4/12/08

Yesterday was an ordinary Friday summer day. Already, people were packing their stuff to get away for the weekend while I languished with the idea of being stuck in Manila. I was feeling terribly, terribly envious as status messages in Yahoo Messenger were all beaming with weekend plans. I think at some point I even felt feverish.

My week’s workload was done and so my idle hands led me to different airline websites. I normally check out these sites for promos and limited offers. And by God, Asian Spirit was giving seats away! It seems that they’ve jumped at the pre-selling bandwagon (which is all the rage in the airline industry these days) and timed it with their 12th anniversary celebration. I did a sample search and at Zero Fare, a roundtrip to Batanes came out at P2,480. F*ck that’s fu*king cheap!

Valugan Beach, Batanes

I immediately messaged people about my golden discovery and within minutes, Leia and Tyx of Travel Factor were all set to buy tickets! We agreed to spend 1 week in Batanes and chose October 1-8 thinking and hoping that by then, the rainy season would have passed already. By the next hour, we were convincing our usual travel buddies who attempted to resist but later on gave in to temptation. Man, Batanes is really persuasive! As of the moment, I think there are around 12 of us who’ve purchased tickets. Promo is available ’till April 15, Tuesday. Click here to book one!

I went to Batanes last year with my ticket costing almost P12,000. Although it wasn’t on my tab, that’s still an awful lot concerning that it’s just a domestic flight. I paid P2,480 for my roundtrip this time!

Anyway, the trip is still a million months away and I plan to completely forget about it ’till then. I’ve got months to save up to pay for that trip. Hehe.

Back to regular programming.

4/10/08

From April 9 -15, 2008, Asian Spirit will be giving “free seats” to those who can luckily score them online, or (I’m guessing) through their ticketing offices for flights during the travel period of June 1 to October 15, 2008.

This is great news if you’re dreaming of going to Batanes and not pay P11,000 for a roundtrip. Asian Spirit also flies to Baguio (if you’re too lazy for the 5-hour drive), Busuanga, Calbayog, Catarman, Caticlan, Masbate, San Jose and Virac.

Whatever happened to their Surigao route?

Hmmm. This might be my chance to return to Batanes this year. This just might be it. But it’ll be smack in the middle of the rainy season. Gotta stack up on Bonamines if ever I plan to visit Sabtang. Waves. Yikes!

I just don’t like Asian Spirit’s online booking system. It doesn’t give you the total cost immediately. Pretty deceiving. But what the heck, at least they’re lowering their fares for the “lean months.”

For the complete details click this.