Haven't decided where to go during the school holidays next week? Well fret no more 'cuz AirAsia is giving away FOUR AMAZING return flights to each of these destinations:-

- London
- Gold Coast
- Hangzhou
- Chengdu

To win, ALL you have to do to is:

1) submit a hand-drawn drawing of a family portrait
2) state the destination you'd like to visit
3) why you deserve to win

It's THAT simple!!

At the end of the contest period, our panel of judges will choose the 3 best blog posts for each destination and let voters choose their favourite ones! The blog post with the most "Likes" for each destination wins the prize!

A very special person drew an adorable family portrait for us! :)

So go ahead! Be as creative as you want! It'll be a fun activity for the whole family too! We can't wait to see all your lovely drawings!

To submit your entries:

1) Log in to http://www.blog.airasia.com using the same username and password you use for www.airasia.com
2) Once you've logged in, go to "Write a blog post"
3) There, upload your drawing and tell us where and why u deserve to go the destination of your choice!

Contest Period

Start - 17:00hrs, 11 March 2010 (GMT +0800hrs)
End - 23:59hrs, 14 March 2010 (GMT +0800hrs)

Voting Period
Start - 12:01hrs, 15 March 2010 (GMT+0800hrs)
End - 23:59hrs, 15 March 2010 (GMT+0800hrs)

Winners will be announced at 14:00 (GMT+0800) 16 March 2010

Submit your entry now before 14 March 2010! Do take note that only ONE entry / or the FIRST entry will be accepted.

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YES! Finally Zee Avi* is back in Malaysia! It is our great honor to be a part of this "LIVE in KL" concert this coming 20th March 2010 and we want to make it more meaningful by giving out 3 Pairs of VIP Meet & Greet Passes to meet her!

All you need to do is...

--> TELL us your "KANTOI" experience OR share your friend's "KANTOI" experience

via
A) Twitter - Yes, write in 1 message (within 140 character) with tag of @AirAsiaDotCom
- ONE winner

B) Blog Comments - Begin your story right here in the comment box! (no limitation of words)
- TWO winners

Don't know what "KanToi" is about?? Listen to it right here:

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Contest Period

Start - 1501hrs, 10 March 2010 (GMT +8:00hrs)
End - 2359hrs, 17 March 2010 (GMT +8:00hrs)

Submit your entry now before 17 March 2010! Only ONE entry / or FIRST entry will be conditioned. We look forward to hear your "Kantoi" experience!

Reference:

*Zee Avi (born Izyan Alirahman, also known as KokoKaina; born in 1986) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. She was born in Miri, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. She moved to Kuala Lumpur when she was 12. She studied fashion design at American InterContinental University in London. Source from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee_Avi)

*AirAsiaRedTix.com
Booking : http://www.airasiaredtix.com/zeeavi.aspx
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RedTix

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It was planning of 4 months.
D-day arrived.
Everyone from group of 15 entrepreneurs were excited to travel.
We were at Trivendrum airport in India on 24Th Feb 2010.
Check in done smoothly.
That was the moment when i saw red colour dressed air Asia hostess at the counter.

We were at security hold area looking outside toward runway.
That's it! AirAsia's flight from Kuala Lumpur to Trivendrum was landing.
Now, everyone was eager to board the plane.
Boarding announced.
Air Asia's plane ready for boarding.

Pilot and co were standing near aerobridge.
FA were standing inside the plane near the door welcoming passenger.
I entered the plane.

"Welcome sir, Namastey."

I was shocked,
I had not expected Namastey from Malaysian airline AirAsia.
At that moment, i realized that AirAsia will rule the Indian sky for south east Asian destinations.

Everyone settled in the seats.
As we picked our seats during on-line booking, our group was together in the plane.
Looked around, flight was almost full.
Take off announced and our dream trip started.

Pre-ordered meal served by ever smiling flight attendants.
We were the first to get the meal.
Fried rice was good but i had not enjoyed chicken satay.

Happy faces after food

I was little concerned about seat pitch but to my surprise, 6 feet tall guy like me was very comfortable.

Comfortable seat pitch

We were flying over Sri Lanka but there was no announcement by pilot.
After crossing bay of Bengal, plane entered in Indonesian sky but again, no announcement.
Shortly after some time, pilot announced final descend.
Then, i saw some port of Malaysia.
After 180 degree turn, it was smooth landing at KLIA.

While leaving the plane, it was thanks and dhanywad from FA.

Arrived at immigration counters of lcct, it was smooth procedure.
Collected our baggage and cleared customs.
Now, we were officially in Malaysia, the first choice of Indians for overseas holiday destination.

It was very easy to find red coloured sky-bus to travel toward kl sentral.
As we reserved our seats for sky-bus while booking AirAsia tickets, the staff handed us the pass after confirming the booking.
The sky-bus is really comfortable.

Me at front in comfortable skybus

Reached to kl sentral at @ 6 pm local time.

In next four days, we enjoyed the fabulous places in and around KL.
Batu caves, kl tower, kl aquaria, twin towers, Putrajaya, kl bird park, Dataran Merdeka, Genting highland are some of the places to visit.

Twin tower

Kl tower

Done shopping at various malls at Jalan Bukit Bintang and Petaling street.
Though it was hot and humid, we enjoyed every moment in kl.

We went to Singapore for one day by Air Asia's first flight from kl and returned back by last flight of Air Asia from Singapore to kl.

Both times, bought in-flight food and coffee.

