UPDATED 2018: AirAsia is the world’s favorite low-cost carrier and has its own rewards program called Air Asia BIG. From it’s humble beginnings as a way to earn points on flights, AirAsia BIG has expanded to add benefits for frequent travelers, and more options to earn and redeem AirAsia rewards for flights and with partners! So, how good is the Air Asia rewards program? Is it worth signing up for it and even worth your loyalty to move your spend to AirAsia to earn rewards? Read my AirAsia BIG review to find out!
Reach – how far will it take me? AirAsia is serving 138 destinations in more than 20 countries and growing quickly. They have subsidiaries and hubs in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Japan. Different from other discount airlines, they also have long-haul flights and even a Business Class offering! That means AirAsia can take you further than most low-cost carriers and even many full-service airlines!. They don’t have any airline partners or alliances, so you won’t be able to earn or use points on other airlines. If you want to know more about AirAsia, Safety and Ratings, check out all the AirAsia Facts & figures!
Earning – what do I have to do to earn points? One of the biggest changes is how you earn Air Asia Big points: You no longer earn any BIG reward points on promotional fares – eliminating the most interesting fares! On regular “low fares” you can earn up to 1.5 points per 1 MYR – a significant increase from the previous 0.5pt/MYR (6.3pt/USD). The earn rate increases for more frequent fliers, based on their level in the program:
You can now earn up to 10pt/MYR (42pt/USD) on low fares and up to 12pt/MYR (50.4pt/USD) on flexible or Premium Flatbed fares! One of my biggest complaints in the past was the slow earn rate, making it near impossible to earn a free flight. The new earning model takes away point earning for deal hunters, but increases the earning for regular travelers on Air Asia. At least now AirAsia will show you on the fare overview, how many points you should earn on your flight, if any!
You can also earn points with a growing number of partners, from mobile phones and banks to car rentals and hotels. The earn rate varies greatly, for example a hotel booking via booking.com will earn 10pt/USD (or approx. 2.5pt/MYR)! You can find the long list of partners, varying by country here!
Getting credit for your flights continues to be a significant issue with AirAsia’s BIG program. Even when booking the flights through their website with your ID, you frequently don’t get credit for your flights or the points don’t match the rules laid out. In fact, not a single one of 11 flights I booked with the ASEAN Pass credited! Of my last two flights, one was credited with too few points, one not at all! If you do want to make sure you get your points, you’ll have to check on every flight and ask for credit after 5 days and within 30 days, a rather onerous condition!
AirAsia also made it more difficult to keep track of your points by removing the points calculator from the website – another customer-unfriendly move!
Redeeming – how much are AirAsia BIG points worth? AirAsia is making it easy to redeem points for flights on their web site, providing a similar booking screen as you find for cash bookings:
You see the dates and lowest available price per day across the top and when selecting a specific day, you see the different fares for each flight, including promo fares, fixed point redemptions and premium fares!
The redemption is a mix of revenue based redemption (calculating the points needed basically on the cash-price of the fare) and some available fixed point redemptions (based on zones or distance of flights). Both options are displayed on the same screen, so you can see whether fixed fee or revenue based is the better deal for you. Promo, Fixed and Regular fares all offer the same benefits (none), so you should just pick the cheapest one! Premium fares include luggage, seat selection, a meal and priority boarding. You always have to pay taxes and fees separately in cash, so only the base fare and add-ons can be paid with points!
But what is the AirAsia BIG points value? I analyzed a number of flights from three of their hubs over a three month period, including domestic and international flights as well as short- and long-haul flights by comparing cash prices for available tickets and points rates needed for the exact same flight!
The average AirAsia BIG point value is 0.29 US cents – that’s very, very little and unchanged from my previous review! The values I found ranged from 0.18 ct/pt to 0.47 ct/pt. You’ll find the best value during an AirAsia Big sale
Based on the new earnings structure and the unchanged redemption value of points, AirAsia BIG members traveling mostly on promotional fares will no longer receive any rewards. Regular “Red” members flying on standard fares will earn a reward rate of 1.8% and top “Black” members traveling mostly on Premium fares will receive a reward rate of 14.6%.
For the average leisure traveler, the AirAsia BIG program has become a lot less rewarding – the reward rate (or discount) has dropped from 5.7% in my last review to roughly 1/3 at 1.8%, making other low-cost carriers like Cebu Pacific and their GetGo Rewards program more attractive!
