKI Sun 18 OctPhilippines AirAsia, about 2 hours, cabin bag usually included€72seen 3 days ago Check price

    Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.

  5. Kota Kinabalu

    Malaysia, Last stop, Sun 18 Oct

    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 October: 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 in a peak season for storms, floods or heat: watch the forecast in the days before you go, and leave slack in your plans.
    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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