Starts tomorrow, 10 Feb 2009 at 0000 hours (GMT+8)
Further info here http://www.airasia.com/nl/nl090210-au.htm
This sale was mentioned in a post here http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/9962 but I thought I might as well make a new post for it.
AirAsia Free Seats Sale! No Fuel Surcharge on Their Entire Domestic and International Network
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Yep, I think you just pay taxes. From the 6th post (currently last post) at http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/9962, the poster said that when this sale was last on, he bought Mel - KL return for $320.
Yep just taxes and no fuel surcharges. Within Malaysian its usually around 40-80RM. To SE Countries around 100-250RM. Australia around $300-$400 return.
can someone figure out the time in AU? it is making my head hurt?
0000 Tuesday 8+ GMT is 2:00am Brisbane and 3:00am lucky states with daylight savings? Correct?Yep, correct.
does anyone know if the travel period is fixed to certain months?
Oct to Jan. In terms of free seat availability, they usually have a lot in the first few days, but get snapped up quickly for popular dates.
The free seats sale is usually called "The Million Free Seats Sale". But it seems this year it doesn't mention a million free seats, so availability might be limited compared to previous sales.
http://adioso.com/ is your best friend for this sale.
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just got the email-
500,000 free seats
Fly to Kuala Lumpur from
Perth* from AUD 71
Gold Coast* from AUD 82
Melbourne* from AUD 82Fly from Kuala Lumpur
Kota Kinabalu from AUD 12
Bangkok from AUD 21
Hong Kong from AUD 21
Manado from AUD 21
Siem Reap from AUD 22Hanoi from AUD 22 Bali from AUD 21 Guilin from AUD 28 Hangzhou from AUD 29 More destinations availableBook from 10 - 15 Feb 2009 | Travel from 12 Oct 2009 - 31 Jan 2010
more details pls?
what more info would you like master. hehe its all out there, time, date, what it is, how much it is, the rest is topsy krets until Tuesday.
mathiex - thanks for the info. zhenjie, your dates are feb-may, mathiex is oct - jan.
this just fyiYep, I posted the wrong dates, got mixed up with the current sales. Oops.
hmm so is it
17th Feb to 14th of May
or
12 Oct 2009 - 31 Jan 2010?mathiex - any chance you could screen dump the email here?
CheersIs there KL to London?
Book from 10 - 15 Feb 2009 | Travel from 12 Oct 2009 - 31 Jan 2010
Link to Red Alert email:
http://www.mailinator.com/showmail.jsp?email=fatty&msgid=706…bit off topic, but whats your internet browser? Firefox 3…? I want it thats all!
its just firefox with "aero fox" theme.
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December travel has not yet been released by AirAsia X.
What do you mean?
Not available for booking yet. Schedules not published.
True.
Don't seem to be able to find any flight from Oct onwards… yet.Will it be up in 2hrs time? :-/
Can someone who has the email please post an image of what the "More Destinations" are?
The hyperlink in the email points to
http://www.airasia.com/site/au/en/page.jsp?reference=1mfs
seems like there will be tabular view of availability.
Oh and yes London is in the free seats sale - I doubt they will have .my <> .au concurrent with .my <> .uk tho
For those booking onward flights, can I suggest you make a buffer between connecting flights as if there is a delay on your first flight there is no recourse to change your booking for second flight without penalty.
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Let me post the actual online version of the newsletter: http://www.airasia.com/nl/nl090210-au.htm
There is a link to show more destinations.
Let me summarise:
So the booking period starts TONIGHT at 3AM Melb/Syd time until 15 Feb 2009. Travel between 12 Oct 2009 to 31 Jan 2010.
OK let's calculate some return flights that is available. (Remember many of these return flights involve two separate bookings and luggage + meals are extra)
Return flights including tax:
Melbourne - Kuala Lumpur = $82 + $82 = $164
Melbourne - Bangkok (via KL) = $82 + $82 + $21 + $21 = $206
Melbourne - Bali (via KL) = $82 + $82 + $21 + $21 = $206
Melbourne - Hanoi (via KL) = $82 + $82 + $22 + $22 = $208Melbourne - London (via KL) = $82 + $82 + $246 + $246 = $656
Believe this is the cheapest ever kangaroo route fare. I know this is not inclusive of luggage and meals, but meals on AirAsia X is cheap ($5 per sector), and luggage addons are not that bad either.
Hooray for competition. And be ready to book.
The taxes will differ on the return legs. I think it will be slightly more expensive departing from KL to Australian cities. Still, its going to be a BARGAIIIIIINN! Can't wait. Anyone else staying up to 3am tonight?
