Cerite Basi Ompek: Flying with the Airasia X

Not for a non-Xtreme heart! hehehehe... kidding! ;)

There are few curious peeps out there that kept asking us, how was our flight with the newly launched Airasia X route from London Standstead to LCCT, Kuala Lumpur? That was 13 hours flight rite? Was it any good? Was it dodgy? Was it dangerous? Tak sempit ke seat? And bermacam-macam lagilah soklan merapu.. so, to answer all your concerns, here goes... our own personal experience, written for your pleasure (I understand.. I was hesitated to fly back with airasia too at first, but because we've got a really good offer, we brave ourselves to be among the first to try it out...;))

Checking in, there's almost no one in the line. Our flight was due at 09:30am, so by right, at 07:30am we should be doing the checking in process. But since we had to settle the car rental return, we arrived at the desk at 08:00am..still ok..plenty of time to kill. The personnel is a local mat salleh girl. Friendly and all smiley. Although we have paid for luggage allowance during booking, we were over-limit by 13kg..so kenelah bayar extra 4pound/kg. Okla tuuu. The best part is, baby car seat tak kire.. (coz we brought over Myra's car Seat-n-stroll and Stroller.. ingatkan kalau check in the car seat dieorg kire berat, tapi rupenye it goes free of charge).. brilliant! Stroller, cam biase.. hand over time just before boarding (kat pintu masuk). So, boleh kate, a very smooth check in.. And oh ya, they will assign you with a seat number, so no need to berebut ;)

Next, boarding process; like always, airasia boarding time was delayed, that time it was off by half an hour. But that's normal.. Even for a non-budget airlines pun got delay and all. First priority to board still goes to family with small children, senior peeps and anyone who require special help to board, so still the same standard as any flight (I remember when I was in Doha, no special priority were given to anyone, let alone family with small children!! that is using Qatar Airways! ;the so-called your five-star airlines..heh). Then, we took off quite smoothly through the air, leaving London.. Forever.. Sob sob

We took a pre-book Asian meal deal. Our first dish was Nasi Beriyani. By the look tengok cam chokia, tapi bile makan, bleh tahan sedap.. Ok ok laaa.. Can't really expect a homely home kinda taste rite? Then other than the dinner, we were served a breakfast, 3 hours before arrival, ape lagi, with the famous nasik lemak Pak Nasser la. In between meals, you can call up the steward/ess to order any snack or drink. The only different is you hafta pay for it each time!
The airbus is quite spacious, just takde screen for free entertainment. So, if you feel like watching some movie, or playing game, a portable entertainment screen is available for hire, just for RM30 for the whole flight duration. ;)
The airline seat IS reclinable... (hahaha some people have a bad feeling that the seat might not be reclinable coz.. budget airline la katekan.. but I'm glad that you're wrong.. hehee). And it is quite spacious.. I can say even better than the old Qatar Airline seat that I used to have when flying the Doha-KL route.. tapi as I was told.. that's different now, should be more better.. hurm.. we'll see.

Our journey mostly bumpy with turbulences, I think the pilot is quite young that he did not know how to avoid it most of the time. Takpelaa, boleh dimaafkan. You need more practise man! ;) Go and learn from easyjet pilot, siap kasi tau penumpang how he will avoid the ongoing turbulence.

Nevertheless, I still am quite satisfied with the whole experience. Best part is when we landed safely at LCCT 10 minute earlier than the scheduled time! Which put the total flight duration to be 12 hours and 20 minutes). Bravo Airasia X, I would highly recommend you to anyone!