Airasia was the carrier of our flight, about 6 months earlier, Airasia had a 3-day promotion on flights to Bangkok for 9.99 one way excluding the extra taxes,fuel surcharge, and so on. My aunt came that morning, to ask me to book flights for 10 of us.

One thing good about airasia’s website is it’s clean interface and the step by step booking procedure. They will tell you what you need to do and all flight fare rules.

You can book a flight for 9 people at a time and pay by credit card or if you are a Malaysian, your savings account. I had to book for 10 at that time and had to repeat the procedure again.

As for the flight booking procedure, I remember having to key in all 9
identity card and passport numbers twice because the website rejected my first application. It could have been due to the system overloading because of the number of traffic that day the site got. Or else it could be someone has book all the promotion seats for that flight that day.

Anyway, if you want to snap up promotional seats, you will have to be quick in your typing and remember to sign up for their free account for if you want to book a flight you will need an account. Anyway, you would not need to key in your name or IC number again. Getting the seat is a happy thing.

Once you receive the confirmation, please print out that confirmation page as it contains your booking number. You can always access that page again when you log into your account.

You might be wondering, why Airasia can offers cheap air tickets?
Well Airasia does not print out expensive ticket like some conventional airlines do, because those tickets are expensive. They also use smaller plane with high maintainence and always have many people on their full fights, especially in the peak season (March, June,July, November, December).

When you want to check in, you just go to the check in counter and tell the personnel your booking number or hand them that comfirmation paper. Then you will get your boarding pass and an immigration department’s form, depending on your destination. The price of my ticket at that time, including all charges, amount to only RM 300 ($100). You may now also use web check-in services and their computer check in services in selected airports (the LCCT included).

Both going and returning flights= excellent. However, at that time there was no free food to be given and you have to buy the food onboard at higher prices. Anyway, you can also buy souvenirs on board.
I like the friendly air stewards dressed in red. Currently, there is meals provided on every flight, you can opt for better meals at an extra prices.

The flight insurance at RM6 ensures you can fly with safety. it covers missed flights and delays too.

Remember, seating on the fight is not fixed so try to rush to get your seats. Senior citizen can get in first. You can ask any friend who is a senior to help reserve your seat.A good Technique. For your information, all seat are economy classed.

AirAsia X, their longhaul flight carrier is even better in the sense that you can pick your seating online for an extra price. For example I can pick the seat on the front rows if it’s available. Anyway, on the long haul flights, they have something equivalent to business class but less out the luxury of food. The seats for that class is more comfortable than the rest but more expensive. F.Y.I a economy seat on any other conventional flight carrier is almost the same as a business class seat on AirAsia X. They fly to small airports instead of the big ones to save money. Anyway, it’s good not to bump into traffic jams out of a big airport, isn’t it?

Overall, Air Asia is a good flight carrier. I give it a rating of 84/100. Watch out for any upcoming promotions on http://www.airasia.com.

Rating: 8