this is a real story
about trip planning which
land me in quite a headache
like never before given
the amount of people
that’s the price
we actually managed to KIV
last Saturday which is not too bad
Traveloka – MAS – KL-TOKYO
for flying during peak season
on a full service carrier
with good timings too
although the amount looks
slightly daunting for a start
Traveloka – MAS – KL-TOKYO
peak season is the period where
you don’t expect good deals
and it can even be more expensive
to travel on a low cost carrier
one left? at that price?
on top of meal and luggage fees?
AirAsia (Official) – KL-TOKYO
then I went on to get busy
as last Saturday was
one of the busiest weekend ever
juggling 3 deadlines, due by EOD
all with zero progress
and managed to get some bookings done
My First China Domestic Flight
But First, Off to Silverland Jolie
then
i didn’t check it
throughout the whole Sunday
was outside almost the whole day
since it was first my work-free Sunday
for more than 2 weeks
and when I clicked open
9 something on Sunday night
shoooot i forgot
that’s the MATTA Travel Fair week
Traveloka – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO
was texting my sister
trying to tell her
but she thought i was
trying to tell her something
unimportant and pretended that
she wasn’t around!!
and yesterday
the price didn’t fall, obviously
and i was busy the whole day again
and that’s the current
cheapest flight available
Traveloka – SQ(Indirect) - KL-TOKYO
12 hours transit?
no way!!
Traveloka – SQ(Indirect) - KL-TOKYO
the same tickets we KIV-ed
last Saturday would have cost
Traveloka – MAS - KL-TOKYO
that’s almost a 5k difference in MYR
Traveloka – MAS - KL-TOKYO
the other alternative
would be splitting the booking
into two bookings
and secure whichever tickets
at a lower price before the rest
changing dates is not feasible
as we are travelling with kids
and not every working adult
in the group is a freelancer like me
that’s the cheapest solution for
flying one day earlier
Traveloka – Cathay - KL-TOKYO
yet the timings are not ideal
and flights operated by Dragon Air
is pretty small, similar to low cost
Traveloka – Cathay - KL-TOKYO
almost giving up already
then i remember CTrip
no harm trying
who knows
or i can just see
how ridiculous the price
can actually get
well
this is actually not bad
CTrip – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO
and even better
if we are okay with
shifting the dates one day earlier
CTrip – MAS/JAL - KL-TOKYO
just out of curiosity
how much would the same flight
cost on the official website?
i did this exercise once
and let’s do it again
wow
MAS (official) - KL-TOKYO
but then
1 adult and 1 child are holding
expired passports right now
and I am given the instruction to
proceed with the other 5
instead of waiting for them
to get their passports renewed
moral of the story
- flight booking is a now or never thing
- would be great to survey on different platforms
- make sure your passports are active!!!