Due to really short notice from customer, all the other airlines has been fully booked, even normal Air Asia seats are fully booked, that leaves us no choice but to fork out approx USD 2k for the flight.
Air Asia nowadays does not encourage us to do check in at the counter anymore. They have prepared the kiosk for us to do check in at LCCT, and also made web check-in available.
The funny things with these premium tickets is that, it is not possible to check in at the kiosk and also online at all. We reached the airport like 1 hour before the departing time, and phew, we managed to check in at the counter. There is a separate counter for the premium ticket but we did not know that, so we went to the normal counter and check in.
Everything else is standard. They advertised something like we can board the plane any time we want, but the truth it, the gate leading to the tarmac outside is always closed until everyone can board. So there is no such thing as board anytime we want. By the time the gate is open, there is be a mad dash to the plane. I don’t know what’s the rush with these people.
We took the wrong entrance to the plane, as the seat is way in front, we took the back entrance and slowly squeezed through the crowd. Well, lesson learnt. Always ask before going into the plane.
Inside the plane….
Plenty of legroom. I can put my legs straight and still I can’t reach the wall in front.
Plenty of cabin space for your carry-on. This time we did not check in any luggage, brought everything on board. Made good use of all the available space.
The complicated control panel of the seat. I haven’t been exploring all these buttons. I just reclined the seat and slept for the whole journey.
Independent armrest for each side of the passenger, so nobody will fight with you for the armrest.
There is not much other perks here, only thing is that we get a flat bed seat. Usually we don’t find flat bed in business class in normal airlines, only in first class. And first class usually will cost an arm.
They throw in a couple of bottles of water for free, which is usually retailed for MYR 5 per bottle, I think, used to bought of lot of those before Air Asia launched their Air Asia X branding.
Food served on Air Asia is still way better than the food I get on other airlines. I wonder why other airlines can’t opt for this kind of food? Gee.
Now the next thing I would like to request from Air Asia is that they start to fly to Middle East, a couple of countries, like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt. Then it will be so much better.
2 comments:
Nice review of AAPremium. I always walk past and far far away from these seats. The flatbed looks good for those people who can fall asleep on flights (most people), unfortunately I'm not one of them -_-
Why do you walk so far away from these seats? They dont smell that bad. I think everyone can fall asleep on the flatbed.... Wait til you fly for 12 hours, see if you can make yourself stay awake then.
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