After the American Thanksgiving and the Macy's Parade last Thursday, Nov. 26th, the Holiday season officially started in the U.S.
In Toronto, Easy Rock, 97.3 on the radio dial, started playing Christmas songs, too. So now, I can listen 24/7 to Christmas carols. Awesome!
But if you're a Filipino planning to come home to the Philippines for the Holidays and haven't reserved a ticket yet, you're in tough luck.
It seems that there are no more available seats left and I'm talking almost all of the airline companies, NWA, Korean, Air Canada, Cathay, etc. First class tickets, maybe.
One agent I talked to immediately asked, "are you willing to travel on Christmas Day itself ? "
Well, I remember one time when I booked late, and actually travelled on the morning of December 25. There was a big group of Filipinos on that trip so we all celebrated Christmas Day up up in the sky.
But the frustrating part was that the plane landed in Cebu and we had to board a local flight to Manila.
We touched down at the Domestic airport and the party who was picking us up was waiting at the International. I remember taking a taxi and two Filipinas tagged along with me so we could meet our relatives who were waiting at the other airport, then going back to the Domestic to pick up our luggage.
This happened because the Filipino travel agency where we got the tickets did not advise us that the flight we booked was bound for Cebu. Well, actually they did. At the Pearson International few minutes before boarding time.
That agency closed shop a long time ago. Good.
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