Air Asia X Premium Flatbed Return to Auckland from Gold Coast from $476

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beatthatflight on 25/06/2018 - 10:29 airasia.com (215 clicks)
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"Departing from the Gold Coast, you can fly with Air Asia X to Auckland in a Premium Flatbed for just $476 return!

The Premium Flatbed experience with Air Asia X to Auckland does not include the full service you would expect flying Business class with Qantas, Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand. You won’t receive any lounge access, amenity kits or champagne on board. But the hard product is unbeatable for the price paid. By comparison, Virgin Australia normally charges $1,585 for a round-trip Business class ticket on the Gold Coast-Auckland route, and the Business seats are recliners."

Various dates until the end of the year.

Found on https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/air-asia-x-auckla…

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  Nugs on 25/06/2018 - 10:47

  -2

  just make sure you listen to pilot's instructions….

  https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/06/22/plane-bl…

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    soundboy5010 on 25/06/2018 - 11:24

    AirAsia flight in India

    Never realised Auckland was in India

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      michaelTito on 25/06/2018 - 15:06

      There are a lot of Indians in Auckland though.

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    Kiwi131313 on 25/06/2018 - 18:10

    +1

    That article is a joke.

    1) It is common that air conditioning does this in humid climates, the moisture condenses when going through the air conditioning unit. Happens with any airline when flying in a hot humid place. Its basically fog. Do people really think there is a button in the cockpit that says 'cabin smoke to get passenger to depart quicker'?

    2) The Airbus has 3 settings, low, medium and high for air conditioning. No 'full blast'. Unless they mean 'high', which is probably a reasonable setting to select when the outside temperature is around 30 degrees and humid, as it is in India at the moment.

    3) I don't know how fog or cold air can induce vomiting. If it was hot air bad enough to cause heat stroke, sure, but not cold air.

    4) The passengers were asked to disembark, and refused to, then complained about the delay. Obviously the longer it takes to get the passengers off, the longer the delay will be.

    5) The passengers complained about the captain not giving an explanation for the delay. This is common practice when there is a maintenance issue with the aircraft. If he says 'we have an issue with our engine, we need to get it looked at by an engineer' imagine how worried the passengers will be when they finally get on the flight and depart. I've seen passengers refuse to re-board an aircraft after a delay like this out of fear, when it was just a minor fault.

    At the end of the day, Air Asia got everyone from A to B safely. Sure there was a delay, but I don't understand why people expect airlines to always run on time. Surely people know that many flights get cancelled and delayed everyday. Same with busses and trains. Obviously the captain had a good reason for getting everyone off the aircraft, so why fight him on the issue? This could have happened at Qantas, Virgin, Etihad, or any airline in the world, the only difference being that at Air Asia, you've paid for a budget airline. There is a reason that the ticket was far cheaper than others. Staff at budget airlines are expected to do multiple rolls, (i.e. flight attendants also doing check in or boarding). This means that they don't have to pay as many people, resulting in a cheaper ticket for you. It also means that when things go wrong, they don't have as many staff to help out. Its a trade off that everyone accepts when they buy a budget ticket. Don't get me wrong, they are still safe, they wouldn't be allowed to fly if they weren't, but normally less staff means less customer service.

    People comment on articles like this that only have half the story and probably barely any aviation knowledge, saying things like 'God, this is why I'll never fly Air Asia'. What exactly did Air Asia do wrong?

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      Eeples on 09/07/2018 - 15:54

      They boarded the ppl when the plane wasn’t ready.

      So, they lack staff or lack staff training.

      But I agree…. paying a discount is worth the inconvenience….. which is why I’m a bit narky at qantas QF27 flight I was just on…..this is a full service airline ???? (I kept thinking to myself)

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  retiredfeline on 25/06/2018 - 11:02

  +1

  Sounds like AA is flogging off unsold flatbeds at the tail end of a KUL-OOL-AKL run. 3 hours isn't a hardship but if a flatbed isn't much more than the standard seat then why not.

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  renaldof on 25/06/2018 - 11:41

  OOL - AKL, that's a quick nap!

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    dtc on 25/06/2018 - 11:56

    Remember that just thinking of Auckland instantly puts you to sleep anyway

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    Kiwi131313 on 25/06/2018 - 16:25

    3 hour flight, and you have to be seated upright until about 20 minutes after take off and 30 minutes before landing. very quick nap indeed!

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  try2bhelpful on 25/06/2018 - 13:07

  +1

  Hard to get too excited about a business class trip that is that short, however, thanks for highlighting it.

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  jdr on 25/06/2018 - 17:05

  Nice have the space of business class for the price of economy. For such a relatively short flight though, I think I’d prefer to go with a pilot likely to be better trained.