Limited Access To Air Asia’s ‘Unlimited Travel’ Offer?

It’s quite difficult to travel to and fro if one feels the need to boycott certain airlines, but as I’ve said before…

Boycotts Of Bad Businesses Ain’t Always Easy – Just Do Your Best! 

…boycotts were never meant to be exercises in masochism.

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In March 2012, Tony Fernandes served on the International Advisory Board of Global March to Jerusalem, which aims to “mobilize the international community in solidarity with Palestinians and to protect Jerusalem

But after what I wrote about that Air Asia potentate a couple of years ago…

AirAsia’s Malaysian Joins Europhile “In”-Crowd – Go Fly Yourself, Tony! 

…..I was interested to read of his current difficulties in an article in Traveller.com.

But even more interesting was this!

AirAsia X is offering unlimited international flights for a year for just 499 ringgit ($A181) as the coronavirus hits passenger numbers.

A grand opportunity, for sure!

However, don’t go rushing off to your nearest Air Asia outlet in the city where I live, Jakarta, or in Sydney or Melbourne or anywhere in Australia or Indonesia at all…

WHY?

…because this UNLIMITED travel offer is HIGHLY limited in terms of accessibility.

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The bad news is the deal is not available to Australians, only to Malaysia-based members of the airlines’ BIG loyalty scheme.  https://www.traveller.com.au/airasia-x-offers-a-years-unlimited-flights-for-181-in-response-to-coronavirus-h1m73n

AirAsia’s Malaysian Joins Europhile “In”-Crowd – Go Fly Yourself, Tony!

Last month we expressed our scorn for the plutocratic elite aligning themselves with Cameron’s craven sell-out to Brussels, what Better Off Out rather neatly describes as the inelegant sight of a self-serving elite closing ranks.  http://www.betteroffout.net/pro-eu-businesses-letter-the-times/

They add the interesting information that the big business endorsement was circulated by a civil servant at Number 10, which tells you plenty about the politicisation of the once-upon-a-time admirably impartial UK Civil Service.

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Leong, director of “Left Foot Forward, a political blog for progressives!”

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One name on the list is that of Sonny Leong, Chief executive, Civil Service College.

And what do they do? – – Using the latest skills and methods we aim to help shape the public sector in the UK and abroad, and beyond.   http://www.civilservicecollege.org.uk/about-us.aspx

Very reassuring!

But for those Brits resident here in Jakarta, and there are a lot, it’s something of a surprise to note that AirAsia is one of the companies named.

Their big boss, Tony Fernandes, is a Malaysian.

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In March 2012, Tony Fernandes served on the International Advisory Board of Global March to Jerusalem, which aims to “mobilize the international community in solidarity with Palestinians and to protect Jerusalem   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fernandes

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I am currently considering two major trips this year. I used AirAsia only recently, for a couple of trips, home and away, but after doing that little bit of research, I’m damn sure I won’t be using them again.

Better to pay a bit extra than contribute to the profits of an airline whose multi-millionaire magnate foreign owner wants to keep Britannia subject to those Brussels Commissars and who takes a one-sided ‘solidarity’ stance in the Middle East .