Friday, 8 July 2016

Penalty due to overweight luggage

To Air Asia flight customers, please be mindful on your luggage weight to avoid the luggage overweight. Why? because the luggage overweight penalty cost is insane!
luggage used for flight travel


How much is the luggage overweight penalty cost ?
Based on Air Asia website, the cost is RM37.1 per kg for domestic flight.

Keep in mind to avoid your luggage overweight.

Lists of Airport Taxes

Bare in mind, flight customer are required to pay air port tax when purchasing flight ticket.

For instance, each airport in different countries have different air port tax rates.

So, i will share the air port tax rates info soon...

Monday, 4 July 2016

Tip to get cost effective Air Asia's luggage options

Unlike other airlines, Air Asia's flight ticket price excludes baggage allowance. Therefore, additional expenses required by purchasing luggage add-on if you plan to bring along large bags for your flight.

How much does the Air Asia baggage fees ?

Below are the lists of baggage fees for Malaysia domestic flight:
1. 15kg = RM25.00
2. 20kg = RM30.00
3. 25kg = RM40.00
4. 30kg = RM60.00
4. 40kg = RM100.00

The price above not yet include 6% GST, so the baggage fees price included 6% GST:
1. 15kg = RM26.50 (RM1.76/kg)
2. 20kg = RM31.80 (RM1.59/kg)
3. 25kg = RM42.40 (RM1.69/kg)
4. 30kg = RM63.60 (RM2.12/kg)
4. 40kg = RM116.60 (RM2.91/kg)


So, the most cost effective baggage option is 20kg = RM31.80 (RM1.59/kg)

Saturday, 2 July 2016

Air Asia BIG promotion every month

Remember the dates for getting great flight deal in Air Asia !

July: 4th July
August: 1st August
September: 5th September
October: 3rd October
November: 7th November
December: 5th December 


BIG programme

Tips to purchase Air Asia's lower flight ticket price

Air Asia, is probably the top choices for South-East-Asia travelers to purchase flight tickets.

Generally, there are 2 ways to purchase flight ticket in Air Asia's website:

  • As Air Asia's member
  • As non Air Asia's member


For instance,  Air Asia offers a loyalty program called Air Asia BIG, which allows customers to collect points (BIG points) from the flight purchase.
The accumulated BIG points can be used to redeem flight tickets.

Have you ever think about how to purchase flight ticket that cost lower than normal price ?

"For example, the normal ticket price of a flight cost RM199.00, but the ticket price will become RM128.00..."

Pay attention to the following instructions, you can get flight ticket from Air Asia that cost lower than normal price...


The flight ticket price shown is RM199.00
Air Asia flight Penang to Bangkok BIG



If you are Air Asia BIG member, login to the BIG loyalty program, then click "Redeem Points" and select redeem flight.


Select the flight and date that same as just now:

Noticed that the flight minimum points needed is 6500 points, don't worry if you do not have sufficient points, proceed to redeem the flight ticket:

BIG Loyalty programme



After you have filled up personal details and reached payment page, you can decide how much points you want to use to redeem the flight, let say i have 2786 points and i used up all the points, then i just have to pay RM127.79 to get the flight ticket.

buy ticket with BIG loyalty programme

Compare RM199.00 with RM127.79, i can save RM72.21 by using this method, even though i do not have enough BIG points.


Hope this tips is useful to you.