The entrance ticket costs 50 pesos. Inside, there's a small stage event which I honestly didn't bother watching or even at least know what it was about. I was too worried we already missed out on the best promos. True enough, PAL had long since announced cut-off around 2:30pm. I totally understand because it was past 4:00 and the line was still very long.
Most of the agencies had the same price. So we just approached a random one that was recently vacated by a customer. Luckily, we were able to buy a PAL roundtrip ticket to Laoag for only P2,390. I checked the airfare at the website of Cebu Pacific that morning and it cost 4k. Yey. Good buy.
Besides the flexible flight schedule, the agent was very nice and accommodating who turned out to be from Laoag! I asked for her calling card and told her I'd be contacting her to ask for advice on hotel arrangements and in firming up our itinerary. She smiled and said it was no problem.