Philippine Airlines - what is your experience J class Bne-LAX

[kerrivv]

HI all, we are taking the leap and have booked to travel from Bne to LAX with a layover of 4 hours in Manila. A question has anyone done this recently? Is there onboard entertainment? I have seen a video recently that said PAL did not have entertainment on a long haul flight? Just wondering what peoples experience is with doing this.?

 

[David_G]

I travelled PR (Wamos Air) J class in Oct 24 but it was between SYD-MNL-SYD. Very friendly crew, food was ok, drink selection was quite limited and a standard nothing special layflat bed.

 

[Melburnian1]

HI all, we are taking the leap and have booked to travel from Bne to LAX with a layover of 4 hours in Manila. A question has anyone done this recently? Is there onboard entertainment? I have seen a video recently that said PAL did not have entertainment on a long haul flight? Just wondering what peoples experience is with doing this.?

I travelled last year on one of its A321s in J.

The refurbished ones (of which mine was one) had 12 lie flat seats in a 2-2 configuration. Not many airlines achieve this in J on single aisle planes. The seat was comfortable, cuisine fine, service friendly and it operated punctually.

In Y, PR222 BNE to MNL should have seatback entertainment as it's normally a refurbished A321, as are the MNL-PER-MNL flights.

Your LAX flight may be a B773 with angled (but very roomy) seats in J in a 2-3-2 config. It and Y will have seatback entertainment.

 

[Austman]

Don't believe everything you see online:

Thread 'Philippine Airlines review. Business Class. KUL-MNL-MEL. And the (huge) new lounge in MNL!'

Feb 22, 2024

This is a updated (or almost repeat) of my previous TR last year:

Philippine Airlines review. Business Class. SIN-MNL-MEL​

Philippine Airlines review. Business Class. SIN-MNL-MEL

I couldn’t find too many reviews about Philippine Airlines (PR), so here is mine. There are some very good fares around for business class to/from Australia. My itinerary, SIN-MNL-MEL, in business class, priced at about $A1,200 on some days: —————————————————-— —————————————————— I paid more...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

There are still good business class fares to be found. And if anything, Philippine Airlines (PR) in business class has actually improved.

There's now a very spacious and brand new (opened in December 2023) international lounge in MNL T1. That's the NAIA T1 Mabuhay Lounge.

This TR however begins in KUL.

The route is...

• Austman
• airline lounges business class
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• Forum: Trip Reports

On some aircraft, the entertainment might be via streaming only. But it's still there (or supposed to be!). I've certainly had very sharp screens, on some of their larger aircraft. Maybe a bit hit and miss for physical screens?

Thread 'Philippine Airlines review. Business Class. SIN-MNL-MEL'

Jul 27, 2023

I couldn’t find too many reviews about Philippine Airlines (PR), so here is mine.

There are some very good fares around for business class to/from Australia.

My itinerary, SIN-MNL-MEL, in business class, priced at about $A1,200 on some days:
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I paid more and took a stopover in Manila (MNL).

My aircraft are the B777 and A330.

I’m half way through the trip.

• Austman
• business class
• Replies: 19
• Forum: Trip Reports

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