Here are 8 steps to book the promo fares from Airasia for real.
Step 1. Focus.
Make sure you have nothing to do for the next hour
or so. If you get distracted, you might not be able to find the promo fares you are looking for.
Step 2. Visit Airasia.com.
Select your preferred destination, then the travel date. The 300 promo fares are only for local trips in the Philippines. For my sample trip, I’ll be selecting a trip to Puerto Princesa, Palawan for 1 person.
Step 3. Select the Promo Fares if available.
If it’s not available on the date you selected, click on View by Month to look for dates with promo fares. Now this is the part where you have to focus. It took me maybe 20 minutes to find the promo fare for this example but I’m not too picky with the travel date. Remember: not all the dates you prefer will have a promo fare, so you have to keep looking at other months. There will be promo fares bound to show up. Just be vigilant.
Once you find the perfect travel dates with promo fares, click
on the promo fare for both depart and return trips. Your total will show up on
the right side of the page. Click continue.
Step 4. Fill in all the necessary details.
While in the Guest Details section make sure to enter all the necessary details correctly and then click next.Step 5. Minimize check-in baggage.
When booking check-in baggage, my advice is to get the
check in only for the trip back in case you bought souvenirs.
And if you're not planning to get a lot, just go for the lowest check-in which is 15 kg for 170.
For this example, I selected the 15 kg one and added 170 PHP to the total.
Step 6. Don’t get the Travel Protection insurance.
It costs 300 PHP. If you
want to, of course you can get it. But it beats the point of getting cheap
fares. Click on Checkout to pay for your trip.
Step 7. Pay for your booked trip in the Payment Section.
The total in my sample trip is now 770.
600 for the Round trip and 170 for the check-in baggage for the return
trip.
Now depending on the payment method, there will be a
processing fee that will be added to your total.
Let's look at the processing/payment fees:
Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard)
Paying with a credit card will add 134.4 for each passenger
each way. Since the sample booking I clicked is just for 1 passenger, the
processing fee is already 268.80 making the total amount 1038.80 PHP. Imagine how much this will be for a booking of
more than 1 person.
Credit Card (Big cards)
Big Mastercard and Big Visa has zero processing fee, but I don't have either. I don't think these are available in the Philippines.
EZPay
Paying with Airasia’s EZpay has zero processing fee and will even give you a discount for baggage fee of 26 pesos. But this service is not available in the Philippines.
Payment Partners
Paying thru Payment Partners has a lesser amount for Payment
fee. The Payment fee is 134.40 PHP per passenger. But it’s still a considerable amount. Another downside of this option is that you have to make sure to pay for the booking within 12 hours of clicking purchase on the website. This could be a problem if you don't have any of the Payment Partners near your area.
Internet Banking
Payment thru Internet banking or Direct Debit is still the
BEST way to pay for a trip in Airasia.
Trust me. Right now it’s not showing any additional
processing fees. Let’s click on Purchase to see the next screen.
On the next screen, select BPI Express Online/Mobile Fund Transfer
option from the drop down menu.
Then enter your BPI Expressonline email address
This option is the easiest way to pay for your trip. It's online, you don't have to go anywhere and this process only adds a few cents for the verification fee.
Just follow the instructions on this page to pay for the
trip thru Fund Transfer.
After Validation, you're all good to go.
Step 8. Wait for the Itinerary
Once you are booked and paid, all you have to do is wait for the Itinerary email from Airasia. It only takes a few minutes. Once you receive it, you're good to go! :D
And there you have it. Booked and ready travel. I hope these steps help you in your search for the cheapest fares.
Visit Airasia.com to book your own trip!
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