I just received an E Mail from Air Asia.

Dear xxxx,

Experience all the freedom and convenience when you Self Check-In via web or mobile today! It's FREE, SIMPLE & QUICK you'll wonder why you never tried it in the first place.

And it's the best alternative to the THB 100 counter check-in fee.

So go on, try our Self Check-In services. Since it's FREE you've got nothing to lose!

Counter charge for all bookings from 21st September 2011.

Counter check-in fees will apply for departures from:

Australia

Brunei

Cambodia

China

France

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Laos

Macau

Malaysia

Myanmar

New Zealand

Philippines

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Taiwan

Vietnam

United Kingdom

100 Baht Check In Fee?

anyone else received this?

I received one from the UK office and they were quoting GBP 2.00

Like most budget airlines they will seek to save costs wherever they ca. Getting passengers to check in online achieves. There is (virtually) no reason why anyone should not be able to check in online.

Not an unreasonable move in my book - the only loss is that those of us who check in online lose any 'advantage' we may have had over passengers who didn't - soon they will all be baggage drop counters.

There is another thread running about this new fee. Maybe the two should be merged?

Sophon

I had a (UK) email this morning. It worried me slightly in that you may not have access to the 'net a few hours before departure but from the diagram on their website it looks as though you can check in as soon as you've bought your ticket.

http://www.airasia.com/gb/en/myflights/sci_webcheck-in.page

Discussion Here. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/491172-new-fee-from-air-asia/