Saving Tips - Taking Budget Airlines

I will like to share my experience of taking budget airlines (Tiger Airlines).  I have recently took a round flight from Singapore to Hong Kong on Tiger Airlines, Singapore's Budget Airlines.  The seat are ok just that the gap between each rows of seat is really quite small.  For most people, you will not have enough space to move your legs.  But the width of the seats is quite good and is similar to the seats that you will be getting on normal airlines.  The food and drinks sold onboard the plane is really quite expensive.  It cost me $10/- for a small packet of nasi lemak and $3.5/- for a can of coke.  In additional, the food is really not very good.  But if you are really taking budget airline, I have the following suggestion;-

1) Book early - Budget airlines ticket are cheap if you make your booking like 1 to 2 months before the departure date.  If you are booking the ticket near to the departure date, the ticket maybe really quite expensive.  So it maybe better to book the air ticket on a normal airlines if the difference is not too big.

2) Seat selection - When you check-in, you will be ask where you wish to sit.  My suggestion is to request a seat just one row in front of  the last row.  Normally the ticketing counter will pack the passenger to the front of the plane and leaving the rear of the plane normally empty.  Do not take the last row as it is too near to the back wall of the cabin and you may not be able to adjust your seat backwards.