1st march, day of return to India,
It was almost 11 am,
we were in hurry to catch 2:50 pm flight from kl to Cochin.
came to kl sentral by taxi,
it was almost 12 noon,
settled in waiting sky-bus scheduled to leave at 12:30pm,
at 12:20 pm, i realized that i may have lost my flight booking papers mentioning our reservations about sky-bus,
all 15 guys were in tense mood,
if we can not show our booking papers, we have to pay for sky-bus,
me and my friend ran into kl sentral station,
found one internet cafe,
somehow, managed to print two booking tickets but could not print third ticket for single pax,
time was running out,
ran back to sky-bus,
it was almost 12:45pm,
i realized the mistake,
we may miss the flight,
tried to call AirAsia's call center,
but could not get third booking number,
came to lcct at @ 1:50pm,
run,run,run,
went to self check in kiosk,
entered the data,
check in done,
three boarding passes printed,
remaining passes came out blank,
no ink in the machine,
what next?
ran toward the counter mentioned on the printed boarding pass,
time 2:05pm,

''sorry sir, check in closed, please go to counter no R12",

again ran like Ben,
found the counter number R12,
lost paper story told to the gentlemen at the counter,
he checked the status,

''sir, you are already checked in'',

"yes, but our boarding passes are not printed and we have to deposit our bags",

"what, check in for Cochin already closed",

"sorry sir, we are 15 pax and we are late",

a young lady with walky talky near the counter came for our rescue,

she immediately gave instructions to some one,
and directed us to counter number R13 which was meant for check in for some other flight,
the lady at R14 shown how fast and efficiently check in of 15 guys can be done.

I, Ashish from India, on behalf of group of 15, thanks to the lady at counter no R13 on 1st march at @ 2pm, thanks to the gentleman at counter no R12, and thanks to the lady with walky talky near counter no R12/13 for your timely help.

Then, it was run for immigration and done,
quick stroll at duty free for some purchase, we boarded the plane.

It was again same friendly experience of service,
In the flight our group bought the items offered by redmegastore,
The rates are reasonable compared to quality,
I had made purchase worth 200RM and it was the best shopping experience.
Landed in Cochin on time,
The routine life started.

I asked my wife "have you flown AirAsia''? and pillow hit my face.

Now, my hands are itching to book the tickets for me and my family for longer holiday in Malaysia,
Hope, i will be in Malaysia within a year.

I am a regular flyer of AirAsia. Even long before I started working here. But recently, my trip to Dubai, I bought the tickets with MAS, our neighbour. One of the reason was, AirAsia does not fly to Dubai. Bought the tickets 4 weeks before and I was all excited about it. Why? Because its not always that I get to fly with another airline and I was looking forward to enjoy the whole package – the Malaysian Hospitality to be exact and need not pay for the food onboard! ;-) Hey! hey! I am still a passenger, ok!!

Kuala Lumpur to Dubai, on MH160 22nd Feb, seated in ‘Economy class’, we transited for 1 hour in Karachi.Overall, the flight was nice. Nothing to shout about. I managed to make friends with one of the stewardess onboard too. She was the friendliest among all. Sincere, warm smile throughout the flight. And we even bid goodbyes when we bumped into each other at the carousel while collecting our luggage. The rest of the members? Sad to say, even when I looked at some of them, tried to smile and create a conversation, they seemed to be in their own world and too arrogant to return the smile .No doubt they did their job well, by attending to the passengers who called them one after another, quite immediate, however I felt there was lack of warmness in the service.

I returned on 28th Feb on MH157 and it was a night flight. Again, looking forward to it and I was expecting it to be a better experience as I don’t know when I would be traveling with them again.Hey!! its not cheap, ok!! And maybe my expectation was also because of the ‘Malaysian Hospitality’ advertisement that I have seen constantly everywhere. It is seldom that I get to travel with them, so I definitely look forward to it! But this time, I was more frustrated. And also sad. That was the feeling I had.

When a passenger pressed the ‘call button’ requiring assistance, they responded to it only around 15 to 20mnts. And compare to the day flight, there were not many people requiring assistance as most of them were sleeping after dinner was served. Well, I experienced it too. I wanted to purchase a duty free item, had to wait nearly 20 minutes before someone attended to me. Then, when he came over, he asked with a serious tone, without a smile , ” Yes? ” Hmm….that wasn’t what I wanted to hear.

It frustrates me because as a passenger, I was really looking forward to enjoy the Malaysian Hospitality ; and especially after paying such a big amount of money. And being a Malaysian myself, I would like to see the warmness in the service provided. It is definitely sad to see a good airline like MAS is not providing the service up to the standards. Being a Malaysian, I am always proud of Malaysia Airlines as our national airline even if I don’t fly with them.

I believe, no matter where we are, which airline we work for, we must be proud of the job we do and we need to have fun doing it. Because this later will reflect in the quality of work we produce and makes people love traveling with us more!!

Service is a feeling. We need to make people feel good and welcome. Smile. Have fun. Enjoy a decent conversation. Especially traveling with us. And when they fall in love with us, they would definitely return for more.

Yes we know you will be heading to Pavillion, KL to witness and try out our GP Challenge and the new Premium Lie Flat seat over this weekend! Now it is merrier when we say we are giving out ONE pair of flights to a mystery destination if you also pose and snap~!

How to win? It’s simple; just follow these steps to win your way to a lie flat experience!

1. Take a picture of you on the new AirAsia lie-flat bed seats with creative captions.

SAMPLE:

2. Load it up to www.facebook.com/airasia

3. The most creative photo and caption will win a pair of tickets to a Mystery Destination on the New Premium seats!

Contest opens from 10am, 6 March to 6pm, 8 March 2010

So, time to pack and head over to Pavillion, KL over this weekend to enjoy!

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