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Air Asia – 1 million “free” flights offer

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Air Asia has just announced a special offer deal for flights departing next year between April 1st and July 31st 2009. The base fare will be “free” but you will (of course) have to pay additional taxes and charges. The offer covers all Air Asia routes including their medium haul Air Asia X routes to Australia.

So for example an Air Asia X flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur will set you back only AU$ 320 return all in which is decent value. (In flight meals are extra) Or you can fly on a premium economy XL Promo fare for AU$ 663.

The fares are available from August 26th to August 31st and heavy demand is expected…

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Australia to Asia – Offers from Viva Macau and Air Asia X

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Viva Macau have a sale fare from Sydney to Macau advertised as “AU$99″ one way not including taxes and charges. The cheapest return fare is actually AU$498 all-in. This is bookable until the 20th August for travel between 1st September until the end of the year. The sale fare is limited so you will have to be flexible on your travel dates in order to find the lowest fare.

Air Asia X has a one-way sale fare from Gold Coast (OOL) to Kuala Lumpur LCC terminal for AU$199 all-in. From here you can connect onto Air Asia’s extensive budget network around South-East Asia. Again this fare is in limited supply…book by 24th August for travel between 1st September and 13th November. And remember that Air Asia X does charge for extras like checked luggage and meals…although it has denied that it will be weighing passengers after some exaggerated reports in the media.

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BA vs Air France…TransAtlantic Business Class Deals

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Tomorrow sees the inaugral flight of “OpenSkies“, British Airways’ European based project and a result of the open skies agreement between the EU and US. OpenSkies will fly daily from Paris Orly to New York JFK using a 3-class Boeing 757.

OpenSkies has linked up with all-biz L’Avion (code-sharing agreement) in order to go head-to-head against Air France at its home base. Business Class airfares on OpenSkies are available from €2,300 whilst economy fares can be found under €600.

However the real business class airfare action is happening on London – New York route. Checking prices for returns in July we see some fantastic deals available.

Air France-KLM / Delta seem to have the lowest fares (some direct flights, others via Paris) and are priced at under £1,000 / $2,000 which is excellent value (the lowest was actually £917 direct operated by Delta)

But we also found flights from Continental, British Airways, American Airlines and KLM for under £1,100 and Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic for under £1,200.

So despite record high oil prices these business class airfares are very competitive.

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“Free” Flight Offer on Ryanair…but Watch the Charges

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

European budget airline Ryanair currently has a free flights winter sale for travel between October 2008 and January 2009. The sale runs until midnight Thursday 19th June (and has actually been running for 2 weeks having been extended 3 times already…)

The “free flights” are actually free, meaning no taxes/charges are payable. The trick to keeping your flight cost low on Ryanair is not to check-in any luggage…you will then only have to pay a credit card fee (£3.20 per person) or debit card fee (£1.20 per person) for your payment. If you have a Visa Electron card then payment is free.

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Note, the cabin baggage allowance is 10kg with maximum dimensions of 55cm x 40cm x 20cm. Also check with your airport for restrictions on carrying liquids on flights departing the EU/EEA.

Ryanair also allows you to purchase an extra seat for comfort (must be booked with the name Mr Extra Seat) but no more baggage allowance is gained.

Ryanair’s fees are as follows per segment:

Airport Check-in £4 (online check-in free for pax with no luggage)

Priority Boarding Fee £4

Infant (under 2) Fee £16

Checked bag up to 15kg £8

Checking in 2 bags up to 15kg £24

Checking in 3 bags up to 15kg £40

Excess baggage fee £12 per kilo

So by checking in one piece of luggage on a return flight would cost an additional £24.

Note, the sale is available for selected flight routes all over Europe, not just from the UK and Ireland.

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