Premium Flatbed under $1,000? Air Asia X Review
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- Опубликовано: 30 мар 2019
- Air Asia X Premium Flatbed from Avalon (Melbourne, Australia) to Kuala Lumpar (Malaysia). Testing the A330 flatbed experience, food, service, comfort, cabin layout, and comparing it to Jetstar Business Class. Is Air Asia X's Premium Flatbed a good option for flying to South East Asia from Australia?
I'm flying to the USA for the Sun n Fun Fly In testing a few Airlines on the way. Let me know your thoughts on the Air Asia X Premium Flex Fare and their flatbed, would you fly it?
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Great job as always stefan all the best in your travels love to see you here in Hollywood Florida and show you around this magnificent city
Another great video bud! Did love you filming in the dark with the quiet zone sign behind you! Too funny. Looking forward to the SQ leg
Great insight on the alternative carrier . I claim Malaysia even though I only transferred through KL on the way to HK ! Look forward to your Singapore A350 story . Safe travels
Oooo looking forward to the longest flight! When we were flying back to Sydney after Avalon 2019, the airport was COMPLETELY empty! Great video:)
Great video! Can’t wait to see the review of the A350. A family member of mine did it last week and he said it was really good.
I actually looooooove your travel videos.... Keep it up Stef. Big thumbs up from me👍
Thank you, I really enjoy making these so that's appreciated.
I was just looking at videos and trip reports of the world's longest flight literally an hour before you uploaded this.
Can't wait for your take on it!
Yeah I'm excited to try it. I think as an aviation tragic it's one of those top 10 trips to fly. Video coming sooon... Thanks.
I’m from geelong and always have to go from tulla to get back to the states but when going to Brisbane to see family we can take the Jetstar flight to Gold Coast and I have to say going out of Avalon for us is so convenient! Great video btw
Nice vid mate, interesting to hear your thoughts!
Thank you, it was fun to try them out.
Great vid as always. Your enthusiasm for travel is infectious. Always fear during one of your long shot go pro bits some one will run off with the camera. So we get the chase the tackle and the retrieval in the middle of an outdoor take. Would be you tube gold. Looking forward to the SQ story soon.
Ha yeah one day I’ll lose one I’m sure. Thanks Paul, I just love to keep moving and want to experience as much of this world as I can. I’ve only got one shot on this planet, want to make it a good one.
Great job stef love this video I’ve family in Malaysia and working for Malaysian airlines and air Asia so was awesome to see in this video plus KL airport is savage
Thanks Miguel, I enjoyed flying Air Asia X, and I’ll try and spend longer than 20 minutes in your country next time! Thanks for watching.
@@StefanDrury im actually irish just have my mams side living in malaysia my bad ! But thankyou !!
That would have to be the fastest train i have ever seen, haha. You definitely are a frequent flyer Stef, thanks mate
Many thanks for another great video and the opportunity to join in your bit of aviation fun!
Seeing the aviation industry is fascinating
Thanks for following along Tom, I love sharing these mini adventures here.
Can't wait for your next viddy
I fully agree Stef that the getting there via a few airports just adds to the holiday. By the way, for others on the channel, I found the other day that Liveatc is broadcasting the Sun N Fun airshow. For all of us that can't make it, we can listen in. Have a great trip and I look forward to some of your fantastic videos.
Thanks Graeme, that's a great tip about Liveatc. I also have a friend working AirshowTV, they're broadcasting the event but I'm not sure about channel / availability. I'll find out more and post some info though.
@@StefanDrury I understand their coverage starts Friday, but for us back here in Oz the time difference is a bit of an issue. Will have to watch the replays, but look forward to those. That next flight of your sounds awesome. I watched Sam Chui's VLOG of it just recently. He did it in Premium Economy. What class are you flight that leg ??
I may be Star Alliance Gold with Air New Zealand, but tbh AirAsiaX is one of my faves to fly with, so much nostalgia.
That was so funny about the blackout during the daytime trip. I imagine they've worked out it is what passengers want if they've paid for the flatbed. It also might encourage any kids in the area to be quiet or at least get parents to be more active in keeping it quiet. The hot food on Air Asia is the best airline food that we have had (in comparison to other hot food on other airlines). They know what heats well and the flavours.
I'm from Malaysia.. i love your review about AirAsia X Premium Flatbed 😁. Cheeers 😁
Hey, thanks for watching, I had fun for my 20 minute visit to Malaysia, hopefully longer next time!
great video stef. Dont worry you will get the hang of removing the lens cap one day lol. next video the sia flight woohoo
Is it weird that my favorite show at avalon was air asia taking off. Found it more amusing than the other shows
Airasia X is a good airline for the price they put out. It's a bit cramped in economy but I may end up sightseeing than sleeping on an 8 hour flight.
Really looking forward to your SQ A350 ULR experience. Flying Business or Premium Economy? That is one LONG flight!
Looks like SansSpotter. Anyway great video and im a new subscriber btw.
May I ask what camera do you use for recording Stefan?
Klia2 is exclusively used by AirAsia and their subsidiaries. There's a big bridge under which aircraft sometimes pass.
