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CalEden
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I was able to get some of the promotional fares Air Asia offerred to Phuket & Singapore. How is seating assigned? Looking for feed back about Air Asia, so any Info on Air Asia would be appreciated.
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Posted on: 9:26 am on Mar. 28, 2004
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aircrest
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I have booked to Phuket 2 pers round trip 2,000 baht.
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Posted on: 11:43 am on Mar. 28, 2004
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CalEden
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You did better, I got 2 person roundtrip 2,500 baht. Still very cheap. Thai would cost over 6,000 baht.
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Posted on: 11:55 am on Mar. 28, 2004
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ASIAN MAN
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CalEden, 
i took air asia to Khon Kaen 1600B what a deal. the service was awesome, there was no assigned seats, first come....enjoy !
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Posted on: 3:05 pm on Mar. 28, 2004
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aircrest
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I am to assume that Air Asia boards fom the international terminal for Phuket as the Phuket flight continues on to Malaysia.
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Posted on: 5:21 pm on Mar. 28, 2004
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dids
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did you book online or thru a travel agent in LOS?
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Posted on: 1:59 pm on Mar. 29, 2004
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aircrest
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Booked online. Fares change depending on the day of the week.
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Posted on: 2:49 pm on Mar. 29, 2004
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lockheed1011
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Thai Air Asia
Bangkok to SIngapore FD700, March 12 2004.
Thai Air Asia is the joint venture between Air Asia and Shin Corporation. With 3 737-300s now based in BKK their route network currently includes Chiang Mai, Phuket, Khon Kaen, Hat Yai, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Lets deal with some misconceptions first.
Their airplane is the 737-300. It is one of the safest airplanes in the sky and a workhorse of short distance flights around the world. It seats 148 passengers in a 3-3 seating.
Today's plane is sparkling clean. The seats are black leather - classy. The crew are in a smart red or red and black. Four crew on board; one Malay crew supervisor and three very confident Thai crew. One of the Thai crew speaks fluent Thai, Mandarin and English. All speak good English. The languages are useful on the SIngapore route with a large number of Chinese passengers on board. All the crew look like they are enjoying what they do.
There are no allocated seats; this can lead to a scrum to board the plane as people try to be first on board to get the best seats. It is quiet today - maybe a 60% load. So seating is not an issue. On a full flight it might be a problem, and I suspect that given the scrum mentalilty of some Asian passengers this may be a problem. Colour coding boarding passes may help. Give the first 40 to check in priority seating, then the next 40 and then the rest, or something like that.
There is no inflight entertainment; there is no inflight magazine. They may be missing a trick here - in flight magazines can be a good source of advertising and of p.r.
You can buy drinks and food on the plane. Nothing spectacular. Simple but cheap; 60 baht for sandwiches. They seem to do well in souvenir sales! No duty free is sold.
Not all the passengers understand the low cost no-frills concept yet. Requests for water before take off were delivered by a smiling crew but people should understand that all they are paying for is to get to their destination safely and on time. There is no inflight video or music. It is a two hour flight. Who needs it?
Booking tickets is simple. Go online to http://www.airasia.com. It is a very simple to use and well designed site. Pay by credit card and get your e-ticket. There are also hotline numbers for non computer users. You cannot book this airline through your travel agent.
The fare from BKK to SIN is as low as Baht 499 one way. This can increase to about Baht 2,700 depending on the date and time of travel and the loading. Apparently about 30% of tickets are sold at the lower price.
You can change the name on your ticket up to 48 hours before the flight for a fee of Baht 500. You can also rebook your flight for the same fee plus the fare differential.
To give you some idea of fare comparisons - SQ's lowest fare is Baht 4,200 per person for a minimum of two passengers flying together on certain flights with cancellation penalties and again only a certain number of seats are available at this price.
We took off on time; we landed on time on 2R at Changi. We used an airbridge at both BKK and SIN. We were off the plane quickly and all the bags arrived.
On time, clean and decently comfortable. A happy crew. A good flight.
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Posted on: 7:13 pm on Mar. 29, 2004
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valentinoxxx
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Quote: from ASIAN MAN on 4:05 am on Mar. 29, 2004
CalEden,
i took air asia to Khon Kaen 1600B what a deal. the service was awesome, there was no assigned seats, first come....enjoy !
I paid 532 baht for a Khon Kaen return flight.... What is there to do in Khon Kaen?
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Posted on: 7:49 pm on Mar. 29, 2004
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