Manila (MNL) to Jeddah (JED) is a major Hajj/Umrah feeder and OFW corridor, flown nonstop by Saudia, Philippine Airlines, and Cebu Pacific with around 10 weekly departures and a 10.5-hour block. Off-peak roundtrip economy fares hover at PHP 33,000-47,000. The KSA tourist e-visa makes JED accessible para sa non-OFW Umrah trips since 2019.
Route at a glance
10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on MNL–JED, flown by Saudia, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, with a scheduled block of 10.5 hours. The cheapest one-way in our cache on 2026-08-02 was ₱61,053. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
- Distance & duration: ~10.5 hours nonstop, MNL to JED.
- Carriers nonstop: Saudia (SV), Philippine Airlines (PR), Cebu Pacific (5J).
- Frequency: ~10 weekly departures combined.
- OFW corridor: Yes — Hajj/Umrah feeder, healthcare, hospitality, Mecca region jobs.
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Best time to book
₱61,053 was the cheapest MNL–JED one-way in this site’s fare cache on 2026-08-02, on Etihad Airways. It is a cache floor for one date and fare class, not a held quote. Across 4 departure months cached on 2026-08-02 the floor ranged ₱19,924 to ₱27,112.
That ₱61,053 is a cache reading, not a quote, and the difference is worth stating plainly. It is the lowest one-way price the fare feed returned for MNL–JED at the moment it was polled, for one specific departure date, in one specific fare class. It is a single one-way observation rather than an average, and it is not held: the inventory behind it is thin and often gone within the day. Three things it also excludes: checked baggage where the carrier sells a bags-free base fare, seat selection, and any change or refund flexibility. Treat it as the floor of the range you should expect to see, then compare the all-in total once the bag you actually need is added back.
Cheapest pockets are late January through March and October to early November. Avoid June-July (Hajj season) at all costs, kasi fares can spike 60-80% as pilgrims load up. Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr/Eid al-Adha bracket also tighten loads. Book 12-16 weeks out po for tipid pricing kapag Hajj-adjacent ang travel; for normal OFW timing, 8-10 weeks is enough. Last-minute fares within 14 days are almost always mahal.
Carriers compared
3 carriers — Saudia, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific — are catalogued nonstop on MNL–JED, filing about 10 one-way departures a week. Base economy checked baggage runs 0–30 kg across them. ₱61,053 is the lowest one-way the fare feed returned for this route on 2026-08-02.
What each operator brings to this pair:
- Saudia (SV) — alliance SkyTeam; hubs JED/RUH; 30 kg economy checked; +15 kg OFW uplift.
- Philippine Airlines (PR) — alliance none (ex-oneworld observer); hubs MNL/CEB; 23 kg economy checked; +10 kg OFW uplift.
- Cebu Pacific (5J) — no global alliance; hubs MNL/CEB/CRK/DVO/ILO; 0 kg economy checked. Cebu Pacific sit outside a global alliance, which matters at exactly one moment: a disruption. An alliance partner can usually be rebooked onto without a new ticket, an unaligned carrier needs an interline agreement to do the same thing, and if neither exists you are buying a fresh seat at walk-up price.
| Feature | Philippine Airlines (PR) | Saudia (SV) | Cebu Pacific (5J) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base baggage | 23 kg | 30 kg | 0 kg (LCC) |
| OFW uplift | +10 kg = 33 kg | +15 kg Bayanihan = 45 kg | Prepaid bundles |
| Frequency ex-MNL | ~3 weekly | ~5 weekly | ~2 weekly |
| OFW friendliness | High — Tagalog crew | High — biggest uplift | Medium — cheapest base |
Fare bracket (peso-first)
₱61,053 was the cheapest MNL–JED one-way in this site’s fare cache on 2026-08-02, on Etihad Airways. It is a cache floor for one date and fare class, not a held quote. Across 4 departure months cached on 2026-08-02 the floor ranged ₱19,924 to ₱27,112.
Across the 4 departure months in our 2026-08-02 cache for this pair (October 2026 through December 2026), the cheapest reading was ₱19,924 in October 2026 and the most expensive ₱27,112 in December 2026. Two caveats keep that honest. First, each month contributes one number — the cheapest one-way the feed found in that month — so this is a floor-by-floor comparison, not an average fare by month, and a month with thin coverage can read artificially low. Second, the months are not a forecast: they describe inventory that was loaded when we polled. What the shape is genuinely useful for is ranking your own flexible dates. If your trip can move by three or four weeks, the difference between the cheapest and dearest month here is larger than almost any discount code will ever be.
- Low (Feb-Mar, Oct-early Nov).
- Mid (May, late Aug, late Nov).
- Peak (Hajj Jun-Jul, Eid, Dec 15-Jan 5).
