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Prices last updated: 2026-08-12 · MNL → Quanzhou (JJN) · Sourced from Travelpayouts
MNL → JJN · 🇨🇳 L Visa Required
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Piso fare deals, seat sales, and cheapest prices on MNL → Quanzhou. Philippine Airlines & Xiamen Airlines — tracked 24/7, updated daily.
From
₱11,961
roundtrip incl. taxes
~2h 30m
direct flight
🛂 L Visa
Required (~₱4,000)
5
deals found
Direct flight
~2h 30m
Airport
JJN
Currency
CNY (¥)
Time difference
Same as PHT
Best weather
Mar–May, Oct–Nov
Best to book
4–6 weeks ahead
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⚠️ L visa required for Philippine passport holders — no visa-free entry
Unlike Thailand, Singapore, or Malaysia, China does not grant Filipinos visa-free entry. You need an approved L (tourist) visa in your passport before you fly — there is no visa on arrival at Jinjiang Airport. Apply through the Chinese Visa Application Service Center (CVASC) in Makati: passport (6+ months validity, 2 blank pages), hotel booking, return ticket, and bank statements. Regular processing is 4–7 working days plus online pre-review — budget 3–4 weeks total.
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Cheapest roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Quanzhou Jinjiang International (JJN) · Prices in PHP
Updated 2026-08-12
📅 MNL → Quanzhou Price Calendar
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Best time to fly MNL → Quanzhou
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Quanzhou flights
💡 Pro tip: The cheapest months are March, June, and November — often ₱8,000–₱11,000 roundtrip. Avoid Chinese New Year / Spring Festival (shifts yearly, usually mid-to-late February) and China's National Day Golden Week (October 1–7) at all costs — both trigger massive domestic and diaspora travel across Fujian province, and Jinjiang's factories often shut for 1–3 weeks around Chinese New Year too.
📅 Quanzhou events & fare surges
MNL → Quanzhou fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🧧 Chinese New Year / Spring Festival
Shifts yearly with the lunar calendar — usually mid-to-late February; ~7-day national holiday
+90%
avg fare surge
China's single biggest travel event, and it hits this route from both directions — hundreds of millions of domestic Chinese travellers move at once, and Chinoy families with Jinjiang/Quanzhou roots fly home for it too. Normal ₱9,000–₱11,000 fares can jump past ₱15,000–₱24,000 roundtrip. Jinjiang's shoe and textile factories also shut for 1–3 weeks around the holiday, so business travellers lose the trip entirely, not just pay more for it.
💡 Fly in March instead — fares crash back to ₱8,000–₱11,500 within a couple of weeks of the holiday ending, and factories are back at full capacity.
🎆 National Day Golden Week
October 1–7 annually
+75%
avg fare surge
China's second major national holiday sends huge numbers of domestic travellers moving at once. Fujian hotel prices typically climb 2–3x during this week, and MNL–Quanzhou fares follow the same pattern that hits domestic Chinese routes — expect ₱14,000–₱22,000 roundtrip instead of the ₱9,000–₱12,000 shoulder-season baseline.
💡 Book by August if October travel is unavoidable, or shift your trip to November when fares hit their lowest point of the year.
👟 Jinjiang Footwear & Sports Industry Expo
April 19–22, 2026 · Jinjiang International Exhibition Center
+45%
avg fare surge
Jinjiang is China's "Shoe City," and this annual expo draws international buyers and resellers — including a steady contingent of Filipino tiangge sellers sourcing stock. Hotel rooms near the exhibition center sell out weeks ahead and flights fill with business travellers, pushing fares and accommodation both up noticeably for the week.
💡 If you're sourcing stock, this is the best networking week of the year — book flights and hotels 2+ months out. If you just want low prices, pick a different month entirely.
🥮 Mid-Autumn Festival
Late September (shifts yearly with the lunar calendar)
+30%
avg fare surge
A family-reunion holiday similar in spirit to Chinese New Year but smaller in scale. Domestic Chinese travel rises for the 3-day break, and it often sits close enough to National Day that airlines and hotels treat the two as one extended high-demand stretch through early October.
💡 Fly in the two weeks before Mid-Autumn if you want the moon cake season atmosphere without paying the Golden Week premium that follows a week later.
🛍️ Pre-Christmas sourcing season (PH side)
August – October
+20%
avg fare surge
This route doesn't see a Christmas OFW exodus like MNL–Dubai — there's no sizeable Filipino labor community in Quanzhou. What it does see is Filipino resellers and tiangge sellers making stock-buying trips ahead of the Christmas selling season back home. Demand from this segment lifts fares modestly through the third quarter, well before the holiday itself.
