Aaaah… The memory of this arrozcaldo (rice porridge/congee) makes me want to head out and buy some knowing too well it wouldn’t taste the same. This is even better than KFC’s, imho, and to think that KFC’s arrozcaldo is one of my comfort food. And would you believe I didn’t pay a cent for this?

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Due to the 8 hour delay, we were given Mabuhay Class seats for our flight which was a first time for me. As you might have read from my previous posts, all my flight experiences are always economy as I couldn’t afford the price tag for the business and elite classes. So even if I had a stressful day, I still had the energy (running on endorphins) to document this as it was still all new to me. Haha!

Euna with Papa sitting in Mabuhay class enjoying the bigger space!
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That was how long our Manila to Davao flight via Philippine Airlines was delayed. See my short rant here. I didn’t expect this from my favorite local airline but they definitely were having more than one mechanical failure that day.

The 10 a.m. flight I was expecting to get on was full by the time we fell in line to be checked in (a good 90 minutes before departure time). A full plane from the previous night had to be brought back to ramp for mechanical failure, I assume. As a result, passengers on that flight had to be moved to the next flights thereby creating a domino effect. The next flight to Davao after 10 a.m. is 2 p.m. but we couldn’t even get on that. We were able to get seats for the 4 p.m. flight but it was again moved to 5:30 p.m. and finally 6:30 p.m. arriving in Davao at past 8 in the evening. Other passengers who had to be in Davao by lunch that day demanded that PAL get them seats on other airlines instead. The only saving grace in the whole debacle is that we were offered reimbursement for round trip tickets, free lunch, and seated Mabuhay class in the next flight. However, these are only minor consolation considering the stress that we had to endure that day, specially that we had Euna with us. I can only imagine what the stranded families in Europe are going through right now.

PAL, I like you. No more of this please.

I am here right now at the Mabuhay lounge typing my time away. Was supposed to be in Davao 4 hours earlier but our flight was bumped to 4:00 pm and it’s again bumped to 5:30. Aircraft failure or something to that effect is the said cause. I’ve just recently blogged about my PAL international flight experience but this is pits. My daughter is stressed and I am as well. Hope 5:30 it already is. Goodluck to us. More on the story later.

Okay, it isn’t the first time I flew with PAL but it is certainly my first time flying with PAL internationally. The tickets were definitely expensive (about 5x the amount we paid for Cebu Pacific when we went to Singapore last January. That could also be attributed to the fact that I bought the tickets 2/3 days before the flight) but I have no complaints.

Euna with her father at NAIA 2.
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