Here’s the map of Southeast Asia. I drew a red line connecting Medan and KL incase there is people interested in knowing the location.

I was checking Airasia site for the flight fare, from Medan to KL on April. After searching for several dates, I didn’t find any that is cheap enough although they have a new promo, Medan – KL starts from IDR.14.000 with booking date until today or tomorrow (I forget which one). I was about to rant when I click on a date and found it!

Yes, that is it. The IDR.14.000 (around USD1.20) flight fare (one way only). The total fee is IDR.84.000 after add in the administration fee. But wait, that is not the total fee yet.

There’s more:
1. Baggage fee
Add in IDR.15.000 for 15kg baggage. You won’t need this if you bring hand luggage.

2. Seating fee
Yes, now passengers can pick the seat instead of free seating. There goes the horror of rushing and squeezing in the crowd (in uncivilized way) just to get a seat. *sweat*

Add IDR.75.000 for the Hot seat, where you can select seats from the first 5 rows of the aircraft or 2 rows at the emergency exit. Otherwise, standard seat is just IDR.15.000. If I can’t get row #6, I’ll opt for Hot seat cause Hot seat included Xpress Boarding (again, there goes the horror of rushing to the plane with tonnes of people. *sweat*)

Back to the calculation, so IDR.84.000 + IDR.15.000 + IDR.75.000 = IDR.174.000 which is around USD15 only. Oh my.. This is the cheapest fare I ever found (for Medan-KL) during my 3 years traveling with Airasia! If I don’t buy it, I must be very stupid and regret the whole life. *dramatic mode on*

But.. the minus point is, the flight is at night. I certainly avoid night flight cause most of the night flights often delay one. I don’t wanna stay and wait at the airport (alone) until midnight or so. Besides, taking flight on Saturday night means I have wasted the weekend (for some reason that I myself will understand only).

Anyway, the summary of this post is that.. I found the cheapest fare for Medan-KL but I didn’t buy it. The end of the story.

*continue hunting for cheaper fare*

Tags: Airasia, cheap fare, hot seat