Seat Sale: Air Philippines' Buy One Take One Promo

     Air Philippines is having a seat sale promo, BUY ONE TAKE ONE on ALL DESTINATIONS EXCEPT FOR CATICLAN and BUSUANGA.  Promo period is from 12 August 2011 to 14 August 2011.  Travel period is from 15 January 2012 to 31 March 2012 and 15 June 2012 to 15 July 2012. Free tickets must be redeemed on or before 28 August 2011.  The free tickets are exclusive of taxes and surcharges, BTW.

     I am still trying to figure out this promo, that is, if I'm going to make a huge savings or not, but I'll make updates later. 

UPDATES:

      I've tried mock booking for January 27 to 30, 2012, MLA to SG, roundtrip.  My total for one ticket is almost Php 9,000.  So, if I exchange it for a free ticket, I'd pay the following for taxes and surcharges, amounting to Php 3,211.00, for the free ticket:

Pax Service Chrg  483.00 
Pax Security Serv Chrg  278.00
Aviation Levy  212.00
Fuel Surcharge  2126.00
Service Fee Charge 112.00

     I say so because the promo states: "Free ticket is EXCLUSIVE of Taxes, Fees and Surcharges and will be collected from the passenger."  And the following fees are included on the "paid" ticket as per Air Philippines mock booking I made.

     So, if your ticket costs a total of, say Php 6987.00 for MLA-SG roundtrip for 22 June to 25 June 2012 travel, with fare base for Php 1,888.00 each way, add up the SURCHARGES and TAXES amounting to PHP 3,211.00, you'll end up paying for  Php 10,198.00 for both the "paid" and the "free" tickets, or for about Php 5,099.00 per person.  It's not really a bad deal, but it's also not a great deal.  I think a Php 5,099.00 RT tickets to Singapore is fair, considering that Air Philippines has free baggage and their terminal is at Terminal 2 of Changi Airport.  However, I also think that for a booking that you will probably use, at the very least, four (4) away, or up to eleven (11) months away, it's a little more than I expected.  See, I bought my MLA-SG tickets from Air Philippines last January for a June/July booking for just Php 3,000.00 per person.   

     Anyway, here are the details from the AirPhils website:

Buy One Take One PROMO.

MECHANICS AND CONDITIONS:

1. Passengers are entitled to a “ FREE TICKET ” every ticket purchased from 12-14 AUG 2011.
   
2.  Promo offer is not valid for flights to/from Caticlan (MPH) and Busuanga (USU). 
   
3. Domestic and International tickets cannot be combined in one (1) ticket. Separate ticket issuance must be observed.
   
4. Free ticket may be issued to another person for a different route or maybe used by the same person for a different route or for his/her return flight. Limited seats only for Free ticket per flight.
   
5. Free ticket is EXCLUSIVE of Taxes, Fees and Surcharges and will be collected from the passenger.
   
6. Free ticket is NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-REBOOKABLE.
   
7. Passenger must present valid ID and the purchased ticket when claiming for the Free Ticket from Airphil Express Ticket Offices only. Once Free ticket is redeemed, regular ticket purchased will all also become NON- REFUNDABLE.
   
8. Redemption period is until 28 AUG 2011 only. No claims for Free ticket will be honored after this date. Travel Period for Free ticket is the same travel period covered by the promo (15 JAN – 31 MAR 2012 / 15 JUN-15 JUL 2012).