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  About San Jose

San Jose is the capital of Silicon Valley, prominently recognised as the technology hub of the world, nestled perfectly in California. The city is surrounded by hills and Silicon Valley and is known to be a prominent and expensive city. Owing to the rich high-tech industry that it inhabits, the city's cultural, economic and political stance is quite high.

Best time to visit San Jose

San Jose is more of a dry city which has favourable winters as opposed to much of the cities in the US. You will notice that the city's best and most pleasant weather is in the months from December through April. The temperatures during the months of December to February are decently ranged between 16 degree Celsius to 25 degree Celsius. This is a good time to visit the city as the air is calm and perfect. However, you should ensure to carry a light jacket along with you to avoid the cold breeze. It can get pretty cold, and you wouldn't want to be in a position where you don't have the right clothes. You should know that San Jose also witnesses rain, in fact, heavy rainfall. The months from July through August are rather risky for you to travel to the city due to the excess rain. It might be a little inconvenient for you as excess rains in the city bring roadblocks and other such travel conundrums. It might not even be favourable for you to venture out to explore the city during the rains. Overall, it would be a sad trip if you opt for those months.

The dry winter season though is pleasant. With bare chances of snow and favourable cold weather, you will be able to soak in the city's beauty and its calm air. Summers might be perfect if you want to take in the sunlight and lit vibe of the city. However, the heat can get a little too much, since it is clubbed with humidity. The air is humid in San Jose most of the years. This makes their summers extremely hot. Spring surely makes the city pleasant and ideal for a tourist excursion. Plus, the city does not experience an excess crowd during the winter and spring months, adding to your benefit. You can make hotel reservations in San Jose without having to worry about the expensive hotel costs or anything. In fact, these seasons see fewer travellers which bring down the accommodation prices. You can actually make your hotel bookings in San Jose for a cheap and considerable cost. It would totally be worth the trip as you will get to save money and you might even be able to visit San Francisco, which is quite close to San Jose.

Places to visit in San Jose

San Jose is often crowded by business travellers who take a pit stop, especially to discuss business with potential clients. However, there are a few tourist attractions in the city that would captivate you. With proximity to Silicon Valley, there are only a handful of places to visit. Visit the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph and marvel at the beautiful architecture of the white structure. You can also check out the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which holds the largest collection of ancient Egyptian relics that can be found on the West Coast. The city also has a museum dedicated to technology and innovation as the home to Silicon Valley. The Tech Museum of Innovation would be quite an experience to undertake as the air is quite thriving. San Jose also has the Children's Discovery Museum, something to engage your minds if you're travelling with family. San Jose's very own theme park, California's Great America is a brilliant place to enjoy with water parks, adrenaline-charged rides and entertaining acts. The city also has the Winchester Mystery House, a tourist trap.

Things to do in San Jose

You can start by Santana Row, which is a lovely shopping spot with an array of shops to excite your shopaholic soul. The street also has fascinating eateries and food joints to elevate your experience. You can travel a little away from San Jose to make a day trip to Calypso Tortuga Island. You can make the most of it here by engaging in some cruise activities and beach fun. Further, you can check out the Arenal Volcano and take up zip lining as one of the activities to engage in. There is a Japanese Friendship Garden too that is calm and tranquil. It will be a good way to relax and step away from all the noise of the city.

Food and Restaurants in San Jose

San Jose faces tough competition with San Francisco when it comes to the dining experience. More like, San Francisco is acing the game. A majority of the crowd often head to San Francisco to explore the culinary delights of the city. However, that doesn't mean San Jose doesn't have a food scene. In fact, the city reflects the cuisines of its rich and diverse population. The crowd is majorly Hispanic and Asian, and much of the food culture is also inspired by the same. You can find some amazing food joints that glorify the food curated by many cuisines. San Jose witnesses a lovely melange of food culture, which you can find at the San Pedro Square Market. Located in downtown San Jose, the market has an abundance of local food vendors preparing snacks and dishes that can be purchased to go. Interestingly, you will find a vast diversity of food ranging from pizzas to coffee. There are over 20 vendors who are indulged in varied businesses which give a tourist enough options top peruse through before deciding which food to buy. It is the ideal place for you to visit if you're travelling with a group.

The city also has a slew of steakhouses. A majority of the crowd that visits San Jose are mostly from the business background. Hence, the crowd often expects steakhouses as the best place to dine and unwind. You will find many steakhouses in the city such as LB Steak, Morton's and The Grill on the Alley. The juicy meat and sides are a big hit among tourists who have raved about these places. However, if you want more than steak on your menu, you can visit Santana Row. It is a restaurant that caters to all kinds of moods that you might have in terms of trying out cuisines. They have Mexican, Asian, French and Italian. You can also check out Le Papillon, which is San Jose's famous French food establishment. It is also one of the best and is an upscale from the usual restaurants in the city. You might need to make reservations before visiting the restaurant.