OFW-specific notes
2 of the 3 carriers on MNL–JED publish an OFW baggage uplift; the largest is 15 kg with Saudia, on top of a 30 kg economy base. It is granted at check-in against documents, not by fare class. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
Two separate systems meet at the gate on an OFW corridor and it helps to keep them apart. The airline owns the ticket, the seat and the baggage allowance. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Philippines owns your right to leave as a worker — the Overseas Employment Certificate, the record of a licensed recruiter, the contract that the immigration officer is checking against. An airline cannot fix a documentation problem and will not refund a fare because you were offloaded over one; that is a separate process with its own timelines. The practical order of operations is therefore: settle the DMW paperwork first, then buy the ticket around the date it clears, then claim the baggage uplift at check-in with the same documents in hand. Book the other way round and the cheapest fare you found becomes the most expensive change fee you have paid.
Kabayan working sa west coast KSA — Mecca, Medina, Jeddah hospitality — JED is your main entry. Saudia’s 45 kg Bayanihan bundle is gold for end-of-contract pasalubong; PAL Bayani is friendlier kapag rebooking; 5J is mura kapag light traveler ka. Carry OEC, contract, and POLO clearance — required pa rin sa NAIA. Paano kung Umrah trip lang? Show e-visa and accommodation booking; non-OFW pilgrims hindi kailangan ng OEC.
Checked baggage and the OFW uplift on MNL–JED
15 kg is the largest OFW uplift on this route, carried by Saudia on top of a 30 kg economy base — 45 kg in total for a qualifying passenger. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
Checked allowance on this pair (confirm with the airline before booking):
- Saudia — 30 kg economy base, +15 kg under Manila Bayanihan / extra baggage for OFW = 45 kg for a qualifying worker.
- Philippine Airlines — 23 kg economy base, +10 kg under Overseas Filipino Bayani Program (extra baggage 10kg + handling) = 33 kg for a qualifying worker.
- Cebu Pacific — 0 kg economy base, no OFW uplift on record.
The uplift is the part people get wrong, so here is where it does not reach. It belongs to the passenger through a programme rather than to the ticket, and it is released at the counter against documents — an OEC or OFW Pass and, usually, the employment contract. Book a bags-free base fare on a low-cost carrier and there is no base allowance for the uplift to sit on top of. Book the domestic feeder as a separate ticket and the uplift does not follow the bag onto it. Fly a segment operated by a partner airline under a codeshare and the operating carrier’s own rules apply, not the one whose code is on your ticket. And the allowance is per passenger, not per booking — you cannot pool it across a family unless the airline’s own pooling rule says so. Verify the number at booking; excess bought at the airport is priced per kilo and is the most expensive kilo you will ever buy.
Jeddah as an arrival point
4 facts identify the arrival airport on this pair: JED is King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN); the local currency is SAR; region Middle East; OFW relevance rated high. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
On arrival you are landing at King Abdulaziz International Airport, ICAO OEJN, serving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Hajj/Umrah feeder + OFW. PH passports are not on the Saudi tourist eVisa list. Across the whole Philippine market, Saudia, Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific are the carriers on record as serving Jeddah from home — a wider set than the ones flying this particular pair, which is why a Manila routing sometimes opens options Manila does not have. A planning point that costs people money: an airport code is not a city. Multi-airport cities are common, the discount is usually attached to the inconvenient field, and the ground leg quietly reclaims both the money and the hour. Check which airport your fare actually lands at before you compare two prices, and if you are connecting onward from a different airport in the same city, treat that as a separate journey with its own buffer — no airline protects a connection that involves a taxi.
Entry rules for a Philippine passport in Saudi Arabia
1 rule governs entry here for a Philippine passport: Umrah visa needed; Philippine passports are not on the Saudi tourist eVisa list. Confirm it with the official source before booking. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
- Saudi Arabia (Umrah) — Umrah visa needed; Philippine passports are not on the Saudi tourist eVisa list. Check the Umrah visa route on Nusuk or with the Saudi embassy before booking (tourist eVisa eligibility list: https://visa.visitsaudi.com/, checked 2026-10-23). Hajj is a separate process with its own visa. Official source
- Saudi Arabia (OFW employment) — Employment visa via DMW-approved recruitment agency; fee Paid by employer per DMW rules; max stay Per employment contract (typically 2 years). OEC (Overseas Employment Certificate) required at NAIA departure. Visa stamped in passport before deployment. Official source
Two things this table does not cover, and they are the ones that strand people. A visa grants permission to apply for entry — the officer at the border still decides, and a return or onward ticket plus proof of funds is what that decision usually turns on. And a visa for your destination says nothing about the countries you transit: several major hubs require their own transit visa or a same-terminal, same-ticket connection to be exempt, and the exemption is lost the moment you have to collect a bag and check in again. Visa rules change frequently. Use this as a starting reference only; verify with the destination’s embassy or official immigration portal before booking. For OFW employment visas, follow the DMW deployment process — that is separate from tourist/visit visas.
