First time flying budget. Sin-Mel, which budget airline?

[AgnesMM]

I have taken both Tiger and Jetstar. Both were on-time (altho most may say Tiger delays).

[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.

[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!

[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.

[peterch]

I fly Airasia almost every week 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:

[Mrsbongz]

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.

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...

[Zann]

Mrsbongz:

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.

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?

[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

[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!

[bezzlay]

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!

That makes SIA a world class airline. We had a bad experience with Cathay during our May holiday. Flight delay and we were made to move from gate to gate which is located far apart. Our kids did not have dinner until 23:00 and was given only snacks. I wrote a letter of complaint to them and they just give an apology. Very disappointing and it should be our first and last experience with them.