Today when I was doing online booking for my flight back to Sarawak on coming April, I found that Air Asia had introduced a new fee called Convenience Fee!
It was implemented since last November. OMG. I’d a feeling that lately Air Asia keep on introducing additional fee to their air ticket basic price and this is not so good for us.
The price for my ticket suppose to be RM 224.60 but the Convenience Fee cost me another RM 10.00
Convenience Fee....
And you must be wondering what the heck is this Convenience Fee (which is not so convenience to me)
Well, based on the explanation on the net, this fee is use to maintain the online payment system. WTH!
Why we have to bear the cost? What about you, do you think we should bear the cost?
February 21st, 2010 at 4:28 pm
By right, Merchants Have No Right to Impose Fees on Credit Cards Usage
Read all the Unfair fee at http://www.alantanblog.com/credit-card/merchants-have-no-right-to-impose-fees-on-credit-cards-usage.html
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:48 am
What is that? I mean what fee is that for?
February 24th, 2010 at 10:09 am
agreed that it is not convenience at all..
it should be named something other than convenience such as special, extra etc
February 24th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
alantanblog,
Hmm.. in that case, then they should withdraw this charge ..
Tekkaus,
That fee is to maintain the online payment system.
Kwong Fei,
Yeah.. the name was very not suitable..
February 25th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
they just wanna earn more money lahhh.. =P
March 16th, 2010 at 10:13 am
ya ! this sucks to the max! no one likes it! urgh!
March 16th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
kenwooi,
Haha, everyone want to earn money but please earn it using the better way.. = )
w3ndee,
Yeah… hope they will waive the fee somehow..
May 2nd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Good article. It’s very unfortunate that over the last several years, the travel industry has had to handle terrorism, SARS, tsunamis, bird flu, swine flu, along with the first ever true global economic collapse. Through everthing the industry has really proven to be sturdy, resilient and dynamic, acquiring new approaches to deal with hardship. There are usually fresh complications and the possiblility to which the field must once more adapt and respond.