The airline would commence twice-day flights between Penang and Subang from October 29, with bookings available online from today.
Firefly is a subsidiary of MAS which operates turbo propeler plane. It previous operates from Penang only to Koh Samui and Eastern states i.e. Kelantan and Terengganu.
For more information, please check out Flyfirez.com.my
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Just a sharing of my recent experience of taking Firefly Airline with all my friends and visitors who are considering Firefly Airline…
No doubt Firefly airline (a subsidiary of Malaysia Airline) promise to provide cheap and budget air tickets to passengers, I would advise those who would like to give Firefly a try to be aware of the potential delay of Firefly flight at the 11th hour whereby you can practically do nothing at that time but a terrible experience. Eventually, the incidental cost incurred is even more costly than the saving you might save from the so called cheap ticket.
Based on my experience and I am not sure whether I am the unlucky one or not, out of 3 flights, 2 were delayed and resulting we missed the last boat to Pulau Redang and incurred additional necessary cost to stay a night at Kuala Trengganu and wasted a day of supposed to be “happy hours” at Pulau Redang.
Also, on the same day (mid of March 2008), not only the flight from Penang to Kuala Trengganu was delayed, we also met a bunch of unhappy passengers including foreigners with sour and long faces who faced the same bad experience whereby their flight from Penang to Pulau Langkawi was delayed too...Some of the passengers told me that they were paying RM300+ for a return ticket from Penang to Langkawi which is not really cheap for a low cost airline like Firefly Airline.
Trust me this is definitely not a good experience especially when you are expecting to have a great and relaxing vacation and enjoy your precious moment with your love one on the beach... and ended up talking to a bunch of unfriendly Firefly personnel (that I believe that they need to attend further training to improve their customer service skills).
It is not worth your vacation time talking to a bunch of inexperienced and irresponsible customer service personnel who can only offer 2 options to you when you are going to miss your last boat: (1) cancel your flight and get a refund or (2) reschedule your flight…They just ignore all the hassle, opportunity cost and inconvenience caused by the delay of the flights conveniently…
In view of this unpleasant incident to lose both monetary on additional hotel accommodation and loss of accommodation and vacation time at Pulau Redang, we have filed a complaint and request for compensation as advised by Firefly customer service personnel via email to feedback@fireflyz.com.my. To our surprise and disappointment, it takes 3-4 weeks for Firefly to respond and reject our claim with a simple note “Your request of compensation has been declined” and no feedback to our complaint.
Personally, I view this kind of service as irresponsible and would like to share our experience and suggest those who really stretch on their time for not trying your luck and taking the risk. It is not worth to waste both your valuable time and money this way....
Thank you for sharing your experience.. We would love to receive more feedback from everyone who has came to Malaysia, bad or good.. we want to be transparent.. we notice that our customer service level in Malaysia is pretty bad.. but, there is no venue that is really transparent available. This big company always filter the bad one, only publish the good one. By publish through blogs and internet, we hope these big companies will pay more attention to their customers rather than to their bosses..
hmm, i read exactly same write up from different blog:
-http://www.flydamnit.com/2007/03/24/firefly-new-airline-based-in-penang/
but you are using different name, i wonder why?? did you really had a bad experience with Firefly? or are you from red airline?
I flew Firefly before, and their service was OK, delay for 30 mins.. biasa la tu. Low Cost Airlines.. you pay less, you have to expect less la..
found more copy & paste comment, exactly same text:
http://financialfreedom-blog.blogspot.com/2008/04/terrible-customer-experience-from.html
wei! support la Malaysian Product..
Firefly is enhancing the Malaysia Airlines’ “Everyday Low Fares” campaign with its own “Everyday Super Low Fares”, where it is offering ALL SEATS FOR ALL FLIGHTS FROM AND INTO SUBANG AT ZERO FARES:
Subang - Penang vv
Subang - Langkawi vv
Subang - Kota Bahru vv
Subang - Kuala Terengganu vv
Passengers only need to make purchase 1 week in advance to enjoy the “Everyday Super Low Fare” and pay the airport tax and surcharges totaling RM51 one-way.
Passengers are guaranteed to benefit from this offer as they would also:
- Save time as Firefly flies from / to Terminal 3, Subang Airport
- Save money with checked baggage allowance of 20 kg
- Save money by paying less for transportation to the airport
- Enjoy hassle-free travel experience with shorter queues, numbered seats and excellent customer service
Booking period for the offer is from Now - 3 June 2008 and travel period is from 19 May to 25 October 2008.
Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.fireflyz.com.my, Firefly’s Call Center at 03-7845 4543 and any Firefly Sales Outlets.
i can tell you Fin Freedom Achiever is not from RED airline. Because i find the almost the same problem with me. On Feb, i've booked ticket from fireflyz, departed date is 13,June. Today, i called up and checked another time the ticket, what i got is my schedule been change without any notification. one of my flight from 4pm, changed to 10pm, where by i 've plan to attend a dinner at 8pm after touch down at about 5pm. see???
Frankly said, even before i step on their plane, i already decided not to try my luckiness on this airline anymore.
i got another thread from unsatisfied user here:
http://chinese3.cari.com.my/myforum/viewthread.php?tid=815501&page=2#pid29668790
Updated for my experience, now, another time my flight has been change. Original flight is 8am, they switch it to 7am. today is 9th June, my flight is 13th, i have to called them everyday from now on to confirm whether they will change my schedule anymore. GOD bless me for my coming vacation with Fireflyz.
Fireflyz really sucks. I had bad experience with them too. They tell you to check-in 30 minutes before flight right? Dont believe them, If can go earlier. 2 hours advance. if not they will make you as scapegoat and sell your seat to last minutes customer who can pay higher price.
Those who are planning to have nice holiday trip try to avoid Fireflyz if you dont want your trip be ruin.
Anonymous dont try and tell good about fireflyz. I think you are Fireflyz staff or CEO but who cares?? Fuck you Fireflyz.