💡 Book your sourcing trip by June for August–September travel — waiting until August to book means competing with everyone else doing the same restock run.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are averages vs the same route in a non-event week. A +90% surge on a ₱10,000 base fare means ₱19,000. Unlike Southeast Asian routes where Philippine holidays drive the surges, on MNL–Quanzhou it's Chinese holidays that move the needle hardest. The single best thing you can do: subscribe for alerts and steer clear of Chinese New Year and Golden Week entirely.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Quanzhou
Real daily breakdown in PHP — including the visa cost most guides leave out of the total
Budget Filipino Traveller
₱1,700–2,300 / day
🍜 Food (3 local meals)₱450–650
🚌 Bus + occasional Didi₱150–270
🏨 Local business hotel₱1,000–1,300
🎡 Heritage sites (mostly free)₱0–100
📶 VPN + eSIM (prorated)₱100–150
5 days + flight (₱8,900 promo) + ₱4,000 visa
~₱21,000–₱25,500 all-in
Comfortable Filipino Traveller
₱4,000–6,400 / day
🍜 Mix of local + restaurant₱900–1,400
🚕 Didi rides daily₱500–800
🏨 Wanda/Ramada Jinjiang hotel₱2,000–2,900
🏛️ Heritage sites + guided tour₱300–700
🛍️ Shoe sourcing / shopping₱300–600
5 days + flight (₱12,500 regular fare) + ₱4,000 visa
~₱36,500–₱48,500 all-in
Is Quanzhou cheaper than Bangkok? Day-to-day, yes — a local meal in Quanzhou runs ₱90–180 versus ₱90–140 in Bangkok, roughly comparable, but hotels and transport skew cheaper in Quanzhou outside peak business weeks. The real cost difference isn't daily spend, it's the ₱3,900–4,000 L visa you must budget for before you even book a hotel — a cost Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore trips simply don't have. Factor that in before comparing this route's "cheap flight" price to a visa-free destination.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Quanzhou edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
Your L visa takes longer than your flight — plan the timeline backwards from your travel date. China gives no visa-free entry to Filipinos and no visa on arrival. Between the CVASC online pre-review, the in-person submission in Makati, and 4–7 working days of processing, a "quick trip" needs at least 3–4 weeks of lead time. We've seen Filipinos book a great fare and then have to change or cancel it because they only started the visa process after finding the cheap ticket, not before.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Gmail don't work in China — and you can't fix it after you land. The Great Firewall blocks these by default, and mainland app stores won't let you download a VPN once you're already there. Install and test a VPN on Philippine wifi before your flight. This single detail catches more first-time Filipino visitors off guard than anything else on this route.
If you're Chinese-Filipino, Jinjiang may literally be your ancestral hometown. A striking number of prominent Chinoy families — including the Aquinos — and Jose Rizal's own paternal line trace back to Jinjiang's Ke clan; there's a Rizal monument in Sionque village taller than most Filipinos expect to find outside the Philippines. Services like My China Roots run genealogy trips here specifically. If you have Fujianese/Hokkien roots, build in time for a village visit, not just the standard heritage sites.
A meaningful share of Filipinos on this flight are resellers, not tourists. Jinjiang is China's "Shoe City" — headquarters to Anta, 361°, and Xtep, and home to the Jinjiang International Shoe & Textile City wholesale market. If you're a tiangge seller sourcing stock, plan around the Jinjiang Footwear & Sports Industry Expo (typically April) for the best networking, or avoid that week entirely if you just want cheap hotels and quiet factory visits.
China runs on QR codes, not cash or card swipes. Alipay and WeChat Pay dominate even small local eateries, and Philippine bank cards often fail outright on Chinese POS terminals. Set up Alipay's international "Tour Pass" and link a Wise or multi-currency card on wifi before you land — trying to figure this out at a Jinjiang noodle stall with no data connection is a bad first hour in the country.
Airlines flying MNL → Quanzhou
Direct flights only — no budget carrier currently serves this route
Quanzhou travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective · See the full Quanzhou guide →
Quanzhou trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in CNY — 1 CNY ≈ ₱9.10 as of mid-2026
6 tips to get the cheapest MNL→Quanzhou flights
Quanzhou is a direct 2.5-hour flight, but it needs an L visa — plan the paperwork, not just the fare
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Quanzhou flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
Yes. Unlike Thailand, Singapore, or Malaysia, China does not grant Philippine passport holders visa-free entry, and there's no visa on arrival. You need an approved L (tourist) visa in your passport before you fly. Apply online first through the CVASC portal, then submit in person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Makati (or the Cebu/Davao consulates) with your passport, a hotel booking, a return ticket, and bank statements. Regular processing is 4–7 working days after submission, so budget 3–4 weeks total including the online pre-review.
Direct flights from Manila (MNL) to Quanzhou (JJN) take approximately 2 hours 20 minutes to 2 hours 40 minutes. Quanzhou is served by a single airport, Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport, located in Jinjiang City. Philippine Airlines and Xiamen Airlines both fly nonstop, with a combined schedule of roughly 15–17 weekly departures.
March, June, and November are consistently the cheapest months, with fares dropping to ₱8,000–₱11,000 roundtrip. The two months to avoid entirely are Chinese New Year / Spring Festival (shifts yearly, usually mid-to-late February) and China's National Day Golden Week (October 1–7) — both trigger massive domestic and diaspora travel surges that push fares past ₱15,000–₱24,000 and can shut Jinjiang factories for 1–3 weeks.
Only Philippine Airlines and Xiamen Airlines fly this route nonstop, and both are full-service carriers — there's no budget/low-cost carrier here. Fares between them are usually close; Xiamen Airlines edges slightly cheaper on average, but PAL runs periodic promo sales that can undercut it. Always compare both directly rather than assuming one is consistently cheaper.
A piso fare is a promotional fare — popularised by Cebu Pacific — where base fares drop to ₱1. Because no budget carrier flies MNL–Quanzhou, you won't see true ₱1 piso fares here. What you will see are periodic Philippine Airlines and Xiamen Airlines promo sales that push all-in roundtrips to ₱7,500–₱9,000. These are less frequent than on Southeast Asian routes, so subscribing to alerts matters more, not less, on this route.
Start at the online CVASC pre-review portal, then bring your passport (6+ months validity, 2 blank pages), a completed application, a passport photo, hotel booking, return flight, and bank statements to the Chinese Visa Application Service Center on Ayala Avenue, Makati (or the Cebu/Davao consulates). Regular processing is 4–7 working days with no rush option for first-time applicants. All-in cost through CVASC is roughly ₱3,900–₱4,000, versus about ₱1,400 if submitted directly at the embassy.
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