I had once criticized you some months back during your Philipines trip saying that, that kind of video didn't suit your channel. But videos like these are amazing, keep up the good work. Looking forward to the Singapore to New York flight review.
Ha, thanks Bishal, that means a lot. I love making these videos, I hope they're entertaining to watch, the story is interesting, but also the information is useful. And that sort of feedback is great, thanks mate.
Cool video Stef, I’ve flown air Asia from
Melbourne to Bali on the flat bed and that was great! Are you flying premium economy or business on the Singapore to Newark? Heard the business class of fab! Enjoy the flight!
Fantastic video and welcome back. I have friends who live in KL and visit them often and usually fly with MAS and the return Business Class from Melbourne is around $3000 to $3400 return which I think is great great value. KL is NOT Singapore and or Hong Kong but its a lot cheaper and the food is unreal. Air Asia have a growing market here as you know and the product looked very good for the price. How did you handle the signage at KL airport . My friends and I have a running joke about how poor the signage is in Malaysia full stop. At least they have an excellent train from the Airport to KL Sentral....about $18 Australian and a 30 minute ride! Well done mate...enjoy Singers and looking forward to the SQ flight to Newark, New Jersey (or New York) !! BTW I have a feeling during your plane spotting moment you had vision of one of the 747's which are parked at KLIA and nobody can tell the airport who actually owns them. Its been an aviation mystery for some years. In fact there were 3 of them. www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/09/malaysia-seeks-owners-three-boeing-747s-abandoned-airport-kuala-lumpur Great stuff again Stef!
Looks like you passed by me just outside my window here. Safe travels! :p
That’s cool! Hope you waved :) Thanks Alexander.
Wow, how do you turnaround such quality videos so quickly?
Are you going to the Sydney air show?
If you book far enough in advance you can sometimes get a return for around $900Aud. Not a bad option if your paying rather than redeeming.
Cheers from Malaysia!!
Cheers Wolf, thanks for allowing me to visit your country for about 20 minutes :)
Flew air Asia out of Adelaide to Hong Kong a few years back. No issues at all. For a budget airline they were great. Just a shame they stopped all Adelaide flights rather than reducing the daily to maybe two or three a week. Would happily use them again for flights to Asia. However hard to beat business class on Qatar Airways for trips to Europe. Love the videos keep em coming.
Thanks Shaun, yeah I agree it’s hard to top Qatar for Biz, but for a low cost option AA were very good. Shame they don’t fly out of ADL though yeah. Cheers.
Air Asia has been in Melbourne for a while haha but they recently moved to Avalon
How did you find Arrive In Comfort? Do you know if they serve the Gold Coast? I'd hire him 👍🏻
You can go to Langkawi for the airshow called LIMA19 😁 Selamat Datang to 🇲🇾 malaysia
Any recommendations over which row would be better?
Hi Stefan,
Nice Vid. Their new Premium Flatbed of A330neo 2019 isn't great. I prefer this OLD Premium Flatbed. This old premium lie flat bed are far better.
The AirAsia X flatbed product is great for the price. Food on AirAsia is generally really good and it's not expensive at all, even on domestic flights. Have flown the flatbed from Seoul to Kuala Lumpur years ago and it was well worth it. It was the same price as economy on Malaysia Airlines (and the KL to Seoul flight on MAS was shite).
BTW, make sure you stopover in KL (and Malaysia) for longer when you can after all this pandemic stuff is over.
Just viewed this report. Yeah it's more than a year old. One error everyone seems to make regarding Newark, it's in New Jersey, not New York. Sure it's right next door, distance wise it's similar to Tullamarine & Avalon, but two separate states.
And alot better than what Scoot offers as well
Andrew Leong I would agree with that. Personally, the only thing Scoot is better than Air Asia X is the seats are more comfy. Oh and the Boeing 787 is great aircraft in my opinion. However, in terms of service offerings I would say Air Asia X is better. And Scoot doesn’t accept Debit Card which is a bit of a downside for me because I don’t normally carry that much cash in my wallet, whereas Air Asia X accepts all card payments and cash.
Seemed a bit frantic there, Stefan, but the loooong flight should be interesting.
I hope the beds and chow are good like emirates airlines.....not!
Don't you have to checkup twice a year to maintain your CPL?
Cheers mate!
Rik Spector
Frederick Spector AirAsia is a low cost airline....you cannot compare it to legacy airlines like Emirates, Qantas, Singapore Airlines....Airasia charge $800-1000 for their business class whereas Qantas usually charge 2000-3000 one way....you should compare AA with Jetstar to be fair
I'll be interested to hear how the rest of your flight went! Also have you flown on the 747 and the A380? I have those two big birds on my list of planes to fly! I've recently done that 787 :D
More vlogs coming this week, and yes flown the 747 and A380 many times. My heart is with the 747, it’ll always be my favourite plane, but the A380 is a fantastic, comfortable, quiet aircraft for long haul.
Wow!😱😱 Seriously cheap bro 🌹OMG! 😭😭I love it
The safety record of Air Asia is a bit dubious. But they are moving up in the ranks.
