I think the cheapest way is via Manila. You can go via Japan or even Hong Kong but the flights dont really connect with the Guam leg and it works out more expensive. Stopover in Manila was pretty painless. Of course you can always go via Hawaii which sounds nice. We went Emirates to Manila via Dubai.
getting to truk
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i flew via korea to cebu +the planes were superb. food superb. inflight entertainment superb.
8hr stopover in korea a little long, but airport superb.
all in all, i'd fly with them again for sure
i went to truk in march.
singapore airlines, lhr to singapore, 2hrs to change planes.
singapore, sing to manila.
had 2hrs to go land side +re-check in with continental airlines. (U$30 for a 2nd bag upto 23kg/trip - not flight sector)
continental, manila to guam. had 4hrs in guam.
all of which was spent to up shuffling forward a few inches at a time in the transit passenger cue. never been so bored or aching... not impressed at all.
after all the waiting, they only had two security lanes open +did less thorough checks than you get in the uk.
so not impressed with their "extra security" torture methods.
continental, guam to truk.
at the time i checked, this route was the cheapest.
going via the states gave more weight allowance, but was stupidly expensive +had far too many plane changes in us territory.
i booked the whole thing with regaldive in the end +they got a weight upgrade on singapore to 30kg
on the way back, there was a 10hr stop over in manila .
i must say singapore airlines was the best airline i have flown on in ages
8hr stopover in korea a little long, but airport superb.
all in all, i'd fly with them again for sure
i went to truk in march.
singapore airlines, lhr to singapore, 2hrs to change planes.
singapore, sing to manila.
had 2hrs to go land side +re-check in with continental airlines. (U$30 for a 2nd bag upto 23kg/trip - not flight sector)
continental, manila to guam. had 4hrs in guam.
all of which was spent to up shuffling forward a few inches at a time in the transit passenger cue. never been so bored or aching... not impressed at all.
after all the waiting, they only had two security lanes open +did less thorough checks than you get in the uk.
so not impressed with their "extra security" torture methods.
continental, guam to truk.
at the time i checked, this route was the cheapest.
going via the states gave more weight allowance, but was stupidly expensive +had far too many plane changes in us territory.
i booked the whole thing with regaldive in the end +they got a weight upgrade on singapore to 30kg
on the way back, there was a 10hr stop over in manila .
i must say singapore airlines was the best airline i have flown on in ages
guam on the way back, was a breeze. dont know what was the problem on the way out.
my buddy +i, checked in together with a joint 3rd bag.
so we had 60kg total = singapore were happy +when we went with continental, we only had to pay for one extra bag
if you went via states, you'd have 2 x23kg allowance the whole way.
we never had our hand luggage checked for weight at any time
one of the biggest stoppers out there could be the hotels 110v
had to get a new supply for my battery charger... there are limited supplies of AA +D cells if you went down that route (+no other sizes avail.)
thanks for the info guys, will defo be booking up just got to decide which route. johnyd, is that the same john having a boys weekend away in eastbourne last week ?? if so i hope the vis was better on sunday than the pea soup on saturday
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