How to reach San Jose (Transportation)

Flight connectivity to San Jose from India is quite poor. There are not many flights that directly fly to San Jose, even from the US. Most of the flights to San Jose are directed towards San Francisco as it is the closest international airport. There are extremely few options to fly to San Jose and only airlines such as Alaska Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, American Airlines and United Airlines have provisions of flights to San Jose. In fact, flights to San Jose often require far too many connecting flights to reach from India. There are options from Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi but they are very few. The most popular international route to San Jose is from San Francisco. Travellers often opt to fly to San Francisco from India as the availability of flights is high and the connectivity is also good. Dedicated airlines such as Cathay Pacific travel from India to San Francisco and from here, provisions of rentals, taxi cabs are available to reach San Jose. Flying to San Jose can be quite tedious as there are far too many layovers and connectivity errs to deal with.

Aside from San Francisco, there are connecting flights to San Jose from Los Angeles too, which many prefer. United Airlines has flights flying to San Jose from Los Angeles on a regular basis. The flight tickets to San Jose are quite steep. Owing to the bare minimum connectivity and many layovers, the flight tickets to San Jose automatically become expensive. Another reason why many opt to take a flight to San Francisco and drive down from there. Some even opt to fly to Oakland and drive down to San Jose. The airports surrounding San Jose have better flight connectivity. The living expenses in San Jose are quite decent and can be maintained. However, it is advised that you make prior hotel bookings in San Jose to avoid a surge in the prices of rooms. The city witnesses a lot of travellers and hence, accommodation can get a little expensive. As long as you're able to save up on the flight ticket cost to San Jose, you wouldn't have to worry about the accommodation. There are always some great online flight and accommodation deals running online that you can avail.

About Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines which was previously referred to as Philippine AirLines, is the national flag carrier of the Philippines. The airline's headquarters is located at the PNB (Philippine National Bank) Financial Centre in Pasay. Philippine Airlines came into existence in 1941 and is recognised as the first and oldest commercial airline across Asia which continues to operate under its original name. Out of the several secondary hubs that Philippine Airlines operates from, its main hub is at Ninoy Aquino International Airport of Manila. Meanwhile, the other important hubs include Francisco Bangoy International Airport of Davao, Mactan-Cebu International Airport of Cebu and Clark International Airport of Angeles. The airline serves about 31 top destinations that are spread across 54 overseas cities in Southeast Asia, East Asia, North America, Middle East, Europe and Oceania. Basically, Philippine Airlines has a strong domestic route and international route connectivity with a slew of destinations across major hubs. The airline also operates a mixed fleet which comprises of Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

The airline initially called Philippine Air Lines in the time of its genesis, suffered from some serious losses during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The financial concerns gave rise to complications in the operations of Philippine Airlines, leading to the airline being regarded as the biggest corporate. Due to this incident, the airline's management had to further downsize much of its international operations and completely cut off international routes such as the Middle East and Europe. Eventually, they also had to shut down several domestic routes and flights, except for the flights that were en-route Manila. The fleet size was also drastically reduced as thousands of employees were laid off. The inability to meet with the financial obligations, Philippine Airlines was eventually placed under receivership in 1998. Gradually, the airline started to restore its operations and eventually gain its momentum. By 2007, Philippine Airlines finally managed to get out of the receivership. New management came into existence, following exit from receivership and the airline's operations were further revamped and enhanced.

Philippine Airlines' main vision is to become a premier carrier across Asia and regain its position as one of the top airlines. The airline is owned by PAL Holdings which is a holding company that was established specifically to handle management and operations of Philippine Airlines. The company is basically owned by a bunch of companies that are owned by entrepreneur Lucio Tan. All Nippon Airways' holding company, ANA Holdings, also has a 9.5 percent of shares in Philippine Airlines' holding company. In terms of gross revenue, Philippine Airlines is the ninth-largest corporation prevalent in the Philippines. The same was stated in 2017's Philippines' Top 100 Largest Corporations list. As of 2018, Philippine Airlines' staff strength stands at 6,689, which also includes about 999 pilots and 2,647 cabin crew. In terms of revenue passenger kilometres that is flown, Philippine Airlines stands at the sixty-first spot in the world. As of 2016, the airline has recorded passenger traffic of about 16 million. In its 76-year history, Philippine Airlines showed a net profit of USD 140.3 million for the first time in the year 2007. The airline has been recognised as one of the Most Improved Airlines of 2019, as on the airlineratings.com.

