Friska Notes

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 :






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



North Island 
Auckland 
Napier 
New Plymouth
Palmerston North 
Wellington 

South Island 
Christchurch 
Dunedin 
Nelson 
Queenstown

2010. Just arrived in Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang, Indonesia

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.

Batam, 17 December 2018