I just contacted AirAsia. They said so far so they haven't consider refund , only these 3 choices:

a) Re-route to Haneda Airport
b) From KL to Bangkok to Narita (seperate flight, no transit, means have to recheck-out, collect baggage, recheck-in, etc...)
c) Credit shell to your account to be used within 180 days

Very troublesome for me as
- Haneda -> very big changes in timing and my friends taking MAS so I wanted to sync up wit them
- Stop at Bangkok, I depart from Penang, so there's three separate flights for me

Nope. She told me we can only expect an email in like, approximately one month before our flight , I told them this is not acceptable. What if people didn't check online and didn't know about the cancellation? Then she said they will try their best but can't make any promise.

My flight is on December 23rd and Jan 1st.

I think no. Sorry, I remember her saying FOC but can't remember if that only applies for the KL-Bangkok-Narita route.

Actually, you can change the route now, providing that you are aware of the cancellation already, just use LiveChat to contact them. She just said that the email (aka official announcement to every one who booked a flight) will be sent one month before the flight.

Nope. I have to discuss with my friend. All choices have huge cons for me. I would rather they refund me and I book MAS instead.

Dammit, I very tulan now. First time planning a trip myself and this shit happens.

This post has been edited by lightbringer: Jul 23 2015, 04:20 PM

So how is the process of changing date? You just tell them the date/time that you want and they do everything for you? What about additional charges like insurance/food/check-in luggage/seat choosing?

This post has been edited by lightbringer: Jul 23 2015, 04:55 PM

I heard that booking separate flights (KL to Bangkok, Bangkok to Narita) is very risky because if any chance your first flight delayed and you miss the second flight, they will not reschedule your flight for you, is this true?

http://www.booking.com/hotel/jp/mystays-ha...tal&#map_closed

You can consider this.

This post has been edited by lightbringer: Jul 24 2015, 10:14 AM

Missing a train is better than missing a flight for this case. If you are not transiting, they will not be responsible to schedule you a new flight if you miss the second flight due to first flight arriving late.

Does the airport help you keep your luggage? I am worried that my luggage would be stolen when I'm sleeping.

I can hug my backpack when I try to sleep, but nothing much I can do with the huge luggage.

Only on the Christmas day itself or throughout the whole week? I thought Japanese still have to work during Christmas? (means no public holiday for them)
I used to work in a Japanese company last time, and during Christmas, our counterpart in Japan still have to work.

Hmm, this contradicts with many articles and comments that I read on the internet, which claims that Christmas is not a public holiday in Japan and stores will remain opened. It's New Year which they claim most shop will close on.