BINGO!
It will be a whole lot more expensive booking from STN-KUL-MEL..just wait and see the taxes on the way back!
The London fare is not "free seats" by the way, its just a $246 special. They make it look like "free seats" though, but its not.
Might be cheap, but imagine sitting in a Jetstar seat (A320 ones) for 18 hours, and very little seat recline, people next to you basically sitting in your personal space…etc..wonder if they turn the lights out
What I would do is book $164~ or so return to KL, then grab a Singapore Airlines flight, or Qantas, or whatever to the final destination. Just a bit of space thats all…
Do you have evidence to back you up on this? If you try mock bookingfor a return flight of MEL-KUL-MEL, you will see that the tax for MEL-KUL is $82 while the return KUL-MEL is actually $38. This brings the fare for MEL-KUL-MEL to a staggering $120!!. Please get the facts right.
Fair enough, hence why I said I THINK it might be more based on my previous experience. We won't know until its released I guess.
Nop. Its cheaper.
KL-Melb tax is only $38 AUD
I was referring to the whole package. aka- STN-KUL-MEL….
Man, this is going to be interesting.. this could turn out to be alot cheaper than what I paid for my flights the last time they had a free seat sale and even then I only paid $245 return including tax from the Gold Coast.
I have this photo which is the A340 that will take anyone to London and back…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/b200_driver/2009/6Feb…
10years old she is!
Goldy to KL = 15+56$ $71AUD KL to Goldy = 42+52 MYR or about $40 AUD
http://www.airasia.com/site/au/en/page.jsp?reference=D7fligh…
for breakdown of fees and taxes.
So there must be some additional admin fees to get the amount up.
So I assume this sale starts 12 Midnight for Perth people?
Are these guys big?
Or could they be an airline about to go bust, maybe trying to get some quick cash?EDIT: hmm they do look quite reputable. Although ive read reviews that their customer service is so bad, they dont call you or notify you when your flights are cancelled. And their customer service line takes ages to get through….
But hmm. probably can trust them huh?Yeah they probably are the biggest budget airlines in Asia. I find them great for the price you pay. Although like any other budget airlines they are prone to cancellations or timing changes. Always allow an overnight stay or few hours if you want to do a transit flight.
Air Asia is one of the biggest Budget Airlines in Asia. They used to sponsor the AT&T Williams F1 team for the past 2 years.
Here a pic of 1 of their planes with the teams livery.
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/airasial…The prices look very good. Hopefully i can get a MEL - KL return & the website does not crash with the demand.
Don't forget the USD$40 deal with Hotel club running until February 15th. You can pretty much get free accommodation if you chose wisely. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/9941
Pair this up with these cheap tickets and you have the ultimate budget/free holiday.
okay… i'm ready… got my dates organised .. bring it on air asia :)
super deal too btw!
It's midnight +8 now, right? Is the site working for anyone?
not 4 mi yet
Least it's not just me.
not working for me
and timeout started! booking section cant handle the traffic.
"Gateway Timeout
The proxy server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server."mmm i cant get it to show under 400bux return? its showing all over 750 doloars from melb to kl? any ideas?
still not started?? yet/
Are you looking in Dec and Jan? Cause as with every other sale its very limited. Oct/November has more available.
OMG! $71 inc tax one-way Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur.. that's just wrong!!! :)
WHEN ARE YOU TRAVELLING
hmm i've found the flights i want — but it keeps timing out… i'm prepared to be patient though :)
ok i got it..woohooo..
I got all the flights I wanted. And was up to paying when it just died on me.
And now just keeps dying/timing out. Dammit!w00t!
158.00AUD return Melb to KL
123.00MYR Return KL to Vientiane (Laos)I don't even know how much 123 MYR is! Better check!
I cannot seem to find any cheap flights from KL to GC.. although I did find a cheap flight from GC to KL. Has anyone found any cheap ones from KL to GC and if so can I have the dates? Thanks.
Ok I just found one… makes the total $104 inc tax for a return flight from GC to KL… INCREDIBLE!!!!
if so can I have the dates? —-I CANT HAPPEN TO FIND ANY CHEAP FLIGHT FROM GC TO KL CAN YOU PLS SHARE YOUR DATES?
Try November
Looking for Melbourne - KL after the 26th December.
Not having any luck. :(
THX TRYING NOW
dates wise- i choose and got 31st October - 8th Nov (melbourne to KL)
Played around with the URL and found this URL. They don't seem to have uploaded it yet on their Sales page
http://www.airasia.com/freeseat/fsavail_en.php?hub=KUL&count…
It's 3:40AM on Feb 10 at my joint (Sydney) and I'm unable to book, how strange? Anyone else have issues??
