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Who to contact about your booking: refund, rebooking, bagahe

Last checked Oct 25, 2026 · By the Flypinas team · Independent travel information website

Quick answer: Hindi ang Flypinas ang nagbenta ng ticket mo. Ang nagbenta ang airline or travel agency named on your e-ticket, and they handle refunds, date changes and payment problems.
  • Flights: contact the seller in your confirmation email. If an agency sold the ticket, go to the agency first.
  • At the airport (delays, check-in, lost or damaged bags): go to the airline, whoever sold the ticket.
  • Hotels and activities: contact Klook or Booking.com, wherever you booked.
  • No answer? Escalate to the CAB (Philippines, 165-66) or GACA (Saudi Arabia, 1929).

Find your seller in 30 seconds

  1. Open your confirmation email. The sender (an airline, or an agency’s name) is usually the seller.
  2. Check the e-ticket or itinerary receipt. Look for “Issued by”, “Agency” or the booking site’s name, plus your booking reference (PNR) and the 13-digit ticket number.
  3. Check your card or bank statement. The merchant name is whoever charged you.
  4. Used our flight search? Aviasales doesn’t sell tickets. It says the seller’s name is on your itinerary receipt or payment receipt, and its FAQ has a seller contact lookup (Aviasales FAQ). Aviasales also says you can message its support with your ticket attached.
Tip: Keep your booking reference, ticket number, receipts and screenshots in one folder. Every refund, claim or complaint will ask for them.

Who to contact

✈️ Flights from our search (Aviasales)

Contact the seller (airline or agency) named on your receipt for refunds, changes or name fixes. If the seller doesn’t answer, Aviasales says to message its support with your ticket (How Aviasales works).

🎟️ Klook (hotels, tours, activities)

In the Klook app or site, go to Bookings, then Apply for refund, or tap Need help with this booking? → Chat with us. Refunds depend on each activity’s cancellation policy (Klook FAQ).

🏨 Booking.com (hotels)

Manage or cancel from your confirmation email or your Booking.com account, or contact Booking.com Customer Service. The property’s own policy decides any cancellation fee.

Airline refund, change and baggage pages

AirlineRefund or changeLost, delayed or damaged bag
Philippine AirlinesManage Booking refund FAQ (no online refund for agency tickets)Baggage assistance
Cebu PacificFlight disruption guidelines (rebook, Travel Fund or refund in Manage Booking)Lost, damaged or delayed baggage
SaudiaTicket refund portalBaggage desk at the airport
EmiratesRefund request form (agent-booked tickets go back to the agent)Delayed or damaged baggage
Qatar AirwaysManage booking on qatarairways.comMishandled baggage
EtihadRefundsBaggage desk at the airport
flydubaiManage booking on flydubai.comDelayed or damaged baggage
Gulf AirRefund policyBaggage desk at the airport
Riyadh AirCancel and refundBaggage desk at the airport

Swipe the table sideways on your phone. Airline pages change often. Last checked Oct 25, 2026.

Agency or airline: who does what?

THE SELLER (agency or airline you paid)

Refunds, date or route changes, name corrections, extra baggage bought with the ticket, payment problems and receipts. If an agency sold the ticket, start with the agency, because the airline may send you back to it.

THE AIRLINE (always)

Check-in, boarding, delays and cancellations at the airport (meals, hotel, rebooking care), and lost, delayed or damaged bags. File a baggage report (PIR) at the airline’s desk before you leave the airport.

Nobody answering? How to escalate

  1. Write to the seller first. Use their form, chat or email, keep the reference number, and set a clear deadline.
  2. Philippines (CAB): call the 24/7 hotline 165-66, visit a Passenger Rights Action Desk at the airport, or file online at complaints.cab.gov.ph (CAB contacts).
  3. Saudi Arabia (GACA): complain to the airline first. If there’s no reply within 7 days, or you don’t accept the airline’s answer, escalate to GACA within 60 days of the incident. Call 1929 (+966 11 525 3333 from abroad), email 1929@gaca.gov.sa, or use GACA complaints or my.gov.sa (GACA FAQ).
  4. Paid by card and still stuck? Ask your bank whether you can dispute the charge.

Know your rights (short version)

Ito ang mga pinaka-importanteng rules. Our full Baggage guide and Refunds and changes guide are coming soon. Rules apply only to flights in their scope, and airlines may apply them differently case by case.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: GACA rules (2023)

Covers flights departing Saudi airports on any airline, Saudi airlines’ flights, and baggage complaints on flights arriving in Saudi Arabia (GACA regulation, English text).

  • Delay over 2 hours: you may cancel for a full ticket refund with no deductions.
  • Delay over 5 hours: you may treat the flight as cancelled.
  • Cancelled: refund plus compensation of 50% (notified 60 to 14 days before), 75% (14 days to 24 hours) or 150% (less than 24 hours) of the remaining part of the trip, unless you accept an alternative flight.
  • Force majeure (for example airspace closures): a refund with no deductions if it lasts over 3 hours (domestic) or 6 hours (international), but airlines can be exempted from compensation based on reports approved by GACA.
  • Refund or compensation: due within 15 days, to your original payment method.
  • Bags: a delay pays 148 SDR on day 1, then 60 SDR per day, up to 1,288 SDR. A lost bag is 1,288 SDR, and damage is up to 1,288 SDR. You can ask the airline to treat a bag as lost after 21 days.

