Kuching - Here I Come Again

The last time I visited Kuching was 2007. It was a great 4 days 3 nights trip. The trip was full with activities covering City Tour, Sarawak Cultural Village, Damai Beach, Sarawak Museum, Pasar Satok & a border town named Serikin.

Recently, I opened up my email and saw a mail from Air Asia promoting RM0.10 fare to some local & asia countries. Looking at the 10cent fare, I can't resist to clicked on the link and start looking a flight. My aim was either Phuket, Bangkok or Siam Reap. And it was a very hard and tiring process. I tried almost for 1 day and a half but still can't secured any ticket. The Air Asia computer network was so packed resulting in continuous time out. I was trying to book for myself and a friend of mine. And on the 2nd day of trying, I stopped and gave up somewhere at noon. I said to myself, this is so impossible. Only lucky one will get thru.

On that night, while browsing the net at home, I suddenly got this feeling of "why not I just give a try for one more time". This time, I did not put Phuket, Bangkok nor Siam Reap but I put Kuching as my destination and I put 2 adult, 2 kids and 1 infant as the passenger (my family). Surprisingly everything went great. I managed to get the 10cent ticket to Kuching.

Logically, RM0.10 x 5 passenger x 2 ways, the charges should be RM2.00 for this trip. But at the end of the session, I had paid RM580.00 ++ for the air fare. Why? Only 4 of us are eligible to get the 10 cent fare, infant charged at RM50.00 as the offer meant only for adult and kid. Other additional charges were insurance, seat selection, baggage capacity (I took 15kg per person, so I should have 15kg x 5 = 75kg per family) and on flight meal (for my 2 kids). But still, I believe that RM580.00 ++ paid for 5 person to and fro is cheap indeed. I had made the same booking for my boss (5 person) before this (2 weeks before I had made mine), the cost of flight to & fro Kuching paid was RM2,700.00 (Firefly as Air Asia cost RM2900.00).

This time, it will be a 5 days 4 nights vacation. Ground arrangement haven't been made because it's still too early to commit on that. Date of travel? February 2012, another almost 8 months to go. Hahaha. So Kuching, here I come again ...