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Cheap Flights Manila to
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Piso fare tracking, seat sales, and cheapest prices on MNL → Busan. Philippine Airlines direct, plus Korean Air, Asiana, Jeju Air & Cebu Pacific connections — tracked 24/7.
From
₱16,890
roundtrip incl. taxes
~3h 50m
direct flight
🛂 Required
Visa (free, apply ahead)
5
deals found
Direct flight
~3h 50m (PAL, few x/wk)
Airport
PUS (Gimhae Intl)
Currency
KRW (₩)
Time difference
+1 hr (PUS ahead of PHT)
Visa
Required, free, apply ahead
Best to book
6–8 weeks ahead
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🛂 Tourist visa required for Philippine passport holders — free of charge
Filipinos need an approved C-3-9 tourist visa before flying to South Korea — there's no visa-free entry and no K-ETA option for Philippine passports. The visa itself costs nothing and typically takes 3–8 business days through the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) in BGC, Taguig. Since February 2026, KVAC no longer requires 3 months of bank statements. You'll also need to complete Korea's Q-Code / e-Arrival Card online within 72 hours of your flight — that's separate from the visa. Apply 2–3 weeks ahead; PAL will deny boarding without an approved visa sticker.
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Cheapest roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Busan Gimhae International (PUS) · Prices in PHP
Updated 2026-07-31
📅 MNL → Busan Price Calendar
See the cheapest days to fly — click any date to book at that price.
Best time to fly MNL → Busan
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Busan flights
💡 Pro tip: The cheapest months are June and July — Korea's monsoon season keeps fares around ₱16,000–₱21,000 roundtrip without any seat sale. Avoid late March–early April (cherry blossoms) and December — those windows regularly overlap with Philippine Holy Week and the Christmas/Seollal run-up, pushing fares past ₱30,000 if you book late.
📅 Busan & Korea events & fare surges
MNL → Busan fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🌸 Cherry Blossom Season
Late March – early April annually (Jinhae Gunhangje Festival included)
+60%
avg fare surge
Busan and neighbouring Jinhae hit peak bloom in the last week of March into early April — the single biggest inbound tourism driver on this route. In 2026 it lands almost exactly on Philippine Holy Week (March 29–April 5), so Filipino leisure demand and Korean domestic tourism spike on the same dates. Normal ₱19,000–₱22,000 fares can climb past ₱30,000 in the first days of April.
💡 Book by January for a blossom-season trip — or shift to late April when petals have fallen but fares have already reset.
🎄 Christmas & New Year + Winter Illuminations
December 20 – January 5
+55%
avg fare surge
Filipino leisure travellers and OFWs visiting relatives both converge on this window, right as Korea's own winter light festivals (Haeundae, Nampo) peak. Fares that sit around ₱20,000–₱23,000 in November routinely hit ₱28,000–₱32,000 roundtrip in this window, made worse by PAL's limited nonstop schedule having zero slack for extra demand.
💡 Book by October for December travel — the January post-holiday lull is when fares reset fastest.
🎬 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)
October 6–15, 2026 · Haeundae / Centum City
+45%
avg fare surge
Asia's largest film festival draws 200,000+ visitors directly into Busan over ten days, on top of Korea's peak autumn foliage season. This is a genuinely Busan-specific surge that a generic "South Korea travel" site would never flag — hotels near Haeundae and Centum City book out weeks ahead, and PAL's limited nonstop seats go with them.
💡 If you're not there for the festival itself, avoid Oct 6–15 entirely — fly the first week of October or wait until early November instead.
🎆 Busan Fireworks Festival
November 7, 2026 · Gwangalli Beach
+30%
avg fare surge
Over a million people pack Gwangalli Beach for this one-night fireworks and drone show, and it lands right as Korea's autumn foliage season is winding down. The fare bump is real but manageable — book 6–8 weeks out and you'll still find seats without paying BIFF or Christmas-level premiums.
💡 If Gwangalli hotels are full, stay near Seomyeon instead — it's two subway stops away and prices don't spike nearly as hard.
🎑 Chuseok & Seollal (Korean holidays)
Chuseok: Sep 24–26, 2026 · Seollal: Feb 16–18, 2026
+25%
avg fare surge
These are Korea's own biggest travel holidays, and counter-intuitively they push MNL–Busan fares up too — many Koreans use the long weekend to fly abroad, competing for seats on the same PAL aircraft and connecting flights through Incheon. It's a milder bump than the other events here, but worth knowing since no Philippine travel site tracks Korean domestic holidays.
💡 Flying a few days before or after the official holiday dates avoids almost all of this surge.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are averages vs the same route in a non-event week. Because PAL's nonstop schedule is limited to a few flights a week, even a moderate demand spike on this route can sell out available seats faster than on a route with daily direct flights. The single best thing you can do: get your Korea visa sorted early, then subscribe for alerts and book before cherry blossom season if that's your target.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Busan
Real daily breakdown in PHP — not the sanitised version travel blogs write for Americans
Budget Filipino Traveller
₱2,000–2,800 / day
🍲 Food (convenience store + gukbap)₱480–720
🚈 T-money subway/bus₱120–200
🏨 Seomyeon guesthouse₱1,200–1,600
🎡 Free beaches/villages₱0–200
💧 Water + snacks₱100–160
5 days + flights (₱18,500 PAL fare)
~₱28,500–₱32,000 all-in
Comfortable Filipino Traveller
₱4,800–7,200 / day
🍲 Mix of gukbap + Korean BBQ₱1,200–2,000
🚈 T-money + occasional Kakao T₱240–400
🏨 Haeundae beachfront hotel₱3,600–6,000
🎡 Busan X the SKY + aquarium₱800–1,800
🛍️ Shopping & pasalubong₱600–1,200
5 days + flights (₱20,500 regular fare)
~₱44,500–₱56,500 all-in
Is Busan cheaper than Singapore? On the ground, yes — a Busan convenience-store meal runs ₱160–240 versus ₱280–380 for the cheapest hawker plate in Singapore, and Busan hotels are noticeably cheaper than Seoul's. But the flight and visa process erase most of that saving: there's no piso-fare culture on MNL–Busan, and the visa application adds cost of time (though not money) that Singapore's visa-free entry doesn't. Budget for the trip as a whole, not just the daily spend — Busan is affordable once you land, but getting there costs more than a Southeast Asian short-haul.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Busan edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
You cannot show up at Gimhae without a visa — there is no visa-on-arrival fallback for Filipinos. Unlike most Southeast Asian routes piso-fare.com covers, South Korea requires an approved C-3-9 tourist visa in your passport before you even check in at NAIA. Airlines including PAL will deny boarding without it. Apply at the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) in BGC at least 2–3 weeks before your flight — it's free, but processing (3–8 business days) cannot be rushed at the counter.
