This weekend I'm off to Singapore for a quick jaunt. Flying on Air Asia which I've flown on several times with no major complaints. However, they do have this policy with pricing. I receive their deals and promotions via email, and the prices are always pretty awesome. Fly to Singapore, or Macau for $10 or something like this. And once you log into the website, the prices presented are very low. The problem happens after selecting the flights and proceeding to credit card details. Suddenly prices double or triple due to taxes, airport fees and all this other nonsense. I really wish that Air Asia would present these charges upfront, so that it wasn't such a shock when getting the final price on the final page of checkout. I would have to imagine this does more damage to people dropping out and looking for other deals than if they just were upfront with the costs.
Apart from the cost of the flight, I'm sure my credit card is going to have a bit more damage after possibly picking myself up a few other electronic goodies. Hmmm, is it time to get that Macbook?? The new Leopard OS is being released just 1 week too late for me. Hmm, but maybe an Apple TV? Or SonyPSP? Or Xbox360? Nokia N810? HTC Shift? Oh my poor poor bank account.
One more thing I would like to share, not Thailand related, is this spectacular video of some Chinese dancers performing the Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva dance. Really cool stuff:
Oct 19, 2007
Weekender to Singapore
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Ah but this is just the marketing gimmick that every other airline is using these days! You'd think you'd have a great deal and then at the end they tell you there's still fuel surcharge....
Awseome video. Thanks!
P.S. Get the Shift if its available! (Although I think its a few weeks away from the shops)
W.e.n.d.y: Yeah, and I guess the gimmick worked on me. Even though I was pretty annoyed, I was too lazy to go searching for other flight options and just went ahead and checked out. But,I will remember this next time and open up a few browser windows to price compare *final* prices.
chippy: It is a cool vid :) And yeah, the Shift is pretty cool. Trying to decide between that or just holding out for the rumored Apple ultra-portable.
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