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Budget Airline

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:40 pm
by Zann
May I have your feedback if the following airline usually has the tendency to delay their flight?

- Jetstar
- Airasia
- Tigerairways

Which is the best budget airline?

TIA

budget carrier

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:05 pm
by AgnesMM
I have taken both Tiger and Jetstar. Both were on-time (altho most may say Tiger delays).

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:31 pm
by hquek
Took all 3 before. In my case, Jetstar was the worst one with the longest delay (3+ hours before we could take off on a flight to macau); Tiger not far behind in terms of overall experience.

My experience with Air asia ok.

Unless it's REALLY cheap, else, I would only take full service airlines. The (lack of) service is really too irritating - I've ever spent hours on a phone waiting for someone to pick up the line, and I guess I was lucky that someone actually did pickup that phone at the end of it.

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:18 pm
by Mrsbongz
If u do take tiger, pls check ur forms n itinerary carefully. My dh once booked a flight (fri nite dep) n received e itinerary 1min later confirming booking for a sat morning flight. I usually go w budget airlines, but tt was e last time we booked tiger!

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:59 am
by Zann
Just booked some airasia tickets for next year school holiday. Got to transit at KL leh. Really hope everything turns up allright and goes on smoothly now.
:pray: :pray: :pray:

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:43 am
by peterch
I fly Airasia almost every week :D Overall I am satisfied wif them. Taking Tiger to Krabi tomorrow, will share wif u all next week then

As quoted by hquek, unless it is very cheap take budget airlines otherwise take full service airlines :celebrate:

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:24 am
by Mrsbongz
Zann wrote:Just booked some airasia tickets for next year school holiday. Got to transit at KL leh. Really hope everything turns up allright and goes on smoothly now.
:pray: :pray: :pray:
Wat i usually do is to make sure I input my email n hp no correctly.. Jetstar will usually notify u of delays etc.. I hope AA will also.. I also have flights booked for next yr.. n BUY your own insurance early.. at least a month early.... very important...

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:21 am
by Zann
Mrsbongz wrote:
Zann wrote:Just booked some airasia tickets for next year school holiday. Got to transit at KL leh. Really hope everything turns up allright and goes on smoothly now.
:pray: :pray: :pray:
Wat i usually do is to make sure I input my email n hp no correctly.. Jetstar will usually notify u of delays etc.. I hope AA will also.. I also have flights booked for next yr.. n BUY your own insurance early.. at least a month early.... very important...
Mrsbongz, is it better to buy from AA insurance or ok to buy from outside, eg ntuc? Do most insurance co cover budget airline delay?

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:09 am
by Mrsbongz
Erm i usually buy fr outside, cos i don have high confidence in budget airline's customer service. Every policy is different, so do check before buying. I bought thru a fren, supposed to even cover terrorist attacks :p

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:39 am
by hquek
btw, if you fly budget, make sure you go really early to check in. A friend cut it quite close and was bumped off the flight. It seems you really have to check in 2 hours before as they say; or risk missing your flight.

My sis experienced flight delay with SIA for a couple of hours (think it was 1 to 3) - and already they were given food vouchers to spend at the airport. Now that's what I call service!