getting from Amsterdam to Malaysia

Hi All,
I'm planning on doing 3 months of volunteer work in Langkawi with animals at the Langkawi Animal Shelter and Sanctuary starting in January. Right now I'm living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and I'm trying to figure out what the cheapest means of transportation to Malaysia would be. I looked into some websites about flying, and the cheapest flight I found to Malaysia from Amsterdam is around $550 USD. Are there thriftier ways of getting there that anyone knows of?
What do you all think?
Thanks
:-)

All flights are expensive nowadays. $550 is a single? It sounds OK. KLM has promotions every so often. Try the Middle East/Arab airlines.

ONCE IN MALAYSIA, YOU SHOULD FLY WITH AIRASIA LINES. IT IS THE CHEAPEST.

Quoting Smiles21

ONCE IN MALAYSIA, YOU SHOULD FLY WITH AIRASIA LINES. IT IS THE CHEAPEST.

Not true. MAS, MAS wings, Fire Fly can sometimes be cheaper.

Usually single flights are just as expensive as return flights, and sometimes more expensive!
So 550 USD really is a bargain, no matter how you face it. That's less than €450, it is really cheap cheap.
I understand you want to travel as cheap as possible, but sometimes you have to consider yourself lucky to find rates like this....

Quoting Utrecht

Usually single flights are just as expensive as return flights, and sometimes more expensive!
So 550 USD really is a bargain, no matter how you face it. That's less than €450, it is really cheap cheap.
I understand you want to travel as cheap as possible, but sometimes you have to consider yourself lucky to find rates like this....

Yes, that is something to consider :-)
thanks for the advice

Quoting Utrecht

Usually single flights are just as expensive as return flights, and sometimes more expensive!

Not nowadays. It doesn't make much difference if you buy single or return, as the flights are priced separately.

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Quoting lizp

Quoting Utrecht

Usually single flights are just as expensive as return flights, and sometimes more expensive!

Not nowadays. It doesn't make much difference if you buy single or return, as the flights are priced separately.

Not true lizp. This is the case for budget airlines like Easyjet, Ryanair or AirAsia, but not for regular airlines like KLM or whatever airline. It might not be exactly the same price and even slightly less, but definately not half at all. Just check it and you will see...

I've found that with KLM sometimes it's cheaper to buy a return than to buy a single. That one really had me confused.

Kind of like how buying a flight from Oslo to San Diego (BA) was 500-1000 USD cheaper than from London to San Diego, and the flight from Oslo basically just connected to the one in London (ie. same flight from London in exact same class). The people that price airline fares are from a different planet it seems sometimes