But, similar to the big US airlines, frequent business travelers on premium fares see their reward rate almost triple. This makes Air Asia BIG rewards an alternative to local full-service carriers like Malaysia Airlines!
Status – what elite membership benefits will I get? AirAsia introduced membership levels from Red to Gold (14 flights), Platinum (24) and Black (50) and even promotional fares do earn segment/flight credits to earn higher tier status.
Currently, these levels only determine how many points you earn, but there are no other perks, like priority check-in or boarding associated with these levels. Even as a “Black” level elite you will have to pay extra for those simple benefits!
Probably one of the best “perks” of membership at all levels is early access to the AirAsia sales, giving you a head start on snatching those low cash or point fares. Recently, AirAsia has limited the BIG sales to the mobile app for access, so it pays to download the app for redemptions!
Let’s hope that eventually AirAsia will offer some of these perks to elite members – if indeed they want to compete with legacy carriers for business travelers, they will have to!
What else is there? Not much – you can no longer redeem points at Tune hotels, but can get vouchers for hotel bookings through Kaligo or for activites via Klook. AirAsia’s BIG program doesn’t have any innovative features, like GetGo’s sharing points.
AirAsia also offer BIG sales, which is the best opportunity to redeem points for flights!
Bottomline: Who should join the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Program? Given the lack of any point earning on promotional fares and the low reward rate for regular travelers, you won’t earn many points by flying. If you live in a hub of AirAsia, like Kuala Lumpur, you can earn additional points through merchants and credit cards, making it a good alternative to other local airline programs.
If you don’t live in a hub or only fly with AirAsia once-in-a-while, I’d still recommend an AirAsia Big Signup to get access to fare sales – and not worry too much about the points. If you get credit and can use them – great! If you don’t, the minuscule value of points is simply not worth worrying about! And, to answer my question from the introduction, it’s not worth shifting your spend from other airlines just for the rewards program.
If you live in one of the AirAsia hubs, like Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur, and fly them regularly, you should sign up and collect points. You should look out for partner promotions to add to your balance – I collected more points from promotions than from flights! You can find all the details, the Air Asia BIG Sign up as well as links to the AirAsia BIG app here!
AirAsia offers consistent service at very low prices, earning them the SkyTrax award year after year for their Economy Class and Premium Flatbed, but it still has some ways to go to make their AirAsia Big program more competitive for frequent travelers!
i need the big reward
You can register for AirAsia Big Rewards here:
Why can’t I earn points that I am already a member?! Useless!
If you are a member, you will earn points. If points for a flight are not credited, you can claim your points by filling out a form on their website, go here!
You have to do a lot of purchase through online shopping websites, like Lazada, Qoo10, and Sephora. You have to try it. I have tried it, and it works!
With my airasia big points, would I be able to book ticket for both myself and my spouse via the BIG redemption?
Yes, effective January 1, 2017, you can! You have to nominate your spouse as an “Eligible Family Member” on your profile. I have not done this myself and it is new, so you might need to ask customer service for help!
AirAsia Big Points is not worth it and its a scam.
You redeem the points and you pay via credit / debit card the fee is so high like 60 SGD, its like you paid full fare. Total I paid is 103 SGD for 1 way.
You are correct, AirAsia charges a fee for paying by credit/debit card it applies to both points and cash tickets! Based on my booking experience, it is roughly 1% – close to the merchant fee charged for using a card! There are other fees and taxes due with a ticket, but not related to paying by credit card!
While AirAsia has revenue-based redemptions – they do offer better value during their promotions. I recently booked a flight with only 500 points that would have cost $35 (without fees) – that’s 7cents per point, 27x the value I’d assign to BIG points and great value for any rewards program!
I recommend to save your points for those promotions to get the best value!
This is kind of true, you have to be smart in choosing the best promotions to receive best value according to your points.
No, it’s not. I have tried it, and it’s truly worth it.
AirAsia BIG LOYALTY program is a BIG SCAM.. Beware of the terms n conditions they put to u later to redeem it.. it is always safe making ur bookings in other portals.. They have a very poor customer support as well..
