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AirAsia "Lowest Fares EVER" Sale. Fly to Asia from $67

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Please note: most flights are now sold out although some odd flights, particularly inbound, are still available

As I predicted 2 months ago: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/179181#comment-2502793 !!

Lowest Fares Ever!

Booking Period: 12 March 2015 - 13 March 2015
Travel Period: 1 September 2015 - 18 November 2015

Travel Notes
- Advanced booking required.
- Fares are not available during embargo period.
- Booking valid from 6:00pm AEDT 12 March 2015 until 6:00pm AEDT 13 March 2015.
- Limited availability, until sold out

Gold Coast Penang AU$ 67.00
Gold Coast Langkawi AU$ 67.00
Gold Coast Phuket AU$ 67.00
Gold Coast Ho Chi Minh City AU$ 67.00
Melbourne Penang AU$ 78.00
Melbourne Langkawi AU$ 78.00 Sold Out
Melbourne Phuket AU$ 78.00
Melbourne Ho Chi Minh City AU$ 78.00
Perth Penang AU$ 78.00
Perth Langkawi AU$ 78.00
Perth Phuket AU$ 78.00 —-> $120 return !!
Perth Ho Chi Minh City AU$ 78.00
Sydney Penang AU$ 87.00 —-> $132 return !!
Sydney Langkawi AU$ 87.00 —-> $132 return !! Sold Out
Sydney Phuket AU$ 87.00 —-> $143 return !!
Sydney Ho Chi Minh City AU$ 87.00 —-> $145 return !!

OP: return prices checked are all early Sept (sorry, no time to check them all)

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  • Whats the catch?

      • Jv You've done it again!

      • Not impressed, jv.

        • -2

          Not impressed, jv.

          Neither were all the passengers that paid for tickets and didn't get to go on their holiday…

      • +7

        don't worry jv, i appreciate you
        gets downvoted to oblivion

        • +4

          gets downvoted to oblivion

          I don't think there are many downvotes left for tonight…

    • +51

      Mods - I understand the limit on neg votes we can make daily on comments but can we please have an additional quota especially for JV comments. There are just so many worthy of a neg.

    • +1

      Made me giggle, have an upvote

  • insane! just got the email

  • Return fares?

    • normal-ish prices. SYD to HKT is 87 up, $300 ish back

      • So not a bad total.

        • +1

          143 return early Sept

      • +1

        For Melb to Phuket one way was like $87 and return was $44 or something, with all the fees including baggage etc it came to $231 return

    • $38 return for gold coast on 17th sep

  • crazy! syd to Kl is about $600 return same dates, so if you fly onto Langkawi its cheaper… wonder if i can just get off at KL and not check in the last leg
    came up to $230 return syd to langkawi with luggage in sept

    • +2

      $132 return SYD to Langkawi (no bags, no food) is INSANE

      • yeh checked baggage came up at $49 each way, so $98 total for 20kg

        • remember tho there are 4 flights, so $25 each flight.
          Just travel light!

        • @battler: carry on only outbound, checked baggage inbound, spend the saving on shopping :)

    • +2

      The trip there should be fine. But if there is a multi hop itinerary and you don't show up to the first airport, at least some airlines will cancel the whole trip for you.

      • +1

        thanks for the info

  • +2

    Perth-Phuket for $120 return, crazy.

  • +1

    I have one question..

    can we book Sydney to Phuket and get down at Kuala Lumpur to catch another flight to dubai or london?

    Regards

    • +1

      cant see why not, but would be easier to do penang or langkawi cos they're closer

      • Thanks.

        I tried to get answer from chat but cant wait 99 mins :)

        "One of our representatives will be with you shortly. You are number 88 in the queue. Your wait time will be approximately 99 minute(s). Thank you for your patience."

    • I'm also curious to know if the check in staff will tags your bags to only go to Kuala Lumpur instead of Phuket.
      Don't forget, depending on which airline you want to fly to Dubai or London, you might have to change airports as well since air asia fly to the low cost terminal.