🇵🇭 Philippines: Air Passenger Bill of Rights (CAB ER 9)

Covers Philippine airlines (like PAL and Cebu Pacific), including flights home from abroad, and foreign airlines’ flights leaving the Philippines (CAB).

  • Airline cancels more than 7 days before departure: a full refund with no fee, or a rebooking with the first rebooking free (a fare difference may apply).
  • Refunds go back to your original form of payment.
  • Delayed or offloaded bag: ₱2,000 per 24 hours of delay.
  • Lost bag: presumed lost if not delivered within 7 calendar days.

🌐 Montreal Convention (international flights)

The Philippines and Saudi Arabia have both joined it.

  • Written complaint within 7 days of receiving a damaged bag.
  • Within 21 days of getting a delayed bag back.
  • Airline liability for bags is up to 1,519 SDR per passenger since Dec 28, 2024 (ICAO). GACA’s 2023 text still shows 1,288 SDR.

🧳 OFW extras

  • PAL Overseas Bayani: a free program for OFWs who are Mabuhay Miles members, with a valid Balik-Manggagawa/OEC or exemption number. It includes a one-time 10 kg (or 1-piece) free baggage voucher, valid 1 year. Show it with your digital card and OEC at check-in (PAL). We didn’t find an official OFW baggage offer from the other airlines, so ask the airline.
  • Balikbayan box: personal and household goods sent by OFWs are duty- and tax-free up to ₱150,000, 3 times per calendar year (BOC, BOC guidelines). Use only BOC-accredited and DTI-accredited forwarders.

SDR (Special Drawing Rights) is an IMF currency unit, worth roughly 5 SAR per SDR; the exact rate changes daily. Compensation is decided case by case.

⏱️ Flight delayed or cancelled? Claim compensation

You can claim directly from the airline for free: use the airline’s refund or feedback form, then escalate to the CAB or GACA if needed (see above). If you’d rather not do it yourself, a claim service can handle it for you, but they take a fee or commission from what you get, and they mostly handle flights covered by EU, UK or similar rules. Check if your flight qualifies before you sign up.

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What Flypinas can and can’t do

✅ We can

Explain your options in plain Taglish, point you to the right official page or contact, and keep our Flight Alerts updated.

❌ We can’t

See, change, cancel or refund your booking, file claims for you, or speak for the airline, the agency, Klook or Booking.com. We’re not the seller, so we have no access to your booking.

May tanong pa? Message us on Messenger. Send the airline and your route, but please don’t send card numbers or passwords.

Who to contact: FAQ

Flypinas ba ang nagbenta ng ticket ko?

No. Flypinas is an independent travel information website. Our flight search, powered by Aviasales, sends you to the airline or an online travel agency, and that seller takes your payment and issues your ticket. Hotels and activities are booked on Klook or Booking.com. We can’t see, change, cancel or refund any booking.

Paano ko malalaman kung sino ang seller ng ticket ko?

Check the confirmation email: the sender is usually the seller. Your e-ticket or itinerary receipt also shows the seller’s or agency’s name, and so does your card or bank statement. Aviasales says the seller’s name is on the itinerary receipt or payment receipt, and its FAQ has a seller contact lookup.

Agency ang nagbenta ng ticket ko. Sa airline ba o sa agency ako magre-refund?

For refunds, date changes and name corrections, go to the agency that sold the ticket first. Airlines often send agency tickets back to the agent, and PAL says online refunds aren’t available for tickets bought from travel agencies. At the airport, though, the airline handles check-in, delays, rebooking care and baggage, whoever sold the ticket.

Ano ang gagawin kung na-delay o nawala ang bagahe ko?

Before you leave the airport, go to the airline’s baggage desk and file a Property Irregularity Report (PIR), then keep the reference number and your bag tag. Under the Montreal Convention, send the airline a written complaint within 7 days for a damaged bag and within 21 days for a delayed bag. Baggage claims are always with the airline, even if an agency sold your ticket.

Hindi sumasagot ang airline o agency. Saan ako pwedeng mag-complain?

Send the seller your complaint in writing first and keep the reference number. For flights covered by Philippine rules, contact the Civil Aeronautics Board: hotline 165-66 or complaints.cab.gov.ph. For flights departing Saudi Arabia, GACA says to complain to the airline first. If the airline doesn’t respond within 7 days, or you don’t accept its answer, escalate to GACA within 60 days of the incident: call 1929 or use its complaints page.

Pwede bang tulungan ako ng Flypinas sa refund?

We can explain your options and point you to the official pages, and you can message us on Messenger. We can’t contact the seller on your behalf, issue a refund or change a booking, because the booking isn’t with us.

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Official sources (checked Oct 25, 2026)

Flypinas is an independent travel information website. We don’t sell tickets or hotel rooms, and we’re not an airline, travel agency, Aviasales, Klook, Booking.com, the CAB or GACA. Some links on our site are partner links that may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. This guide is general information, not legal advice. Rules and policies change, so always confirm with the seller, the airline or the regulator. Ingat sa biyahe, kabayan!