Sorry you had a bad experience with AirAsia. I agree that customer service is very limited, similar to other low-cost carriers in the region.
While BIG is not a very generous program and it takes a long time to earn enough points for a free flight, I wouldn’t call it a “scam”. When redeeming points, you have have to go through the AirAsiaBig web site and will see the amount of points for a flight needed before you book. Taxes and fees are extra, so you know what you are getting.
I do recommend booking through AirAsia’s web site for cash bookings, as it is the easiest and most reliable way to do it. Be aware that during sales the web site sometimes can’t handle the traffic and might crash…
I completely understand that some of us might have encountered bad experience with them. However, we have to understand that the customer support system is fully controlled by humans. I believe, it is not their intention to neglect any customers’ necessities or demands.
Good point. We are all human and have bad days.
Also keep in mind that during big sales, a lot of customers are calling, so it’s more stressful.
Lastly, I’ve observed that often the call center staff is not empowered to make customer friendly decisions – try asking for a supervisor who might have more authority!
well, this is not a scam, but as a rich expat, i travel a lot, about 8-10 flights per year, (i m teacher…lot of hollydays…) and in 3 years, i have been able to collect 3000 big points …
thats 30 rm … wow ! thank you BIG !!!
what a joke !!!
i guess if you fly 10 times to sydney or tokyo, you ll be able to get a kul phuket flight for 100rm ( remember, u always have to pay for the taxes…)
so… not a scam … but really worthless, not speaking about the mising points u have to claim after 29 day but before 30 … :)))
I share your experience – it does take a very long time to earn points and I’d not recommend to redeem for regular award tickets. I found the best value during BIG sales, when you can get a ticket for 0 points or small amounts, only paying taxes. That’s similar to their other sales that offer the best deals.
Keep in mind that you also now can earn more points as a frequent traveler, but still not rates you’ll find with full-service airlines.
I have tried to become a member for 1 hr no go I give up wate of time
sorry, it didn’t work for you.
Sign-up requires a user id, password and some personal information, similar to other loyalty programs.
Maybe an internet or browser issue – try signing up in “private/incognito” mode on your browser, sometimes that helps!
How can i get the id the number for registering?
Your account number is assigned when you register for the program. It’s shown in your online profile!
Log into the Big website and look for Big Member Details in the top right hand corner or click here!
I agree to some of the replies here. I think that happened because of internet connection. I have tried to sign up for a member, and it works perfectly.
The terms and conditions mention ‘Fees and Charges’ What are these
not sure what you are referring to – “fees and charges” during point redemptions? You have to pay airport taxes and government fees on award tickets in cash…
Pretty sure that applies to point redemption. Point redemption does not mean 100% free, there are still few charges upon customers which I bet most of us have been well-informed.
Correct, the points are redeemed for the base fare of the tickets and you still have to pay taxes, airport fees, etc.
No point has been given from big points..I been traveling many places in Malaysia,Jakarta Kindly assist
You have to file for a “missing credit” on the AirAsia website within 30 days of your flight. If you don’t claim them in time, you will not be able to get credit.
Have been a memeber of Big for 2.5years, and fly 3-4 times per month with Air Asia.
All major international flights are booked with other carriers for some time, as the Air Asia member booking is rubbish.
Points accumulation is pitiful when compared with Virgin, Qantas, Singapore Airlines etc, which i am also a member.
There really is very little benefit to the membership.
Thanks for sharing your experience with AirAsia Big. With 3-4 flights per month you should qualify as a Platinum or even Black member under the new program terms with significantly increased earning rate. With up to 42 points/USD, even at a low point value of 0.3 USCents, your reward rate as a Black member would be 12.6% – that’s better than many legacy, full-service carriers!
Granted, with AirAsia ticket prices so low, it’ll take a long time to accumulate enough points for a free flight, but a frequent flyer like you might want to take another look at AirAsia Big. Under the new program, earning is much more meaningful for you!
AirAsia Big rewards is the most useless program. I have platinum status and cannot even travel return to Penang with my miles.
If you fly a lot on low promotional fares, you don’t earn any points anymore under the new rules as described. As a Platinum, you earn up to 5.5pt/MYR – that’s a reward rate of 6.2%, comparable to other programs.