Fleet size of Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines' fleet size stands at 72 aircraft. The airline accommodates a mix of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft that have been acquired from five variants of the Airbus family along with a Boeing aircraft. These include Airbus A320, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, the wide-body aircraft and Airbus' flagship Airbus A3350 and the Boeing 777. Philippine Airlines' liveries have undergone some massive changes ever since its inception. When it started as Philippine Air Lines (PAL) with the livery stating the same. With many changes in the airline's branding and management, it further went through some noticeable alterations with its liveries too. The most recent livery which is used on all Philippine Airlines flights is a Eurowhite livery. It was established in 1986, following a corporate rebranding of the airline. This specific livery simply has the name Philippines superimposed on the front part of the fuselage and is written in italics. The tail of the aircraft is painted with Philippine Airlines' logo, and the rear of the aircraft has also painted the country's flag. Logo of Philippine Airlines has also been painted on the aircraft's winglets.

Baggage Allowance

Philippine Airlines has reserved some special baggage allowance that depends on the international destinations chosen by the traveller. On the baggage allowance page of the airline's official website, travellers can find a detailed list of categories and the baggage allowance reserved accordingly. For passengers from Asia, the airline allows about 25 kg weight which is incorporated for passengers with the ticket types Economy Supersave, Economy Saver, Economy Value and Economy Flex. As for passengers who are travelling by Premium Economy, the maximum weight for checked baggage that Philippines Airlines allows is 30 kg. The business class passengers receive better baggage allowance as the airline has reserved 35 kg per for checked baggage. Philippine Airlines has mentioned that the passenger cannot exceed the weight of the baggage beyond 32 kg. In case the baggage does exceed the said weight, the airline would ask the passenger to repack and accommodate items that fall within the baggage allowance bracket. Along with the baggage allowance, the dimension of the baggage is also very important and should not exceed 158 cm.

In-flight services

Philippines Airlines might have had to compromise with their crew due to the financial crisis. However, they have since brought back their employees and worked towards upgrading their in-flight services. The airline has enhanced the seating of their fleet with the best reclining seats. Further, they have also accommodated comfortable legroom and armrest. Other perks of Philippines Airlines' in-flight services also include their entertainment systems that have been attached in their long-haul flights. Not to mention how the airline caters to some lip-smacking in-flight meals.

Popular routes and top cities of Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines has an extensive international route and domestic route connectivity across several destinations in the world. They are presently serving none domestic destinations along with 53 international destinations. These destinations are spread across 24 countries across a majority of continents. Although many of their operations to a bunch of cities have been suspended for now. Europe and Middle East operations have been suspended for now and might be revoked, depending on the position of the airline. As of 2020, Philippine Airlines has services to cities namely Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Phnom Penh, Toronto, Vancouver, Beijing, Quanzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guam, Hong Kong, Denpasar, Jakarta, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Macau, Auckland, Bacolod, General Santos, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga, Doha, Dammam, Riyadh, Singapore, Busan, Jeju, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Dubai, London, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Hanoi, Seattle and Ho Chi Minh City. Further, the airline also has codeshare agreements with airlines such as Air Macau, Cathay Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, WestJet, All Nippon Airways, China Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Turkish Airlines, XiamenAir, Bangkok Airways, Garuda Indonesia, PAL Express and Vietnam Airlines. With these codeshare agreements, the airline's connectivity has been enhanced with more destinations under its wing. However, they are the main destinations present in the Pacific Ocean and Asia.

Why travel by Philippine Airlines?

Philippine Airlines offers a mileage plan called Mabuhay Miles. The plan basically enables the member to avail several exquisite offers ranging from birthday discounts to freebies and discounts when shopping at some of their affiliated brands. In fact, they also have other offers with respect to travel and accommodation that is sure to attract the attention of prospective members. The miles accumulated can also be converted into flight tickets as one of the offers.

While their mileage plan is quite exciting, some of their other benefits with respect to international route destinations and connectivity within the Philippines is just as excellent. Travellers can book Philippine Airlines flight tickets and pick from some of their destinations which range from Hawaii to Dubai. They basically have a worldwide presence which makes it easier for passengers who wish to visit places that are not well-connected by bigger airlines.

Further, to enhance the passenger's experience with Philippine Airlines, the airline has also worked on improving the user interface of their website. It has introduced several new features online such as web check-in options, updates on flight status and a detailed note on baggage allowance. To know more about the flights, you can check out Philippines Airlines' flight schedule on their website. Passengers can also book a Philippines Airlines flight ticket with the utmost ease. Following the booking of a ticket, the traveller will receive all details regarding their flight, the baggage allowance, the in-flight services and whether they are eligible for airport lounge access. Travellers do not need to be members of the airline's mileage plan to receive some of the benefits and discounts. The same can be availed by booking flight tickets of Philippines Airlines online.