Philippine Airlines is the only nonstop MNL–Busan carrier, and it doesn't fly every day. Expect roughly two to three PAL departures a week, not daily service like MNL–Bangkok or MNL–Singapore. If your leave dates from work don't align with PAL's schedule, you'll be booking a connection through Incheon or Gimpo on Korean Air, Asiana, Jeju Air, or Cebu Pacific — adding 3–5 hours and often a separate domestic Korean leg. Check the actual flight days before you request time off.
If you're visiting a relative working in Korea under the EPS program, Busan may be your real airport, not Seoul. Over 65,000 Filipinos live in South Korea, with roughly 30,000 more deployed annually through the government's Employment Permit System into manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and fisheries — and a meaningful share of those factory postings sit in the South Gyeongsang industrial belt (Changwon, Yangsan, Gimhae) that Busan serves directly. Generic Korea travel content defaults to routing everyone through Incheon; for this specific trip, that's often the wrong airport.
Korean ATMs charge a flat fee on top of whatever your Philippine bank adds — and it compounds fast. BDO, BPI, Metrobank all layer their own 1.5–3.5% foreign transaction fee on top of the local ATM charge (around ₩3,000–4,000, ~₱120–160, per withdrawal). Load a Wise or similar multi-currency card before departure (set it up 3–5 working days ahead) — it skips most of these fees and typically beats the rate you'd get exchanging cash at Gimhae airport.
There's no ₱1 piso fare on this route — the closest thing is a Jeju Air or Cebu Pacific seat sale on the connecting itinerary. Because no budget carrier flies MNL–Busan nonstop, the dramatic seat-sale culture that defines routes like MNL–Bangkok doesn't apply here. When a genuine deal does appear — usually a discounted connecting fare via Incheon — it moves fast because seat allotments are small. piso-fare.com monitors this route daily and sends alerts the moment a real deal appears, so subscribe below rather than relying on social media to catch it in time.
Airlines flying MNL → Busan
Philippine Airlines flies nonstop a few times a week — other days mean a connection via Incheon or Gimpo
Busan travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective
Busan trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in KRW — ₩1,000 ≈ ₱40 as of mid-2026
6 tips to get the cheapest MNL→Busan flights
Busan requires a visa and has no piso-fare culture — but with the right timing you can still cut the fare significantly
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Busan flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
Yes. Philippine passport holders need a South Korea tourist visa (C-3-9) before flying — there is no visa-free entry and K-ETA does not apply to Filipinos. The visa is free of charge and usually processed in 3–8 business days through the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) in BGC, Taguig. Since February 2026, KVAC waived the old 3-months-bank-statement requirement, making the process more accessible. Apply at least 2–3 weeks before your flight.
The nonstop flight from Manila (MNL) to Busan's Gimhae International Airport (PUS) takes approximately 3 hours 50 minutes. Philippine Airlines is the only airline flying this route nonstop, and it operates just a few times a week rather than daily. On other days, you'll connect through Incheon (ICN) or Gimpo (GMP) on Korean Air, Asiana, Cebu Pacific, or Jeju Air, which adds 3–5 hours to total travel time.
June and July are typically the cheapest months — Korea's rainy season keeps demand low and fares can drop to ₱16,000–₱21,000 roundtrip. The most expensive windows are late March through early April (cherry blossom season, which often overlaps with Philippine Holy Week) and October (Busan International Film Festival plus peak autumn foliage), along with the December Christmas/New Year run-up. Book by January for a cherry blossom trip, or by August for BIFF season.
Philippine Airlines is the only carrier flying nonstop from MNL to Busan Gimhae (PUS), a few times weekly. Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and Jeju Air all serve the route with one stop, typically connecting through Incheon (ICN) or Gimpo (GMP). Check PAL's actual weekly schedule before locking in travel dates — it isn't a daily flight.
Not in the traditional ₱1-base-fare sense. Because no budget carrier flies MNL–Busan nonstop, the dramatic piso fare sales that define routes like MNL–Bangkok don't happen here. The closest thing is a Jeju Air or Cebu Pacific seat sale on a connecting itinerary via Incheon, which can bring roundtrip prices down to roughly ₱14,000–₱17,000. Subscribe to piso-fare.com alerts to catch these when they appear — they move fast because seat allotments are small.
You need an approved C-3-9 tourist visa sticker in your passport before departure — it cannot be obtained on arrival, and PAL will deny boarding without it. You also need to complete Korea's Q-Code / e-Arrival Card online within 72 hours of your flight, separate from the visa. Bring your passport (valid 6+ months) and be ready to show your return ticket and hotel booking if asked at immigration in Busan.
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