Booking flights to Penang 2010

Penang Tour - August 6th - 20th, 2010

Booking Flights

Before booking your flights please contact me ( John ) at taijiplus@hotmail.com or ring 1300 88 28 13 to check apartment availability. This tour is filling up quickly.

Please follow the instructions below for booking your airfares to Penang.

( Printing this page may make following the booking thread easier ).

Make sure you have your Passport ( must be valid until February 2011 ) and your credit card with you. Do not book without a valid passport.

Click on AirAsia.com to go to the on-line booking site.

On the left hand side enter Melbourne as the origin and Kuala Lumpur ( LCCT ) as the destination.

Put in departure date as August 6th, 2010 and return date as August 20th, 2010.

Number of people travelling ( paying on this booking ) then click search.

In the new screen that comes up click in the little circles next to 'Adult' to select the economy fares for both flights.

August 6 - depart 0045 - arrive 0700 - D7 2723

August 20 - depart 1340 - arrive 2330 - D7 2722

Tick the box to confirm terms and conditions and then click continue.

The Guest Information box will come up.

Enter details for everyone booking and then go down to select baggage weight allowance and meals.

You may also elect to purchase a comfort kit.

Be sure to enter all passport and contact information correctly.

Important - Enter your name exactly as it appears in the passport.

You will now need to enter contact information for one person.

Don't stress too much with the phone numbers - just enter your number after the '61' and move on. This part is not overly user friendly. Make sure you choose 'international' when asked for which state you live in.

You can enter your name and a password so that if you have to fill this form in again it will remember most of your details. This is a good idea. You will need to go through this procedure again to book from KL to Penang and chances are this booking may time out on you the first time too.

Click continue.

You will be asked if you want to pick a seat. Good luck - it usually can't - so move on.

Domestic flights will allow you to pick seats in advance but the International flights don't for some reason. Confirm and continue.

You will now need to fill out your credit card details and book.

A security section may come up asking you to validate your credit card. This is a bank generated box. Enter your details if you know them or create a new security code. Please make note of any password created for future on-line booking. Any problems, contact your bank's 24 hour support.

If the card security is successful you should get a Confirmed Booking Sheet with a booking number. Please print and/or save this page. Remember, ultimately your passport is your ticket.

Now it's time to do it all again.

Go to AirAsia.com

Enter search. Select KL as the departure and Penang as the destination. You'll find them both if you scroll down to the Malaysia sub-heading.

Enter dates - August 6 and 20, 2010 followed by number of guests then 'search'.

Select flights below:

Aug 6th

Depart KL - 1155 - Arrive Penang - 1245 - AK 5354

August 20th

Depart Penang - 0815 - Arrive KL - 0905 - AK 5351

Follow instructions as per the previous booking.

If you have any queries or run into trouble , please call me ( John ) on 1300 88 28 13 or mobile 0418 589 594.

You can email me on taijiplus@hotmail.com or add a comment to this blog.

Alternatively you can reach Air Asia support on 1300 760 330

Booking Flights to China 2010

Tai Chi in China 2010

June 26th - July 9th.

Tour cost is $1,665 per person twin-share ( single supplement $2,065 )

This price is land content only. It includes transfers, all accommodation, tai chi training, sight-seeing tours and some meals.

Airfares are not included for the simple reason that it is now much cheaper to book individually on-line than it is to buy group flights.

If you are as excited about having a tai chi holiday in China next year as we are, here's how to book your flights:

( You will fly: Melb - KL - Macau / Macau - KL - Melb )

Option 1:

Ring 1300 88 28 13 and we can talk you through the process. You will need a credit card handy, your passport and about 20 minutes.

Option 2:

Go to Air Asia ( click on link ) and it opens up their booking site.

To the left of the screen you will need to enter flight search details -

Origin - Melbourne

Destination - Kuala Lumpur ( KL - LCCT )

Return flights

Enter dates - recommend depart Melbourne, June 26, 2010 / depart KL, July 10, 2010.

Enter number of guests

Click Search

It should bring up the option to select a 0045 flight out of Melbourne on June 26th and a 0110 flight from KL to Melbourne on the 10th of July.

0045 (MEL)

0700 (KUL)

D7 2723

Adult

274.00 AUD

Economy

and

0110 (KUL)

1110 (MEL)

D7 2724

Adult

310.00 AUD

Economy

Click in the circle titled 'Adult' to select the fare.

You will then need to click/tick the 'agreement box' and then continue.

You will then be required to fill out the personal details for each person travelling.

You can choose the appropriate baggage amount and a meal if you want ( you can also purchase

food on the plane - but you will get preferential service if you do it now ).

Fill out all contact information.

You will then be taken to a payment section with the option of pre-booking your seat number.

There is the potential for the whole process to 'time-out' if you take too long. This can be frustrating but try again - you get good at it. The great price makes it well worth the time spent.

You now need to book return flights from KL to Macau:

Go to www.airasia.com once again and go through the same booking procedure as before.

This time select KL ( LCCT ) as the origin and Macau as the destination.

Make sure it's a return fare.

Put in June 26, 2010 as the first date and July 9, 2010 as the second date.

Select flights listed below by clicking in the 'Adult' circle.

Select 1215 departure from KL to Macau on June 26 and the 1625 departure from Macau for

your return journey on July 9. This will allow for connections to and from Australia.

1215 (KUL)

1600 (MFM)

AK 54

Adult

139.00 MYR

Economy Promo

and

1625 (MFM)

2005 (KUL)

AK 55

Adult

139.00 MYR

Economy Promo

Option 3:

You can go to a travel agent or search on-line for alternative fares.

Unless another Airline is running a limited promotional fare, I doubt whether you'll get anything as cheap as Air Asia.

Please ring us if you have any questions or require step by step help with the booking process.

1300 88 28 13 ( ask for John or Veronica )

Don't be put off by the on-line booking procedure. It's actually quite easy and you'll learn how to organise really cheap flights for yourself in future.

The flights and flight times recommended here are ideal for coordinating with the China Tai Chi tour but you may like to arrive earlier, leave later, plan a stop-over or fly on to another destination. Talk to us if you need travel ideas, hotels or help with booking other flights.

Photo - Macau

Related links:

China Tai Chi Tour 2010

Master Zhao Wei Dong