Tiger used to be really cheap. But now the prices seem to have been ‘normalized’. I remember booking tickets to BKK for less than $80 per pax at the beginning. Now, even though fuel prices have dropped drastically, the surcharges still remain high. I suspect it’s because airlines have hedged heavily against fuel price hikes and now are stuck with high priced fuel contracts when prices have dropped.

I would prefer Jetstar any day over Tiger. And yeah, the departure hours are unearthly for Tiger – 6am flights for many destinations. Factor in the taxi ride and there goes the savings.

3K is really cheap for KL flights now… just $33 out of T1 if booked early. That’s cheaper than many coach rides. Looking forward to more budget flights to places like Penang in the near future.

Just to point out re: Jetstar Asia. There are cheaper fares if one knows when to look!

I generally find that fares are cheaper if one looks on the website a little after 2100hrs SGT — I suspect this has something to do with the server being in Australia.

But yeah, the tax difference is negligible with Tigger Airways flying out of the Budget Terminal. Between routes that 3K and Tigger both fly to, I actually find that Jetstar is cheaper 50% of the time. It also doesn’t help that Tigger’s flights have the worst early-morning departures ever on the routes I fly.