Donations
Help keep Better NAIA free
I run this site on my own, with no annoying ads and no paywall. If it made your airport day easier, help keep it online for the next traveler.
Scan the code with GCash, Maya, or any Philippine banking app, and send any amount.
Some banks add a small fee on QRPH transfers. On Unionbank or Maya, pick that QR and there's no fee at all.
Outside the Philippines?
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Where donations go
Better NAIA is self-hosted: it lives on my own hardware here in the Philippines, and I look after it myself. Donations pay for the electricity, the internet line that carries live flight updates to you, the AI tools that help me build, and the ads that help more travelers find the site. Whatever's left over keeps me motivated to run it.
- ₱24powers the server for a day
- ₱67keeps the internet line on for a day
- ₱477runs the entire site for a day
Thanks for reading this far. Donate or not, I hope this site gets you through NAIA with a little less stress. Safe travels!
Mikko Gozalo
Appendix A
The monthly bill
Better NAIA is self-hosted. It runs on a small computer at home, so the bills are small and homey too. Here's what a month looks like.
- Electricity₱720About 100 watts around the clock, or 72 kWh a month
- Internet₱2,000The line that gets flight updates to you
- AI tooling₱6,000Helps me build and fix things faster
- Bonbon, the chatbot₱600Every message you send it costs real tokens
- Marketing₱5,000Ads on Facebook, Instagram, and X so travelers find the site
- Total₱14,320
Affiliate commission covers part of this on a good month. Donations cover the rest. Maraming salamat!