Free Cebu Pacific Airlines Tickets and Travel Vouchers
Free Cebu Pacific Airlines tickets, anyone? I know some had bad Cebu Pacific experiences that they won’t dare fly with the airline again even if it’s offered very cheap. So how about offered for free? They will provide one-way travel voucher if your flight is cancelled. Cebu Pacific is also continually offering cheap flight promos. If I remembered it right, a friend of ours once mentioned about getting Cebu Pacific tickets as low as P1 all-in for a domestic flight. Wow! But there was no news about those things lately. Here is my experience about how I got my free plane ticket, and how I was thankful to God for it.
I mentioned in my previous Cebu Pacific experience post that I got my flight delayed for 6 hours. Imagine 6 hours! I lacked sleep as I was very excited for the early trip to Butuan. But goodness, my excitement was thrown out of the window and trampled by the plane’s large tires, when I was informed of the very long delay! What about my planned tour of the City? What about those who will wait for me since 9am in the morning?
When I spoke to my aunt in the phone while I explained the delay, she comforted me saying, “God has his own purpose for this delay. It’s raining here in Butuan and the plane might have difficulty landing in this bad weather”.
The coolheaded me prevailed. I just closed my eyes and slept while waiting for some miracles. They offered free food alright. Then they gave out free travel voucher to any destination of similar or lesser value as my flight. Free Cebu Pacific tickets did not make me jump for joy at that moment though. I lined up, got my free travel voucher, folded it and placed it in my wallet. Then I went back to my seat and took my nap.
Many weeks after that incident, the Lenten Season was knocking on the doors. I did not buy tickets in advance for my planned trip to Cebu for the long holidays as I was expecting an official trip to head office on those days. But as the holidays were nearing, ticket prices soared beyond my budget. And there was no call yet from head office. I decided I got to make a move since I promised my wife that I’d be home in those days.
So I remembered about my free travel voucher from Cebu Pacific. I took it out from my wallet, and called the numbers 70-20-888 to make a booking. The long wait for someone to pick up the phone at the other end of the line makes ones blood boil. As they say, patience is a virtue. Even at almost midnight, I still had difficulty getting in. No wonder a lot complained of their service, lousy or whatever.
The person at the other end of the line spoke to me in Cebuano, as he must have noticed my broken Tagalog. It made things easier for me. He asked details like my name, original flight number, origin and destination, flight date, issue date and airport representative who signed the voucher. I told him everything he needed and I booked for the last Manila-Cebu flight on a Holy Wednesday. He gave me my booking number and instructed me to fax or email them a scanned copy of my free travel voucher. Then I have to call them an hour later for confirmation and a copy of my ticket.
My joy was consummated when I finally got my ticket. Yeah, at least P4,000 of savings. Then Romans 8:28 flashed into my head: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” God is so good!
Another good thing happened to me on that morning before my flight. I got a call from my boss at head office asking me to go there the Monday after Easter to finish some works. That meant that my trip back to Manila will be shouldered by the company. It was another savings for me.
Looking back, there was nothing actually lost in that delay. I wanted to rant like the others, but I didn’t. “In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God” kept repeating in my head.
Honestly, I hope that Cebu Pacific will offer more free travel vouchers to appease their increasing numbers of their disgruntled customers. Shouldn’t we be happy if we receive free plane tickets? Maybe not always! But we all deserve a much better service on top of the cheap price.
(Disclaimer: This is just my story and is not meant to endorse the airline.)
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April 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Uh-oh this is the infamous airline that lost Jehz’s luggage. Free airline tickets and travel vouchers. No wonder – they have to scramble to make amends. They are still reeling from the backlash of public opinion. I hope you did not lose anything. lol
April 30th, 2009 at 12:53 am
jan, lost baggage is a worldwide problem in air travel. but it is in the customer service and freebies that will control the damage. i had flight delays with PAL too, but they go out their way in explaining to the passengers the situation. and with freebies too.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:48 am
ouch! haha
May 7th, 2009 at 9:03 am
i read kuya JehzLAu’s post about Cebu pacific and i think CP is really not accommodating.. they waste time.. they even lost some items.. duh very bad! ahaha
May 7th, 2009 at 10:16 am
karendayle, this is the airline referred to by Jehz! it’s in the customer service that this airline has scored low. in the past, they were on time 95% of the time and PAL was always delayed. now, the situation reversed.