The latest airline seat sale has taken a new form with Cebu Pacific Air’s CEB Super Pass. It used to be that you’d need to know exactly when and where you’ll fly before burning the midnight oil to wait for a seat sale. Now, you just book with no extra thoughts on where or when you’d go.

AirAsia has recently relaunched its AirAsia ASEAN Pass, which they now rebranded as the AirAsia MOVE Unlimited ASEAN Pass. It’s an annual flight subscription which you pay for once, and which allows you to book an unlimited number of flights within South East Asia for zero-base fare. It can be used for a duration of one year.

AirAsia originally launched the AirAsia ASEAN Pass in 2015, which lets you buy 10 or 20 Credit Passes, which you then redeem for flights—a flight can range from 1 to 3 credits—around South East Asia.

So, what’s new with the 2024 version of AirAsia’s ASEAN Pass? Is it worth it? How does it compare to Cebu Pacific Air’s extremely popular CEB Super Pass, which also lets you travel to any local destination for a period of one year? Well, let’s find out.

It was the eve of our month-long tri-country trip with our toddler—our first out of the country with the kid. There was still hesitation within me, knowing how hard this trip would probably be—our son being at the peak of his Energizer Bunny phase. But crossing fingers, we are indeed pushing ahead with Backpacking With A Kid 2023.

I woke up to the sound of breakfast. We were several thousands of feet in the air—the houses on the green plain below looked like little plastic ones I used to play with on Monopoly as a kid. On deck, Scoot’s crew, in their signature yellow and black uniforms were already distributing hot meals to passengers. Finally, our turn came—Signature Nasi Goreng with Chicken Satay for C, Nasi Lemak for me. The meals came with chocolates, Ritter Sports Chocolate. I ate the chocolate first.

WE JUST CAME FROM AUSTRALIA!

We just came from 10-day Australia trip, spending almost two weeks around Sydney, Katoomba, Currumbin, Byron Bay, Surfers Paradise, and Brisbane. It was one heck of a honeymoon trip, something we totally didn’t see coming. Australia wasn’t really on our plan. It just so happened that we got approved for an Australian visa after consulting with One Vine Migration—a multiple entry visa good for a year at that too.