Idris Jalla, the CEO of Malaysia Airlines has announced the hiking of domestic fares and cited that domestic fares in Malaysia is still low compared to most other countries. I am not going to write much about this, but I am going to paste here two postings from a political forum that I am a member of. The first posting is by a good friend of mine; the second is mine:
His posting:
— In xxx-xxxxxx@yahoogroups.com, “someone” wrote:
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> MAS domestic fares will be raised between 15-20% from August 15 and
> Idris Jala said they are still the lowest in this region…!
>
> So good luck to MAS in its efforts to make profit when there’s
> AirAsia offering cheaper fares.
>
> What else is new? I remember the govt saying there shldnt be price
> increases when it raised the fuel price. What happens now?
>
> Sheeeeshhhhhhhhhh……cant think properly to continue this piece.
My reply:
Re: [xxxx xxx xxxxx 03-xxxxxxxx] Dog Eat Dog
What I don’t understand is when it comes to Air Asia, every single so-
called Ahlis Yang Berhormat start to kick up a fuss. From branding the
airline as “cheat” to saying it has no right to question the
government’s biased support of the airline industry.
For me, it is the question of consumer rights. As a consumer, it is my
money, it is up to me how to spend it. No one buffoon in that white
phallic symbol perched on top of the hill has any right to tell me what
I should choose. Whoever gives me the better choice, I choose.
I don’t remember anywhere that Air Asia says it is a cheap airline. It
just says, “now everybody can fly.” So it introduces cheap flights
such its “Domestic flights from RM0.99 one way” ads. So, where did it
cheat? Yes, you book it within that period, and meet the terms and
conditions of the ad, you get that price. You have to book early, and
only a certain number of flights carry that fare, and yes, it is one
way, ex-KUL maybe, to BKI, but return you still pay RM199.00. It
doesn’t say RM0.99 each way. You book late, or you are fussy about your
flight time, pay the normal price..which is cheaper than what MAS can
offer. I don’t eat or drink on domestic flights. So I prefer a no-frill
flight to get here and there.
However, there is a catch to this. As a diver, I have to have more
baggage allowance. So on dive trips, to Sipadan for example, I take MAS
Supersavers, which is a few hundred more than Air Asia, but cheaper
than normal MAS flights, but I get extra 5kg baggage allowance for my
dive equipment.
So it is back to the consumer to choose whichever airline that suits
his/her needs for the purpose of that flight. Of course, buffoons in
suits find it difficult to read the fine prints as most are old or have
myopic views of lots of things.
Or…maybe they thought they could fly anywhere in Malaysia for RM1.98
return (RM0.99 X 2) as these people will always try to make a lot,
spend a little. As evident in the Jasin Mental Prick case.
If he wants a cheap Kompressor, ask him to call me. I know lots of dive
shops selling off their compressors.
SeaDemon Says 