Naia Terminal

[mariejoy]

Share anything about your experiences especially at the NAIA airport.

 

Courteous at friendly ba ang mga staff at airport personnel? How about the facilities, okey ba?

Or did you encounter any problem?

 

 

Edited July 31, 2008 by mariejoy

[BigJ]

ay sus, ang NAIA para sa akin ang pinaka bulok sa lahat ng airport napuntahan ko, talagang napagiwanan na, samahan mo pa na buhayang mga personnel at checker na walang alam kung hindi humingi. lagi na lang pag umuuwi ang cousin ko from HK, lagi siyang hinaharang sa baggage counter paglalabas na siya, pinabubukas ang bag to check, tapos kakalkalin nila ang mga damit parang kala mo basura ang loob ng bag, kung wala sila mkaita na ma tax sisimangutan ka pa, pero kung meron naman sila makitang pagkakakitaan ayun dollar pa ang gusto. ganun na din sa NAIA TERMINAL 3 ng PAL, pero hindi kasing grabe ng NAIA Terminal. nakakahiya isipin ang service ng mga staff doon e parang pang buhaya. :thumbsdownsmiley: :thumbsdownsmiley: :thumbsdownsmiley: :thumbsdownsmiley: :thumbsdownsmiley: :thumbsdownsmiley:

[mmp0gi]

ya watch out for hustlers. If you just arrive and on the baggage claim, someone will approach you to get your luggage. unless you have balikbayan box that weighs 1,000 pounds full of duty free crap or an very old person with a major back problem get someone to help you. but it's not free. Ok so now you have your luggage, balikbayan box, or a stick, whatever. while walkin out the door the security or that dude on the door will ask if you got some mula.. You are not oblige to pay them. there's no terminal fee exiting the terminal. ok so now you're outside, someone will ask you if you want them to announce your name because you can't find your pick up because of the crowded kababayans, unless you're blind with a walking dog don't because after they announce your name they'll ask for a $10 dollar(500 pesos) tip.

[mariejoy]

last month nung sinundo namin sis ko sa centennial terminal. meron daw airport personnel na humingi sa kanya ng ID lace nya. yun lang kasi ang nakita nila na pwedeng kunin. buti na lang hindi na binuksan yung bag kasi baka humingi sila ng chocolates.

 

pansin ko rin sa greeter's area, hindi naman nakikita sa lcd screen kung anong flight na ba ang dumating. minsan kasi maingay so hindi masyadong marinig yung announcement.

or maybe naka off lang kasi late night na, whatever.

[martinace1]

I was leaving on an early flight a few weeks ago from Terminal 1

There was a power failure and the airport was pitch black for about 3 minutes

There was no emergency lighting in the section behind the immigration gates

[omnipresent]

Kainis ang airports natin, Terminal 1/2. hindi ko pa nasubukan ang Terminal 3.

Walang makainan ng matino!!!! puro tinapay/cakes/pastries, instant noodles at sandwiches!!!!

 

Sana magbukas ang Jolibee branch sa "loob", kaya lang malaki siguro ang franchise fee nun.

 

Not to mention ung mga buwaya na pakalat-kalat at immigration officers na walang ginawa kundi mag-txt or magkwentuhan. Di ba dapat bawal sa kanila ang magtxt?

 

At SANA lang improve nila ang mga facilities.....

> TV screens to watch some movies while waiting for your flight.

> Free internet stations??

> more food outlets

 

gaya na nasabi ko, di ko pa natry Terminal3. Sana lang e at par ito sa mga bagong terminals sa ibang bansa o kahit sa lumang terminals ng ibang bansa :-)

[dilasahiwa]

last month nung sinundo namin sis ko sa centennial terminal. meron daw airport personnel na humingi sa kanya ng ID lace nya. yun lang kasi ang nakita nila na pwedeng kunin. buti na lang hindi na binuksan yung bag kasi baka humingi sila ng chocolates.

 

pansin ko rin sa greeter's area, hindi naman nakikita sa lcd screen kung anong flight na ba ang dumating. minsan kasi maingay so hindi masyadong marinig yung announcement.

or maybe naka off lang kasi late night na, whatever.

 

 

in fairness to them...

 

 

my mga months na ok cla... wag lang mtatapat ng xmas season..hehehehe... ilang beses n kc me nbiktima dyn eh...hehehe

[deejay_capslock]

isa lang masasabi ko maraming ganid... Maski ung airport taxi ganid din.....

