Ever since we decided that Ramil will accept his job offer in Brunei and that Royal Brunei Airlines’ one-way fare is around PhP12000+, I’ve been on the hunt for a cheaper alternative.

Since a roundtrip ticket would cost around PhP 24000+ with this airline, I was willing to settle for other routes. I found out that Cebu Pacific offers one-way fare from Manila to Kota Kinabalu for PhP2400+ and Air Asia offers one-way fare from Kota Kinabalu to Brunei for PhP700+. The only catch with this is that the Cebu Pacific flight won’t arrive in Kota Kinabalu in time for the Air Asia flight to Brunei which means having to take the next day’s flight. Nevertheless, a PhP3100+ flight with a need for an overnight stay in Kota Kinabalu is still so much cheaper than a PhP12000+ flight.

While doing my research, I also found out that Cebu Pacific has submitted a request to directly fly Manila-Brunei. Oh how I prayed and wished that it gets approved before anyone of use needs to leave for Brunei. With the fares that Cebu Pacific offers, I know that it’s going to be so much cheaper than RBA.

Just this morning, I received wonderful news! It seems that I don’t have to buy gold anymore to fly directly to Brunei! Cebu Pacific now has flights from Manila to Brunei starting August 21. I could barely contain my excitement this morning, I was so noisy in the library. They are even offering promo fares for their first flights until November 30: PhP 999 one-way!

This just means that even if we’re in Brunei already, we can visit our families here more often than once a year and our families could also visit us. Also, I can’t wait for the next Piso-fare promo that Cebu Pacific usually offers. Hopefully, there would be one before Mateo, Anika, and I follow Ramil to Brunei.