There's this thing called cloud computing today where you can easily pay to add temporary resources when needed only.

With faster servers they can sell tickets faster and more people would be doing impulse buys instead of being turned away. AA is only losing sales IMO with their slow servers.

Servers have been stable for awhile after the rush. Just can't find a destination to go to that I really want. Some cheap fares to Melbourne but not much else interesting.

This post has been edited by tishaban: Dec 8 2011, 07:25 AM

Loving the sale but I'm so broke. Gold Coast for RM715, Orly for RM1800, Hangzhou for RM650 all in April-June.

I guess I'll have to wait, can't afford them all

Yes I tried it but did not get it, booked too late. Did you google around? Each AAX flight for example only has 12 premium seats altogether and most of them are taken up by paying passengers so you need to be very early to get it.

The only problem is that optiontown uses USD so they charge you USD (converted to RM at a certain date) then they refund you in USD (converted back to RM at a different date) so you could profit or lose depending on the exchange rate.

That's correct, if you do get optiontown everything you bought previously basically is burnt and you have to pay AAX again
Beautiful way of making money eh?

Haha it's like fasting ;-)

I suggest buying the food on the outgoing flight when they charge in RM.
The incoming flight is charged based on the destination so it could be NZD, AUD, GBP, Euro etc. and much more expensive.

This is part of Air Asia's hidden costs. If you don't pay to choose your seats then in my experience Air Asia will randomly seat you everywhere even if the plane is empty.

It's doable especially if you've been to Australia before. Sydney area, Blue Mountains...

That early I wouldn't risk taking a bus simply because if the bus is late etc you're going to be in trouble.

Taxi is not as bad. If your trip is not as long, drive and park at LCCT instead. There's another thread listing reasonable LCCT parking. I've done it many times before.

Instead of asking here, why not ask Air Asia directly? They have both Facebook and Twitter accounts and have been quite responsive.