[ChiliMac]

Kahit pa sa T3 ganun rin mga personnel roon! Ilalahat ko na ultimong mga guards hanggang sa Airport Police mukhang pera yung mga yun! Sa tono lang ng pananalita ng mga yan alam na alam mo na humihingi! Ang daming racket diyan sa airport:

 

1. travel tax

2. excess baggage

3. kalabit penge

4. human smuggling

5. pilferage sa baggage.....at marami pang iba!

 

Pati pala mga baggage carousel operator may mga racket dyan sa loob! Pati nga yung 50% discount ng mga NAIA employees sa restaurant (Window of the World) sa gilid ng departure area nagagawan ng racket eh! I worked there for 6 1/2 years at mabibilang mo sa kamay ang mga matitino.

[shrike]

byahero kami ni misis both international and local, mga not less than 5 trips abroad and not less than 6 local (each for a year) for mga 7years na.

 

Not once we have experienced any personnel misconduct, harassment or begging for tips. In fact marami nga ako good experiences with airport staffs (pag kasama namin kids sa byahe). No offense pero siguro pinipili rin ng mga tiwaling tauhan kung sino lolokohin nila.

 

Terminal 3 is better than 1 & 2 but it could be better. Sobra nga lang layo ni T3.

 

Yea, yea compared to other 1st world airports talo nga pinas pero its not that bad. Pwede na. Sobra naman makalait yung iba sa sariling atin nakatuntong lang sa kalabaw e ...

 

My complaints lang are the food, sobra harang yung presyo di naman masarap, I'm willing to pay premium pero sana sulit din naman.

btw sa food pa rin, sa NAIA there was one time napilitan akong mag heavy breakfast sa terminal order ako ng tapsilog sa restaurant mismo sa NAIA. F! F! F! F!. Sinerve sakin na tapsilog, malamig as in galing sa ref. Buti na lang kasama ko kids ko kundi pinagmumura ko yung manager at yung cook. Php 150+ na tapsilog na galing sa ref ? WTF?!!! I ended up eating KFC (nagpabili sa driver) hahahahaha.

[xyrus69]

Bulok. compared to Malaysian, SIngapore and Thai airports na napuntahan ko. Daming racket, security is lacking.

[kanski]

same experience with shrike. fortunate enough to travel yearly since 2002 and had just one misconduct involving an over zealous bag boy trying to help load our bags to our car. kahit $1 lang daw. gave him a twenty (pesos) explaining in my best fake bulacan accent that i'm a philippine resident (bet he didn't buy it and just left bec. of my being cheesy).

 

when it comes to people like this, all you have to say is "no thanks, i can manage," and they will scatter off.

 

but i wouldn't doubt what others have disclosed here. just don't know what makes them more prone to harrassment than others.

 

let me add that from the lobby of t3, i think that this terminal is something that we won't be ashamed of (except to the germans) if not outright be proud of. but then, this is what i felt about t2 when it first opened and look at it now, a lot of it is in disrepair.

[rodel518]

Sa T2 don sa pila ng Taxi... Ambagal noong naglilista. Nagpapacute pa don sa babae e ang haba na ng pila... siguro mga pang sampu pa ako at mahigit sampu pa nasa likod ko. Sinigawan ko na " ang haba ng pila dito " ang reaction ni mokong Mahaba ba pila ? tapos tingn sa likod. then medyo bumilis tumulong ang ibang nag mimiron lang sa kanila noong ako na me isang kumuha ng pangalan at destination ko, natakot siguro na mapatrouble ang kasama nila at maitext don sa nakadisplay na number for complaint don... Bago nga pala yon, kaya uminit na ang ulo ko angtagal nga bagahe... nang nagtanong ako don sa isang pacute na paradyo radyo don... umuulan daw kasi... antagal nang nag ooperate ng naia di pa rin ba nagawan ng paraan yon? hindi lang naman noon naencounter yon... pero isa lang ang sigurado... yong cause ng delay napromote pa yon

[artvader]

I may be wrong, but I think kinukuha talaga nila yun name at destination mo sa airport taxi, then they radio a cab for you. At least yun ang experience ko everytime I use the service (most of those times wala naman pila or hindi naman ako mukhang umaasta sa kanila or anything).

[shrike]

during casual discussions at lunchtime, I asked my colleagues (mga byahero rin international - projects, meetings, conventions, seminars, pareho ko ring umu ubos ng 36 page na passport bago ma expire) kung they have bad experiences sa international airports natin, funny thing is, wala rin silang matandaan.

 

it begs the question, namimili ba ng ma uuto yung mga 'alleged' na tiwaling airport officials ?

baka naman mukha silang uto uto or promdi kaya inu uto ?