KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): AirAsia is revising its baggage pricing effective January 28, allowing passengers to save more money if they purchase checked baggage when making their flight reservations.

Passengers who buy their checked baggage after booking their flights, such as through the Manage My Booking page, will have to pay a higher price, the budget carrier said.

But AirAsia added that both methods were still cheaper than buying checked baggage at the last minute at the airport counter.

As an example, with the new fee structure, passengers of a one-way flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore would have to pay RM45 if they bought 20kg of checked baggage when booking their flight.

If they booked the checked baggage later through Manage My Booking, they would have pay RM52. But if they booked it at the airport counter, they would pay RM355.

AirAsia said the new pricing structure applies to all flights except bookings made from flights originating from Indonesia.

It also applies when passengers pre-book or upgrade their checked baggage using other booking channels such as Live Chat or call centre agents after the initial flight booking process.

The complimentary checked baggage for India and Indonesia domestic flights remains at 15kg and 30kg complimentary checked baggage for Dhaka point-to-point flights, said AirAsia.