I think they’ll grow in popularity out of Australia. Be interesting to see if they open up more routes out of Avalon, I can see them being a competitor to the main players in a few years.
I disagree, AirAsiaX has a 7/7 safety rating on airlineratings.com. However, subsidiary airlines indeed have more dubious ratings: AirAsia Thailand 2/7 and AirAsia India 3/7.
It's good for all of us when a airline improve its performance and ratings especially safety and reliability switch should be first on any list
flashgamer23456 flash What about the low level high speed air show they put on out of MEL in late November? A 50 degree banked turn at 400ft FLYING LEVEL because they couldn’t program the autopilot is indicative of improving standards?
airasia x (malaysia) and airasia malaysia has very good safety record. their subsidiary especially the Indonesian one is not.
Next time should stay & experience Malaysia foods. Hope to see you soon.
I’d love to, need to give myself more time next time I’m over there. Thanks Ben.
Avalon airport sure has changed since I was there working on a contract with ASTA in 1980's. Hope the sheep flies are all gone, hahaha.
I live in Geelong
You’ll have to ‘cut’ the sugar Stefan, coffee without sugar is possible. You’ll love Sun n Fun, I was last there 20 years ago, should have taken your family however and visit Disney World etc while you were there. Have a great trip.
Thanks Peter, a trip with Junior Pilot to do Disneyland after is potentially on the cards for future years. Good idea. And I’m trying with the sugar, but I’m typing this drinking a coffee with a sugar in it so I’m clearly not doing as well as I could... I ran the calories off this morning though :)
Imagine trying to sleep on a flight and some npc is yelling into their phone. Wonderful.
Maybe if it was $1000 return, then yeah its worth it. But otherwise, its better to just pay $350 ticket. For $2000 you can get a return ticket to Europe from Australia. None the less great review!
I cant find any where to book aax
Are you going to Oshkosh this year too ?
Not this year unfortunately.
Wait, you had to pay to go from terminal to terminal??? That's not how we do it here in the US, it's free... Strange... Anyway, great vlog, Air Asia seems to be better for the price... I sure wish I was able to join you and my "Greek Paisano" in Lakeland, but sadly I just can't get away for this years event... I will be seeing Niko for lunch after he returns, but all the luck with the Meet and Great...
Thanks Robert, yes 3MYR for the ticket between terminals. Shame you can’t make SNF but yeah looking forward to catching up with Niko.
Someone gonna steal your camera one day 😂😂 good video though mate.
Haha, hope not! Actually tomorrow’s video from Singapore has some more extreme examples of that type of shot. Lots of fun to make, thanks Joshua.
Haha, hope not! Actually tomorrow’s video from Singapore has some more extreme examples of that type of shot. Lots of fun to make, thanks Joshua.
Stefan Drury I’m watching that now lol.
That's a wrap Stef... A WRAPPPP 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't be too hard on Avalon... one day when you come back in 30 years [as you will!!], you will Reminisce and tell your kids about how you flew out of Avalon and it was like a bush Airstrip.... I have the same experience of Stansted airport in the mid-80s when it was a shed, and coming back 30 years later when it was a major hub for low cost airlines.... Avalon will grow as it has room to grow, and more airlines will come to it....
I got the flatbed fare from KL-Syd on Sep 23 for $570! Watch out for fare specials throughout the year, become a AirAsia Big loyalty member (free) to get notifications from the app.
Wow that’s seriously cheap. Great advice Paul, thanks for sharing.
I do love your videos Stephan but I feel sorry that you can't fly long haul buisness with a big airline
How was the inflight entertainment system?
Equivalent to other low cost carriers. You're offered an iPad with movies and TV shows for the flight, there's no seat back system. You have to sign out the iPad and sign it back in again (they've possibly had a few go missing), but that would be cheaper for them than supporting a fixed IFE instead I presume. Thanks.
Have you ever met someone whose favourite plane is the a330? I definitely haven’t and I hope I don’t.
come on brother..why you not visit kuala lumpur..in kuala lumpur everything at there..also u can go to petronas towers which is the tallest twin tower in the world..also u can try a lot of foods at there..btw i'm malaysian
I would love to spend some time in KL. When we’re travelling again I really hope I can come visit. Thanks for watching from Malaysia.
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You’re a brave man! I would pay a thousand dollars not to fly them.
The catch is you have to fly air Asia x. I value my life a bit more than a cheap flat bed
Wait, how is flying with Air Asia X not valuing your life?
@@nielyeehk I know, I've always wanted to fly on Air Asia X. I think it's more of a product kind of thing. For example: I value my life more than flying on Spirit.
Flying SIN-EWR cause you can... Typical Stefan! Hahaha
Life’s too short to do it the ‘regular’ way :)
You might
Not trying to be smart, but have you read the post on pprune titled Xanadu 16 YMML blunder and read the occurrence brief from the atsb, it’s scary stuff, 4NM from the airport after takeoff 400 ft AGL at 276 KTS that’s air show stuff! I know my life is not worth a cheap ticket.
Did you take out life insurance before flying them? lol
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air asia best? surely an april fools?