It's like the Jetstar sale except instead of 50,000 Aussies its 50million Asians trying to book.
haha
but in all honesty i don't agree- air asia's website hasn't crashed yet — although it may be a tad slow — it seems most people on here, including me :) have been able to get thru and get some great flight deals …
(unlike jetstar who can't keep their website up long enough for anyone to book a domestic flight)
Yeah, I think Jetstar should learn something from Airasia! Its slow but thats not surprise. Still managed to book fine.
Very, very, very slow…
got 3 one way tickets to KL on the 6th of Jan.. awesome.
lol this is insane.
9th nov - 20th nov
$230 for 2 tickets return per - kl
baggage extra, but cant complain :)WELL DONE!!!! HAHAHA!
well im a happy chappy - goodnight everyone i'm off to sleep!
21th Nov - 2nd December for me and my girlfriend
$258 including 15KG luggage for each of us and the $9 comfort kit.Absolutely the cheapest deal I have ever come across.
Massive thanks to the OP and to OzBargain!
this is a joke had flights ready to go and they sold the seats off me as i was trying to process my CC????????????????????????? WTFFFF
i am upto the last stage and i cant book…
just happened again!!! terrible website letting me get to pick seats then booting me??
i'm about to book and then i get my seats stolen.. frustrating!
Scored $240 Mel-KL, but available free days went back quickly, from late Nov to early Nov in a matter of minutes. The seats, baggage, and meals cost an extra $160!!
Still happy, because price for two, would otherwise have been good for one.awwwwwwwwweeeeesome scored another one lol 2 trips one in oct one in jan
there are still plenty of seats left around late oct to early nov…could have saved my self some grief and got up at 7
I am very tempted now…
Me too…
Just booked flights for 3 ppl GC to KL return for around $350 including tax. A flight to Penang from KL is only around $15 one-way. Absolutely incredible considering a bus ride costed me around $25 one-way and took like 5 hours, whereas the plane ride takes less than an hour I believe. This will indeed be a very cheap trip considering you can get decent hotel rooms in KL for less than $10 a night. It's made my day!
Are the hotels really $10?
How are the other costs? Food, taxis, etc
And what is there to do in KL?
Just thinking for next time the sale comes around…
I'm using the hotelclub deal and I'm not paying a single cent for hotels for this trip. Although its mainly just low end 3* hotels and nothing fancy.
$10 rooms are also available from Tune Hotels, which is Airasia's no frills budget accommodation in Downtown KL. Its just bed and shower nothing else.
as am i… hmmm.. to go or not to go…
How do you know if its a discounted price. $250ish for single from Melb to ML… that sound right?
EDIT: Ah of course, it says price $0. If its the good deal. Then you just pay for taxes.
Seems there's no more for GC - KL. Gotta be quick for these sales…maybe next time…
This is awesome..
Just got MEL->KL return for 3 ppl for $480 total including taxes and bags etc!!
agentsmithy, the cheap flights are $0 on the flight selection screen.. then you add taxes.
Thanks OZ Bargin
PRICES ARE CHEAP!
$240 FOR 2 PEOPLE RETURN - MELBOURNE TO KLDepart Total 164.00 AUD
2 Guests @ 0.00 0.00 AUD
Taxes & fees 164.00 AUDReturn Total 76.00 AUD
Return Total 76.00 AUD
2 Guests @ 0.00 0.00 AUD
Taxes & fees 76.00 AUDServices and Fees
0.00 AUD
Services and Fees
0.00 AUDTotal
240.00 AUDi live in syd. melb flights still available but -
leaves melb 1.30 in the morning
lands melb midnight on return.will be hard to get back to syd from there unless book hotel rooms on both nights.
good deal for those living in melbthere us a afternoon departure on some days, and morning arrivals on some days also.
really? couldnt find any :(
Thanks STIX!
I got 10 days MEL - KL in November for $148 return including suitcase, hand luggage and meals.I booked at 7am this morning flights Melb to KL - $82
then i booked the KL to Melb leg in Ringit. Roughly $66 AUD with upgrade to 20kgTotal cost = $148 return incl tax.
No need for meals as they are night-time flights.
But did well Kelly to get the $148 incl meals!!
missed out :( no available dates to my liking..
for future reference - how was the availability of flights when the sale began? were most days available or did you need to be flexible from the start?
I think you have to be pretty flexible. You're better off getting whatever you can then plan your holidays around that, ie getting time off, etc.
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How does the free seats deals work?
You dont pay for the seats, what do you need to pay? Taxes? Anything else?