What 5 weeks of fare snapshots show on MNL–JED
5 weekly snapshots between 2026-W23 and 2026-W31 put the cheapest MNL–JED one-way between ₱25,854 and ₱61,053. The last reading in that series, 2026-W31, was ₱61,053. 10 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 3 carriers on file.
We take one reading a week and keep it. Over 5 of them the low was ₱25,854 in 2026-W23 and the high ₱61,053 — a 2.4× swing on an unchanged route, which is the single most useful thing this series says. Week to week the last move was up ₱14,899 (32%) from 2026-W30 to 2026-W31. Method, so you can discount it properly: each point is the cheapest one-way the feed could see in that ISO week, not a booked price and not an average of the market, and a week where the poll caught a promotional seat reads lower than the week either side of it. Judge a fare against the band rather than any single point. A fare inside the lower third of that band is a good one on this pair; a fare above the top of it is worth re-checking a week later before you commit.
FAQ
8 questions below are answered from the route, carrier and fare records this site holds for MNL–JED. Where a number is a cache floor it is described as one, and where a rule does not hold universally the gaps are spelled out.
Delays and cancellations: what actually applies on MNL–JED
1 statutory scheme reaches MNL–JED: the GACA passenger-protection regulation. It governs departures from Saudi airports and sectors flown by Saudi-licensed carriers, so it reaches the return leg rather than a Manila departure on a foreign airline. The Philippine departure is covered instead by the Civil Aeronautics Board’s Air Passenger Bill of Rights.
Saudi Arabia’s passenger-protection regulation is administered by GACA and it is anchored on the departure airport and the operator’s licence: it governs flights leaving Saudi airports, and sectors flown by Saudi-licensed carriers. In practice that is your return out of Saudi Arabia, plus any sector operated by Saudia — not a Manila departure on a foreign airline, which falls outside it entirely. Reference: GACA — Passenger Protection Regulation (Saudi Arabia).
On the Manila end, a flight departing a Philippine airport is covered by the Air Passenger Bill of Rights administered by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which obliges the carrier to offer rebooking or a refund and to provide amenities as a delay lengthens. It is a service and refund standard rather than a compensation tariff, so the outcome is rebooking, a refund and amenities rather than a set payment.
One exclusion matters specifically on JED. A seat bought on a scheduled flight is covered by everything above. A seat on a dedicated Hajj or Umrah charter is not: the passenger contract there runs through the pilgrimage organiser and the accredited tour operator — in the Philippine case coordinated with the Philippine NCMF — National Commission on Muslim Filipinos — and the first claim path is the organiser, not the airline and not a claims-automation service, which are built around scheduled IATA flights.
What is the cheapest Manila to Jeddah fare on record here? ₱61,053 one-way — the lowest price the fare feed returned for MNL–JED when this route was last polled on 2026-08-02, on Etihad Airways. That is the minimum of one record for one route, not of the whole cache: a floor for a single date and fare class, not a held quote, and it excludes checked baggage where the carrier sells it separately.
How much do MNL–JED fares move week to week? Across 5 weekly snapshots from 2026-W23 to 2026-W31 the cheapest one-way ranged ₱25,854 to ₱61,053. Each point is the lowest fare visible that week, not an average of the market.
Does the OFW baggage uplift apply to every fare on MNL–JED? No. The largest uplift on this route is 15 kg with Saudia, granted at check-in against an OEC or OFW Pass. It does not apply to a bags-free base fare, to a separately ticketed domestic feeder, or to a codeshare segment operated by a partner under its own rules, and it is per passenger rather than per booking.
Can I claim delay compensation on MNL–JED? On the Saudi-departing leg and on any Saudi-licensed carrier’s sector, yes — GACA’s regulation reaches those. A Manila departure on a foreign airline is outside it. Separately, a departure from a Philippine airport is covered by the Civil Aeronautics Board’s Air Passenger Bill of Rights, which mandates rebooking, refunds and amenities but sets no fixed cash scale.
Magkano ang ticket Manila to Jeddah? Fares move every week. The fare observation on this page shows the cheapest cached fare and the date it was found — use it as a reference, then check current fares before booking.
Pwede ba e-visa ang Jeddah? Oo po — KSA tourist e-visa available since 2019. OFWs travel on work visa.
Best time para sa Umrah? February-March or October-November para sa tipid. Iwasan Ramadan at Hajj weeks.
Ano ang OFW baggage ng Saudia? Manila Bayanihan promo gives 45kg total (30+15) ex-Manila for kabayan.
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