The One With Malaysia's Belon 

We got our Bali ticket last March from MAS for RM598 per ticket. At that point in time, the normal price would be around RM800 something. So it was a bargain during the first MAS Fair. And that was in the last 4 months. When we went to cancel our ticket, we asked the marketing lady how much is the ticket now? Believe it or not, it's RM650++. That's the market price to Bali by MAS. Wanna guess how much it costs via Air Asia? With Real Rewards option (not sure about this; whether redemption or promotion), it costs RM199. And the normal market price is around RM300 to RM400. If you're lucky, and you book very much earlier, it could easily cost around RM200 to RM300. So what do you think?

We know for sure that MAS is losing out the domestic flights to Air Asia. But now, Air Asia has increased their services to Thailand and Indonesia. In no time, they will probably conquer the ASEAN region. I wonder what MAS has next for its costumers? I know now for sure, that the MAS Fair was probably a starting point to lower their ticket rates.

*Airplane is known as Belon in Sarawak.