The best redemptions of AirAsia Big points is during their promotional sales – I was able to get reward tickets for only 50 point between Manila and Kota Kinabalu, great value. If you are flexible when to redeem points and when to pay in cash, you can get the best value out of your points!
Their Big Sale is coming up and i saw their redeemable flight tickets are quite interesting. I mean 500 pts to go to Singapore, I don’t think any other LCCT are offering the same deal. Useless? i don’t think so, the deal keeps getting better and better
These Big Sales are indeed the best value for redeeming AirAsia Big points!
I have signed up for AirAsia Big but not my spouse and cbildren. When i purchase tickets for the whole family, will I get points as a whole family or for myself only. They are registered as family members in my profile.
TQ
You only earn miles for your own tickets, even if you book for your family. You can sign them up for their own accounts though and they’ll earn points, too!
How do this AirAsia Big Points work?
BIG Points is AirAsia’s Loyalty Program. To earn BIG Points, you need to sign up an account first and you can easily do it online. After tat, u can start to spend and accumulate BIG Points to fly for free to any AirAsia destination.
Hi. Thank you for the reply.
How about children? Do I need to create email account for them?
TQ
AirAsia uses the email address as ID, so you’ll need a different one for each person.
With most free email accounts, like Gmail, you can forward the email, so your children’s email get forwarded to your main account.
Have you guys heard about that new Redeemable Flight Tickets using Big Points? Seems very interesting to me but I’m not a BIG customer. Yet.
how to earn point for hotels and mobile phones? any one know it?
you can earn the points by stay at a Tune Hotel or booking via booking.com..
they gt said at the article..
Oic, did you try to earn the points by booking at booking.com?
Several hotel booking sites, for example agoda.com, allow you to earn points in airline programs, like AirAsia Big. On Agoda it’s called PointMax. You need to enter your AirAsia Big number in your profile and select it as your choice for points.
Keep in mind that you’ll earn fewer AirAsia Big rewards than Agoda giftcards…
How much can i earn if i book a hotel via the websites??
The number of points depends on the hotel and price – you’ll have to go to the booking site and it’ll display the number of points you’ll earn.
No, i never try it before, hehe..if u gt try it later let me know how does it function..
i also dunno how it function.. need to ask my friend who work at Air Asia..
wow the Big Points is so useful since can redeem flight tickets or use to pay airport tax！
Only these few advantages of being Big member??? As I know Mas and Malindo also got this type of rewards…
of course not! If u are a Big member, u will have a priority access to redeem tickets on 10nov midnight/11nov morning,then after this period only non-memebr’s turns.
besides that,free flights will be awarded in the form of 1,000 BIG Points which you can use to redeem flights or get discounts on tickets via on Airasia.com
1000 points is very easy to collect, you can collect through spending with certain brands eg Agoda,Hermo or Zalora
How do I exchange my BIG Points for AirAsia flights?
You have to go to the website, log into your account and look for the “redeem” option – click here!
lol, i seldom buy flight ticket at Mas and Malindo..most probably i buy at air asia
I don’t think Malindo Miles and MAS Enrich have better deal than Big Point since I’ve do some research on booking tickets
yaya,i agree,malindo mile only cooperate with few partners only,BIG points can be earn in many shops or e-store…this is why i choose air asia
i didn’t said other airlines are not good but the benefits of air asia is the most attractive…
Mas & Malindo might have the same type of rewards but AirAsia’s is a lot better in term of collecting the points. They tied up with most of the hottest brand in order for their regular customer to accumulate their points.
but malindo or mas point no as good as airasia because they have more merchant participate the point, which mean your spending all can convert to point…
The recent rewards is more attracting. Even eating and buying makeup can earn points for free.
of course not! if u are Big member,you can get the priority access to redeem flight on 10 Nov midnight/11 Nov morning! Only Big members have this benefits which non-member doesn’t have
Sound so good, btw can I know the list of flight redemption?
You can redeem points for any available AirAsia flight
Sound so good, honestly I’m member of Malindo Air,but the benefits that provide by Malindo Miles is less than Air Asia…
yeah i just manage to redeem a ticket via airasiabig
That’right,so that i can save a lot in flight ticket
but where do i know the destination of the free flight ticket?
