Now Everyone Can Fly Abroad

The Majestic Tagline

2010 first time flew with Air Asia to Johor Bahru
Dear readers, you might ever heard this "Now Everyone Can Fly" tagline from Air Asia owned by Tony Fernandez. I once wrote about this in Cheap Airflight in Indonesia, inspiring!!! and Budget Airlines All Over the World in 2010 supporting to these tagline :)

My friends and I bought free seats flight ticket from Air Asia with the base fare only for Rp 0,- to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Yes, you do not mistakenly read that. It's Rp 0 :) Since then, my mind opened that flying abroad is something possible for everyone. At first, I think we could only go anywhere based on Air Asia's route, hahaha. Later on, I'll show you that we have more choices than Air Asia.

However, by the time, the website Air Asia is so crowded in the peak time of free seats fare. It is more difficult to get into the website in the peak time. Furthermore, I stayed in Papua for 5 years, where I found I have to add more cost for my flight Timika-Jakarta and estimate 2 more days to have Timika-Jakarta round ticket. That's why, I am not into the free seats fare anymore and rarely see any promotional fare flight ticket.

Have a Kiss of Life

Thanks to Batam that located very close to Singapore (only 45 minutes by ferry), it opens my eyes. I AM in Batam! Hello! I have 2 options now whether to choose overseas flight base from Jakarta or Singapore, with many options available. If you think Air Asia is the only one who provided the cheapest ticket, you are wrong, babe :)

I'll share you flight website where you surprisingly could find best price for travelling abroad, except for Air Asia. However since at the moment this post written our Indonesia Rupiah is at low level, I'll use SGD currency. Just to make us feel at ease read the price in a smaller amount, or you can always buy the free seats Jakarta-Singapore first, then continue your flight from Singapore :)

There are 5 airlines website which I recommended to buy affordable flight ticket abroad :

Where to check the promo flight ticket fare:
https://www.flyscoot.com/en/travel-deals

Scoot is a Singapore based flight company. You could check directly on their travel-deals link above and could update any next destination based on your departure city. I bought my Scoot ticket on November, for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore for only SGD 20. Are you preparing to go to Europe? FYI, Scoot also provide flight from Singapore to Athen, Greece only costs us around SGD 250 for a way. 

You could reach these destinations through Scoot : Nanchang, Berlin, Honolulu, Harbin, Kuantan, Kuching, Singapore, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Athens, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi, Ipoh, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Macau, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Osaka, Sapporo (Hokkaido), Tokyo, Seoul, Amritsar, Chennai, Hangzhou, Dalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tiajin, Haikou, Shenzen, Ningbo, Xi'an, Jinan, Nanning, Quanzhou, Wuzi, Zhengzhou. 

Stay tune in Scoot :)

Where to check the promo flight ticket fare:
https://www.jetstar.com/sg/en/deals




Jetstar is a Melbourne, Australia and Singapore based flight company. I bought my flight ticket from Jakarta - Singapore with only cost me SGD 30 with Jetstar in 2017. They offered a lot of options to fly to cities in Australia, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, USA, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam with affordable price. 

If you have a plan to visit cities in Australia and New Zealand, Jetstar would be a perfect place for you. They provides flight to these cities: 

Australia

Australian Capital Territory:
Canberra, New South Wales, Byron Bay, Newcastle, Sydney 

Northern Territory: 
Uluru Ayers Rock 
Darwin 

Queensland: 
Brisbane 
Cairns 
Gold Coast 
Hamilton Island 
Hayman Island 
Mackay Sunshine Coast 
Townsville 
Whitsunday Coast 

South Australia: 
Adelaide 

Tasmania: 
Hobart 
Launceston 

Victoria: 
Melbourne 
Melbourne - Avalon 

Western Australia: 
Perth


New Zealand

North Island 
Auckland 
Napier 
New Plymouth
Palmerston North 
Wellington 

South Island 
Christchurch 
Dunedin 
Nelson 
Queenstown

Where to check the promo flight ticket fare:
https://www.cebupacificair.com/en-sg/pages/seat-sale-promo
2011. Otw home from Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) to Jakarta (CGK) with Cebu Pacific
This is a Manila, Phillipines based flight airlines. I flew for my Jakarta-Manila Cebu Pacific only cost me 6 SGD in 2011. Regularly they offers promo flight tickets in special occasion, such as Phillippines National Day or their Heroes Day. They provides flight to destinations in Philippines, China, Dubai, Guam, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

If you would like to explore Phillipines with affordable flight ticket, Cebu Pacific is your best option : Bohol, Boracay (Caticlan), Cebu, Coron (Busuanga), Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Manila, Palawan, and Siargao.

Where to check the promo flight ticket fare:
https://www.garuda-indonesia.com/sg/en/special-offers/selected-best-fare.page?
2010. Just arrived in Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Indonesia
You might be surprised, but yes Garuda Indonesia offers a very competitive price for their Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair period. I bought my aunt flight ticket Singapore-Jakarta for our 2014 New Year events only for 50 SGD. I noticed also Jakarta - London round ticket only for SGD 1,038. 

If you prefer to have comfort while flying but do not mind to pay bit pricy, Garuda Indonesia Airlines is an excellent choice. Garuda Indonesia got awarded for 5 star airline Skytrax for recent years, and I am proud to be a member of Garuda Frequent Flyer.

Garuda Indonesia provides every flight to big cities in Indonesia, and for other destinations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Netherlands.

Where to check the promo flight ticket fare:
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/special-offers/flight-from-Singapore/

Never be sceptical about Singapore Airlines (SQ) luxury image, if you haven't try to check their website first. Recently I do window shopping-traveling between airlines company websites to look for my next travelling inspiration. I surprised to see that Singapore offers a very interesting fare deals, Singapore to Seattle round ticket only for SGD 988.

SQ offers more interesting round ticket flights fare to Europe, such as Johannesburg (SGD 908), Istanbul (SGD 918), Dusseldorf (SGD 978), Copenhagen (SGD 1,008), Rome, Zurich, Milan, Barcelona (1,018), Munich (1,038). If you have a plan to visit USA or Europe, please make sure to check SQ flight fare first. Who knows they might have better options :)

Prepare for the AHA Moment

Prepare Your Passport
As my tips, you could put these website address as your bookmark in your Chrome, Safari, or Opera and open it every morning. Put your next year calendar beside your computer, and estimate how many days left for your annual leave.

All you need to do is :
  1. Prepare your passport, 
  2. Saving money, and 
  3. The right moment these airlines offer the flight ticket matched with your dream destination, you could just book and issue the ticket.
Definitely now everyone can fly abroad. Lets pray so that we have stronger Indonesian Rupiah currency rate in the future :)




Batam, 17 December 2018

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