online thingy on malaysia airlines
I received this newsletter by Malaysia Airlines last week – they have tonne of new thing-y available online at malaysiaairlines.com
Last month, I went to Bali with them – I got a great bargain via their online deals channel – Get-the-Deal – which only cost me MYR300 something for return tickets – I booked it within one before one month of my travel.
You can check out some of the features below:-
Online Booking – You can enjoy the convenience of booking online to over 100 destinations in 6 continents, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. One thing I like about their booking engine is the Calendar tabs, you’ll have great choice to select/see any days with the lowest offers in a week – if you’ve flexible date to travel – however, there’s too many fares on the same page sometimes may confused too – so watch out for the hidden terms & conditions when you click on the each fares showed on the selection page.
Manage My Booking – Change your flight and access travel information at any convenience with their Manage My Booking facility. Currently this features only applicable for domestic flights and international flights depart from Malaysia. Great tools if you have last minute changes but there always a catch here – you have to pay some penalty for the changes depending on the seat availability.
Web Check-in – check-in online is a great options for frequent business traveller – you can select your preferred seat and print the boarding pass – or go paperless with mobile boarding pass (somehow for domestic flights only). Ok – tried this before, had problem couple times – always double check your last name and first name on your e-ticket eg. SALEH/MRMOHDHISHAM – if not – you will start cursing to your screen :-p
Flight Status – If you need to find out your flight status online either it’s on the dot quickly or RETIMED – a nicer way of saying – your flight is currently delayed – this is the place for you. Nothing good when you rush to the airport to realise your flight is RETIMED – :p
Value Calculator – If you feel necessary to make comparison between Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia (politely said Other Airlines here), this tools is for you – to me – you can’t compare between both of them – either one have good value depending on your travel needs.
Special Offers – Why skimp on quality when travelling on a budget? Save big to your favourite destinations with Special Offers – the web address you should bookmarked on your bookmark bar – a best place to get great bargain for any offers on Malaysia Airlines at any time.
Destination Content – Make your trip-planning a cinch. Find fun things to do, places to see and available deals with our destination guide – a short destinations brief of Malaysia Airlines destination. Nothing much here – kind of too much flowerish content – hopefully more relevant content soon here.
Stop Over - Explore the city of Kuala Lumpur and other exciting Malaysian tourist spots en route to your destination with stop-over option. They just launch this features recently – a long awaited feature on their online booking but somehow fall short coz only applicable for certain routes. Hopefully more routes available soon too.
MHcoupon – Get instant discounts on your favourite flights with MHcoupon. No printing or cutting necessary! – Love this new coupon2 thing-y – recently they sent MHcoupon NASIGORENG for their weekly launch hour promo – I manage to grab one for my next trip – you just enter the code on their online booking and automatically you can see the discounted fares.
Get-the-Deal - Become a Get-the-Deal member and enjoy a treasure trove of our best all-inclusive deals to worldwide destinations. Lowest fares you can get from Malaysia Airlines, best place for bargain hunter.
Balik Kampung – Balik Kampung everyday – Enjoy more affordable domestic fares without having to wait for any particular travel promotions. Domestic fares offering, sadly these past weeks – the fares somehow – up on the roof.
Hotel Deals – Why go elsewhere for great hotel deals? Choose from over 21,000 discount hotels and accommodation worldwide from our website. The new ancillary revenue – the it thing for airlines nowadays – however, this is hosted by third party site Octopus Travel.
MHmobile – Carry Malaysia Airlines in your pocket – Booking on your computer is so yesterday. With MHmobile, you can book, check-in, share and fly on the go on your mobile phone. A lot of thing on this smart mobile application – also available on iTunes Store.
MHdeals - Download MHdeals, the worlds 1st augmented reality application for airline on your iPhone. Its fun and free! – kind of too advanced at this side of the world but great innovation.
Social Media Hub – If you want to stay on top of Malaysia Airlines great deals, promotions and activities on Facebook, Twitter and blog.
Happy Merdeka, Malaysia!

August 23rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Thank you so much for this amazing, high quality information, this will help me & lots of others too!
September 4th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
This is a good blog. Keep up all the work. I too love to blog. This is great everyone sharing opinions