You can book a flight with points through the web site, any destination of AirAsia is possible, as long as you have the points and seats are available…
of course not! If u are a Big member, u will have a priority access to redeem tickets on 10nov midnight/11nov morning,then after this period only non-memebr’s turns.
oh really? I think my Big points already enough to redeem a flight ticket^^
Are there any fees required when I sign up as a BIG Member?
No, there is no fee for signing up!
If I don’t enough BIG POINTS to redeem the flight tickets, can I combine BIG POINTS with cash in booking flights?
Yes, you can purchase the missing points during the payment process to complete your booking.
If you got more reward point then you will know how usefull it is, normally i use credit card point convert to point and buy flight more cheaper…
big point just to reduce airfare, but enough for those want to save money for other part. so i support their big point very much
I already have an AirAsia membership; do I still need to enroll in the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme?
Yes. You still need to enroll in the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme to enjoy BIG Member benefits.
I start to accumulate the points starting from the beginning of 2017. Will my BIG POINTS expire?
Yes, AirAsia Big points expire after 36 months without activity. Any type of earned or redeemed points will count as activity, so even a purchase from an AirAsia Big partner or redeeming a smaller number of points for goods will extent the validity of your points.
That’s one reason why having so many partners is helpful!
Nice wehhh Air Asia!I think I’m going to book hotel for my vacation!
you can go to airasia.com to check the full list of redemption, include domestic flight and international flight.
OMG Just now got so many rewards. But how to get it ya?
spend at airasia participate merchants like petron or lazada can get convert the point so you can reduce air fare for your next trip
How can I can the Big Points transaction record, to trace if got missing points?
You’d have to save receipts or screenshots of any transaction. I only do it for expensive flights or purchases. For the rest, I trust that the system will work. You’ll have to decide how much effort you want to take to track it…
somebody said credit card’s point can be convert to Big point too?Is that real?
yes,it’s true
u can convert the rewards/bonus points of ur creditcard to big points too
what credit card can convert the point? worth it? if 1 point to 1 point ok la… haha
The AirAsia credit card issues by Hong Leong Bank in Malaysia earns Big Points directly.
I don’t have a list (yet) of credit cards that allow a transfer to Big Points, sorry. Stay tuned for more posts on that topic soon!
I’m maybank card user, is that maybank include in the bank partner list??And how they calculate the point conversion?
yes, there’re many banks are in the their partner,like ambank,cimb,maybank,rhb and more
if i’m not mistaken,7000 Treats Points (Maybank)can be convert to 1,000 BIG Points…
okay……I think I have enough points to convert. I wish that I can successfully redeem ticket to Hanoi for next year vacation!
I will write a review of the various AirAsia Credit Cards and how many points you earn for your spend soon, similar to my post for the best credit cards for Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific!
okay……I think I have enough points to convert. I wish that I can successfully redeem ticket to Hanoi for next year vacation!
Good luck with your redemption, let us know how it works out. Hanoi is a beautiful city, enjoy your trip!
I heard online shopping and pump petrol can convert to big point too… any one tried before
after collect big point can totally free flight to hanoi? how much point needed? i have some big point also
The number of points depends on the flights and fares. There are fixed point fares, flexible and promotion fares, so check out the AirAsia Big site to see how many points you’ll need to Hanoi on your dates.
not entire redeem free ticker, just recude air fare still need pay tax and so on… but still consider save money, because your spending can convert to big point easily
really?
just wondering has the AirAsiaBig promo ended?
saw someone posting about the promo
Yes the promo is ending soon..
manage to redeem a few tickets..
where to see the promo ending? I’m just start using my big point and try to accumulate only…
anyone here manage to redeem since there was a huge promo for AirAsiaBIg?
yes, manage to redeem a few tickets but had to refresh a dozen of times…
The website usually works pretty well, but I’ve noticed problems and delays during the Big Sales – so many people access the website that it’s overloading…
I tried to redeem by using the big point by still need to pay a little bit of money, so great if big point can fully redeem no need pay and can get free ticket…
guys please refer here to start collect big point https://www.airasiabig.com/my/en/earn-redeem#pointconversion
to reduce air fare and now everyone can get free ticket =)
Japa good job shared a great link! booking hotel also can collect point, i think i need reconsider to use airasia to fly since got point
go hanoi also using big point? why dont save it until those japan trip can reduce a lot air fare and save money
Anyone redeem indonesia bali before? i got 600+ point enough for it?
