Affiliate Disclosure
FlyPilipinas (flypilipinas.com) participates in affiliate marketing programs. Many outbound links on this site — particularly toward flight search engines, travel insurance, OTAs, and remittance partners — are affiliate links. When a reader clicks one and completes a qualified booking, the partner pays FlyPilipinas a commission. The reader pays no additional cost compared with going to the partner directly.
Details
- Our affiliate program is operated via Travelpayouts / Aviasales with marker
537469, with cluster sub-IDs (ofw,balikbayan,kabayan,leisure) so we can measure which audience cluster a click came from. - Commission varies per completed booking and is paid by the partner to FlyPilipinas.
- Readers do not pay more than they would by going directly to Aviasales, Hotellook, or any other partner.
- We do not accept airline sponsorship, do not publish paid rankings, and do not accept paid placement from travel agencies.
AirHelp partnership (added 2026-05-14)
As of May 2026, FlyPilipinas also recommends AirHelp,
a flight-compensation service that files claims on passengers' behalf under EU261 (EU
carriers + flights to EU like MNL→AMS on KLM or MNL→FRA on Lufthansa), UK261, Saudi GACA
(for Saudia, Flynas), and Canada APPR (balikbayan flights to YVR/YYZ). When a reader clicks
an AirHelp link on this site and successfully receives compensation through AirHelp's claim
service, AirHelp pays FlyPilipinas a referral commission. AirHelp's own fee (25–35% of
awarded compensation) is unchanged whether you come via FlyPilipinas or go to AirHelp
directly. We do not pay AirHelp; AirHelp pays us only on successful claims. This program
runs through Travelpayouts marker 537469 campaign 120, with
sub-IDs (philippines, philippines-ofw, philippines-balikbayan,
philippines-kabayan, philippines-leisure) for audience-cluster
attribution.
What this means in practice
- Affiliate commission funds editorial research, fact-checking, image production, and the site itself — keeping every article free to read.
- Commercial relationships do not — and will not — alter editorial conclusions. We compare airlines and routes on objective criteria (fare, baggage, frequency, alliance / loyalty earn, audience-cluster relevance — OFW Gulf, balikbayan US/CA/AU, Hajj/Umrah pilgrim, kabayan domestic), and name the airline or OTA that wins each criterion even when it pays a lower commission.
- When a recommendation can genuinely benefit from a specific booking partner (better PHP-SAR spread for OFW remittance, more flexible baggage for balikbayan families, cancellation policy tuned to OFW deployment), we label the partner inline.
- We cite Philippine authorities by name: CAAP (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines), DMW (Department of Migrant Workers), POEA, OWWA, MUMA (Muslim Mindanao Hajj & Umrah Bureau), and Bureau of Immigration. Reader trust outranks affiliate margin.
How /go/ links work
Every outbound affiliate link is formatted as /go/[slug]. The FlyPilipinas
server logs the click (timestamp, source article slug) for editorial analytics — we
do not track personal identity — and then executes an HTTP 302 redirect to the partner
with parameter marker=537469.{cluster}.{segment}. From
that point, the booking flow is between the reader and the partner. We do not see
booking details, credit card, passport, or reader identity. /go/ is
Disallow-ed in our robots.txt.
Important information
- FlyPilipinas does not sell tickets directly — we are an editorial site.
- We do not accept compensation for negative reviews of competitors or positive reviews of partners.
- Every fare range — quoted in PHP with USD/SAR/AED context where useful — is a reference bracket as of publication or last-updated date. Verify with the airline or OTA at booking time.
- For YMYL topics (visa rules, baggage, OFW deployment), we apply a two-source rule. See our Editorial Policy.
Compliance
Aligned with US FTC 16 CFR Part 255 guidelines on material connections in affiliate marketing, and consistent with the Philippines Consumer Act (RA 7394). We disclose material commercial connections at the page level via this document, at the link level when a specific recommendation runs through an affiliate program, and in author bylines when an editor has a personal interest in a product or partner.
Questions or corrections
Email: hello@flypilipinas.com.