      • +1

        airasia is flying from KLIA2 now, not LCCT.

        • Correct, but you'll almost certainly have to change terminal. Only Tiger, Cebu Pacific, Malindo and AirAsia fly out of KLIA2 and none of them fly to Europe. Although AirAsia are supposedly restarting flights to LHR soon.

    • +1

      it's a 'fly-thru'. if you have checked baggage then you can't collect your bag in kl

      • +1

        Dec 2012 booked Air Asia flight from Mel-Kul-Sin. It was cheaper than Mel-Kul. At Melbourne airport I told Air Asia staff that we will not be going to Singapore as we want to explore KL. The lady tagged baggage Mel-KL.

    • Not the best solution but fly to a major airport like HCM and fly to Europe from there so you don't have to stuff around.

    • oh wow very insightful expert right here thanks tc4101.

      FYI Air Asia and any other budget carrier has to get past the same QC as any full service airline.

    • -2

      While I wouldn't fly airasia either (not worth the the safety risk to save a buck, IMO) I don't think distance travelled is that relevant, if your in the air and the plane is going down, it's going down.

      • if travelling over land, you have some chance of survival, or find the nearest air strip, or be close to emergency services. try finding land over the vast indian ocean. No chance.

      • +1

        Safety risk??

        By your logic then you would also not fly Jetstar "to save a buck" or Tigerair?

        • Jetstar = Australian airline. No problem flying Australian airlines.

        • @sickllama: I still don't understand what safety risk you are referring to?

        • -7

          @Flying Ace:

          MH370
          MH017
          QZ8501

          I'll let you google the rest. I will always fly Australian, American, Canadian, western European airlines over Asian African or any other third world airlines. Why take the risk to save a few bucks?

        • @sickllama: Because only Asian and African airlines have suffered crashes in the entire aviation history?

        • @raptormesh:

          Because only Asian and African airlines have suffered crashes in the entire aviation history?

          Where did sickllama say that ?

    • +1

      Never quite understood why people automatically assume a low cost carrier is more unsafe than a full service airline. Heck, they mostly use the same planes (sometimes better, and most likely newer), and face the same regulatory hurdles as everyone else.

      • -2

        Um they're low cost Asian airline.

    • just saying…your car probably creak more than a boeing plane do…sensing a crash on your car then?

      • your car must be a POS

      • If my car breaks down, i'll pull over. If my plane breaks down, well…

      • When a car crashes it doesn't kill a couple of hundred people in one go. ;-)

  • crazy prices! cheap

  • Crazy prices. I was searching as well and found Perth-Penang or Langkawi return $109.

    Wonder whether genuine prices or they made a mistake with the return prices.

  • +5

    I managed to get 8 of us on the same flights! Awesome deal. Book now, think later.

  • must.. not.. book..

  • Guys, dumb question but let's say I want to go to KL right, I've seen that flights go to Penang, through KL.

    So can I just book a ticket for penang, but purposely "miss the connection" flight from KL to Penang? Same deal coming back, the plane will go from Penang to KL then back to Aus. Can I just catch the connecting plane from KL lol

    • +1

      There would be a few issues that I could see!

      • Baggage being tagged through to the end on the outbound (no problem if carry-on only).
      • it is possible to short check your baggage (check it only through to KUL) - however once you missed a flight that would cancel the rest of your ticket
      • even if you booked two one-ways, no chance you could pick up the return leg once your first segment has started.
    • +1

      On the outbound flight to Penang, you could miss the connection…

      But if you do not board your flight in Penang to KL all remaining legs will be cancelled and you will forfeit all remaining fare value to AUS.

      • Can you cancel a leg via customer service?

        • +1

          In the online travel group i work for, with not taking legs, its classed as a change. You have to pay change fees and any fare on tax difference, and seeing that this sale is sold out it would be at full price now. Not sure if Air Asia have the same rules are premium carriers however.

          I don't really understand it myself, people call up wanting to not take some flights in the booking but still have to pay a lot extra.

          You'd think the airline would be happy that they could resell that empty seat to someone else and let you cancel it out of the booking.