600 points will only be enough for a flight to Bali during a sale or Big Promotion…
Depending the promo, sometime lesser point can get the trip you wanted, better since have so many merchant participate collect point first
Hi, I’m already a member, and lately I book a flight from Phil – HK with return ticket. I have also downloaded the app. How do I get the Big card.
If you open the app and sign into your account, click on the head-icon (bottom, middle) and it will show your profile information, including your Big Member Card information and a code to scan it.
Make sure you are logged into your account on the app or browser when you book to ensure you receive points for your flights. You can show the app on your phone to get credit at stores.
You do not need a physical card!
I’d been a member since 2016 and I had made bookings/flights but no points had been posted in my account, what should I do?
There is not much you can do – miles can only be claimed for recent flights. Going forward, make sure to be logged into your profile when booking online or use the AirAsia app. If points don’t post after 5 days, file the claim immediately!
Credit card
Hi guys! I understand about the Service Charge that AirAsia charges for ticket booking, is a bit high. Now, I have switched to Using their BigPay card, which, when you use this to book tickets from AirAsia, the service and convenience fee is waived!Furthermore, you can also use this Prepaid MAstercard when you are travelling. It gives the best rate conversion internationally.
Additionally, you earn Big Points as well when you spend and even when you reload into the card to be used as a Mastercard.
Below is the link if you are interested to sign up and take advantage of it.
Shh don’t tell anyone I’m using BigPay and it’s amazing!
It’s a powerful app that tracks your expenses and lets you manage your money in real time More than a boring e-wallet, BigPay comes with a striking blue card that you can use anywhere in the world!
When you travel, you only pay the actual exchange rate (same or better than XE). Plus, you save money on AirAsia flights and earn BIG Points.
Sign up now – it’s completely free. Use my referral code and we’ll both get RM10 when you sign up!
My referral code:
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This is going to be big
It’s an interesting card alternative for frequent travelers with AirAsia – in fairness, there are ATM fees of RM6 (domestic) / RM10 (international) and foreign exchanges are calculated at the MasterCard rate, not XE, which may differ from what you see online.
You earn BIG points at a rate of 1 point per RM20 spend – or appro 1pt per 5USD, not a great earnings rate when compared to credit cards like the AirAsia Credit Card.
As normal AirAsia members, what is the privilege being a platinum membership status? Besides having a better point collecting. Any priority check in or priority entering into the flights?
The elite levels only give you higher earn rates, no other benefits, like priority check-in or boarding at this time.
I’ve recently found that it’s impossible to redeem BIG points against the price of a flight. I’ve been using my Air Asia Bangkok Bank credit card regularly over a long period of time to build up a sizeable amount of BIG points and am now finding it impossible to redeem those points. I’ve tried on my laptop (which is a Chromebook), my android tablet, my android smartphone, a friend’s desktop with Internet Explorer, all with and without a vpn, and on both the Air Asia website and the BIG website, and when I click on the purchase button after selecting the amount of points I wish to redeem, the transaction does not go through and a message in red script appears stating “Fail to get big point payment”.
I’m really writing this to warn others against trying to amass BIG points for redemption against a future flight, but I would really like to know if others here have had the same problem, and overcome it?
Have you contacted AirAsia Big for support? Sounds like there is some problem with your account – this is not typical…
AirAsia has recently starting flying from Brisbane to Bangkok and I just signed up with BIG points not really know what that is. Thanks for clarifying. Doesn’t seem like it is that worthwhile from a long-haul Australian flyer perspective.
It’s not the most rewarding program – but the sales can offer great value: Similar to the cash sales, you can sometimes snatch flights for small amounts of points. It’s worth signing up for the newsletter to be aware of them!
May i know what are the benefit of being at Black status ?
You only get additional points, no other benefits.
i don’t see any benefit of becoming it. even myself a platinum member i can’t search and get the answer what benefit as a membership.
i only notice once platinum member baggage is free. this is experience at airport
Try to understand what other benefit but can’t find at all what a sucks!!!!
lately notice that air asia experience a lot of delay, and not notify message to passanger at all!!!!
This post describes the Platinum benefits in the table above – you get more points, but nothing else…AirAsia Big doesn’t offer perks like upgrades, priority boarding or lounge access for their elite members!