Real Deal Promo Re-booking

It's frustrating that the global swine flu scare hampers all our travel plans, but this may sound good news to others who availed the Real Deal Promo like me. I received an email correspondence from PAL Wecare regarding my request for possible cancellation or re-booking of flight for HK this June. Please read on ...

Dear Ms. Soriano,

Please be advised that Philippine Airlines will permit rebooking only for tickets purchased from the Real Deal promotion, without penalty. Refunding, rerouting, upgrading to a higher fare type and endorsing the tickets to other airlines, however, is not permitted.New travel dates must still be within the prescribed travel period of the Real Deal promotion:

Roundtrip tickets for Regional flights within Asia, except Australia, the outbound travel date must be on or within June 1, 2009 to October 15, 2009. The inbound (return) travel must not be more than 8 days from the date of the outbound travel.One-way tickets for Transpacific (US/Canada) flights, the outbound travel date must be on or within June 1, 2009 to December 25, 2009.

Roundtrip tickets for Transpacific and Australia flights, the outbound travel date must be on or within September 1, 2009 to December 25, 2009. The inbound travel must not be more than 21 days from the date of the outbound travel.

Please be advised that No-Show and Non-User’s Fee will be collected, if applicable. Confirmation of seats will be subject to seat availability.For further assistance and details, kindly contact our 24/7 Reservations hotline at (632)855-8888, E-ticket hotline at (632)855-1000 or visit any Philippine Airlines ticket office within your location. For a complete list of our ticket offices, kindly log-on to www.philippineairlines.comand select CONTACT US at the lower portion of the home page.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Philippine Airlines
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Given the recently released promo mechanics above, I am definitely sure that we won't be pushing our travel this coming June. Now I am torn with possible re-booking schedule. What month would it be safe to travel? Will the H1N1 scare be over by August or September? Really not sure. But I guess it will be worth trying than totally cancelling our travel plans for this year.