Lucysdream Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hi all, I know some airlines like Singapore airlines offer extra baggage allowance for free for holders of PR visa's. Does anyone know if Air Asia offer anything like this? Thanks, Lucy :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Not that I am aware of. Have you contacted them to ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 They are a budget carrier. Be aware of the other charges they may hit you with to make their money. Also found this. Not sure about it as I still reckon there are hidden costs to budget flying that can be missed when booking. http://www.airasia.com/gb/en/flightinfo/supersizesave.page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucysdream Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 yes good thinking, I wonder if they do offer at least the normal baggage allowance but maybe you got to buy it all. I looked at flights to Perth for May and only £434 per person! Including taxes etc... but not sure about the whole baggage thing. Thanks for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmyblogs Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 We've just booked our flight Melbourne with the help of a travel company and there are a few options. A number of airlines offer 'migration' fees which are a little higher but are a bit more flexible and include a larger baggage allowance. We opted for emirates in the end... You get 30kg as standard, the flights are direct, dubai is easy and I have never had any problems with them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucysdream Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 yes I found flights with Singapore which will give you the 40kg allowance, those flights were about £580. It's just because I saw how cheap air Asia were and wondered what they offered. I wouldn't be bothered with just having the normal allowance and paying less for the flight, as we can just stick other stuff in with the shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Air Asia... Think long-haul easyjet... (well, slightly better)... Gotta pay extra for EVERYTHING, including if you want meals, ANY luggage and tv screen (they have iPad things you can get instead of back of seat things). That's why they're so cheap - not sure they really work out that cheap once you've added the 'extras'. I went with Singapore in end. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucysdream Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yes I would have to check out baggage costs as depends how much cheaper it works out. At moment for actual flight it's £150 cheaper per person with air Asia compared to Singapore. Thank you for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucysdream Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 well looking at the link above it's £47 for 30kg the biggest option. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Don't forget you'll have to pay for your TV and all that also (someone replied above about paying for everything else). By the time you've faffed around booking yourself all the extras I'd wonder if its really worth it for the sake of a possibly not even £100 each. If luggage is going to cost you £47 each, then factor in meals, drinks, TV etc. There isn't that much of a saving I'd reckon. What about airport taxes also? They usually add those on before the final payment stage and that shoots it up again :mad: Consider the budget airlines here and the charges they stick you with (no seat allocation, preferential boarding only if you pay for it, every drink and bite of food is charged for, having to print your own boarding passes even these days or else pay a tenner a pass at the check in). Personally when flying long haul we always spend the extra (and they are all usually reasonable costs when compared to the other big airlines) and travel Singapore airlines or BA/Qantas code share and have it all throw in without having to think about it. I really couldn't be doing with missing out booking an extra and then having to sit 24 hours on a plane without say a TV screen (or decent programming for that matter) or faffing with paying for things on the day. I'd rather relax and enjoy the flight process as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucysdream Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Don't forget you'll have to pay for your TV and all that also (someone replied above about paying for everything else). By the time you've faffed around booking yourself all the extras I'd wonder if its really worth it for the sake of a possibly not even £100 each. If luggage is going to cost you £47 each, then factor in meals, drinks, TV etc. There isn't that much of a saving I'd reckon. What about airport taxes also? They usually add those on before the final payment stage and that shoots it up again :mad: Consider the budget airlines here and the charges they stick you with (no seat allocation, preferential boarding only if you pay for it, every drink and bite of food is charged for, having to print your own boarding passes even these days or else pay a tenner a pass at the check in). Personally when flying long haul we always spend the extra (and they are all usually reasonable costs when compared to the other big airlines) and travel Singapore airlines or BA/Qantas code share and have it all throw in without having to think about it. I really couldn't be doing with missing out booking an extra and then having to sit 24 hours on a plane without say a TV screen (or decent programming for that matter) or faffing with paying for things on the day. I'd rather relax and enjoy the flight process as much as possible. Thank you for your input. The airport taxes were included. It def worth weighting up all the pro's and con's and adding up the extra's. We may want a tv for such a long flight, that's usually what keeps me going. I never knew much about air Asia which is why I wanted to find out all this info before booking anything. Singapore airlines was still a very good price anyway and at least everything is included. Thanks all :hug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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