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AirAsia’s Free Seats are Back

The much awaited Free Seats promotion with AirAsia is back again, right after the world’s best low cost airline announced a brand new corporate identity last week.

This time around, there are 250,000 free seats up for grabs from a total of 1,000,000 promo seats available to all destinations in the AirAsia route network, inclusive of all flights operated by affiliate airlines such as Thai AirAsia, AirAsia Indonesia and Philippines AirAsia.

Guests will be able to grab free seats, where they only need to pay for fuel surcharge and airport taxes to great destinations such as Penang, Langkawi, Singapore, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Hatyai, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City and many more.

Domestic flights within Malaysia start from as low as RM21 one way (only fuel surcharge and airport tax), while international flights are from as low as RM47 one way. Guests are able to book these free seats at airasia.com from now until 20th May 2012 for the travel period from 4th Jan – 22nd May 2013.

AirAsia’s long-haul, low fare affiliate, AirAsia X will be offering awesome one way all-in fares from as low as RM200 to Japan (Tokyo, Osaka) and Korea (Seoul), from as low RM202 to China (Hangzhou, Chengdu), from as low as RM250 to Australia (Perth, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Sydney), and from as low as RM252 to Taiwan (Taipei). AirAsia X promotional fares in conjunction with the Free Seats Campaign will be available for booking online from 16 to 20 May, 2012 for travel between 4 January to 22 May, 2013.

Kathleen Tan, Group Head of Commercial, AirAsia says, “We know everyone has been asking and anticipating on the next Free Seats promotion, and we feel it is time for us to offer it again as we want everyone to celebrate with us on our brand new corporate identity. It’s fresh, it’s new and we hope all our guests are as excited as us with the new chapter of our journey. We have always been bold in our approach to marketing, and we are not about to stop, so guests can expect even more creative campaigns from us.”

“Guests can take advantage of this free seats promotion to discover new destinations such as the newly launched Davao, Kalibo and Puerto Princesa in Philippines, as well as Chongqing, China. With 152 routes in 24 countries, the AirAsia route network provides you with the widest connectivity across the region, and the free seats promotion is one of the best ways to fulfill your travel plans in a fun way,” added Kathleen Tan.

Senthil Balan, Head of Commercial of AirAsia X said, “We are pleased to be part of this campaign and offer awesome fares to the long-haul sectors we fly to. The feeder that both AirAsia and AirAsia X provide, would further entice our guests’ appetite to travel with us to multiple destinations at affordable fares.”

“Guests may also take advantage of our Fly-thru service and promotional fares available within our long-haul destinations across Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The Fly-thru service allows passengers to seamlessly purchase two flight sectors and connect via our Kuala Lumpur hub.”

AirAsia guests are also encouraged to pre-book their value added services such as check-in baggage allowance, in-flight meals, travel insurance and assigned seating as they are able to save between 30% – 50% when they book online.

The Free Seats promotion is part of AirAsia’s ’10 Awesome Years’ Campaign, to thank the guests for their support towards AirAsia as Free Seats has turned into a signature event synonymous to the AirAsia brand.

Guests can also take advantage of this Free Seats campaign by using their BIG cards, which is AirAsia’s global loyalty program where guests can collect BIG Points and redeem free flights with AirAsia. Sign up for BIG at www.airasia.com.

AirAsia has also prepared a ‘Bargain Hunter 101’ for guests on tips and tricks on how to grab AirAsia Free Seats. Guests can go to facebook.com/AirAsia to see the ‘Bargain Hunter 101’ and share it with their friends and family as well.

Source: AirAsia

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