    • +1

      You could possibly try booking two one way tickets that way they wouldn't cancel your return ticket.

      • +1

        This would only work if the passenger is going to fly home from Penang, Phuket etc

        You cant have a ticket from Penang - KL - Australia and just check in at KL

  • Any Jetstar price beat options? :)

    • +4

      Unfortunately not. Jetstar's policy clearly states it will only price beat flights that are direct & one way. All these are via KL.

      • +4

        Thanks!! You know all the fine print!! :)

  • FWIW out of perth you would want to find a half decent airport hotel to stay at - so you will need to factor that in

  • OMG Insane) bought one way OOL-HKT for 67 AUD no luggage no food for November will add later

  • Air Asia must be having troubles getting people to fly on their planes

    • +1

      I just got back from Langkawi flying with them from Melb and both flights there and back on the MEL - KL leg were pretty much full.

      • +3

        My recent flight from KL to SYD was also full.

      • +1

        Yeah, they're actually doing pretty well with Australia recently, so much so they're looking at adding an extra daily flight SYD-KUL. Also potential Aus-NZ flights, which could be interesting.

    • +2

      Air Asia regularly have massive sales like this.

      With the growth they are experiencing and in all my flights with them not one has been less than 75% full I can safely say they are not having any issue filling their planes.

  • +4

    Pay your money, take your chance.


    AirAsia X stalls on flight refunds for cancelled Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur route

    Adelaide travellers left high and dry when AirAsia X cancelled all its South Australian flights in January are still chasing refunds more than three months later.

    Earlier this year, hundreds of Kuala Lumpur passengers from Victoria were left chasing refunds after the carrier sold tickets for a direct flight between Melbourne and Bali late last year without having permission to fly the route.

    The flight instead had to be rerouted through Kuala Lumpur, adding an extra 14 hours to what was going to be a five-and-a-half hour trip, as well as accommodation costs.

    A spokesperson for consumer group Choice described it as "misleading conduct".

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/air-asia-stalls-on-fliā€¦

    • -2

      following the crash of flight QZ8501, the government & media around the world dig through what happens to AirAsia in Indonesia, and they found that the Indonesian operate AirAsia(not the Malaysian AirAsia) tend to bribe the Air Control & fly some routes(those in Indonesia) such as "Melb to Bali" route almost everyday, while the government issued licence which allow them to only fly on certain days.

      if you think of it, and if you know how corruptions work at Asian countries such as Indonesia, it's not so hard to understand why the flights got cancelled!

      it's not like AirAsia purposely "misleading" you & take your money, they wanted to offer that route too!

      • Bribe the Air Control? You do know that the governing body for ATC is a global one? If that happens on a daily basis it would be a logistical nightmare. We are not talking about sending off extra bush planes - these are all logged flights because there can be hundreds of planes in the air at the same time in the same geographic region.

        What happened was the paperwork lagged behind Ops, meaning they had rights to the route(that were planned). But sure let the media spin educate you on aviation matters.

        There maybe shortfalls in terms of operational processes but this is not one of them.

  • +4

    Gold Coast sold out for all destinations on all dates :( except Penang

  • Why is it Cheaper than just going to KUL? Could you potentially get out at KUL and skip the connecting flight?

  • +3

    booked return trip for Melbourne cup week - $133 return to Saigon!!! This is like the bargain of 2015!! added meals for Melb to KL legs - no check on luggage and paid via PayPal (direct bank transfer I'm not gonna fork out $36 for CC!!!)

  • +3

    Would jump all over these fares, but work-wise, it's unfortunately the worst time of year for me to take leave. Great post OP.

    • Same. Great deal otherwise.

  • -4

    WOW!
    Family of 4, PER-Phuket return $386, carry-on only. Thats lower than MH370.

    Catch is to pull the kids out of the last week of term 3. Schools hate that.

    • +7

      That's lower than MH370.

      wat.

      • too soon?

    • Meh… there is no meaningful educating done in the last week of school anyway.

    • Just leave the kids behind. Schools love that.

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