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I was thinking to end my ‘Malaysia Airlines, Show Me The Real Fare‘ blog series when MAS started to introduce ALL INCLUSIVE LOW FARE campaign recently. There’s no point to reveal the real/actual fares when MAS themselves showing the real fares in their advertisement. The promotion runs for 3 days only (10-12 November) and they [...]

Amazing! Malaysia Airlines finally showed the actual fare for their latest ‘ALL-INCLUSIVE LOW FARE’ promotions today with a banner:
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU PAY FOR
And some nice-to-see words:
INCLUDES FUEL SURCHARGE. AIRPORT TAX. INSURANCE LEVY
And for the first time, the normal ‘smallest fonts’ at the bottom of the advertisement page shows:
Fares include tax and surcharges [...]

‘More reasons to take a break’ is a tagline for the latest blue advert (Malaysia Airlines’) as their Low Fare promotion went as low as RM0 for selected destinations. As usual, I’m here to give you the real/actual fare for selected destinations advertised by Malaysia Airlines in local newspaper for yesterday and today.
The real/actual fares [...]

They were at it again. Barely two days after AirAsia released their ‘Asia On Sale’ promotion, the blue advert (Malaysia Airlines’) of ‘Everyday Low Fare’ showed up in the local newspaper. Whatever they were fighting in the low fare business, I’m here to give you the real/actual fare for selected destinations advertised by Malaysia Airlines [...]

 
Recently, Malaysia Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA) called for advertisements on ‘zero fare’ to be banned. According to them, this ads are misleading and there is no such thing as zero when the customer ended up to pay hundreds of ringgit more. The statement from MATTA is timely when both of our local [...]